Your Volkswagen Passat doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is certainly plausible, actually that it is in question if your car no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Passat ? You are on the good article, we have written this post to help you see more clearly and fix your concerns relating to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Volkswagen Passat , then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Volkswagen Passat
Before describing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to explain the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Passat . This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Passat . In fact, thanks to a transponder and an antenna (coil) integrated in the key, and, a immobilisation control box integrated in the ECU and a reception antenna on the neiman, your Volkswagen Passat will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will let you turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Passat
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer allows your Volkswagen Passat to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Passat , but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not do a less significant process to reestablish the normal start of your car. In fact, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volkswagen Passat ), but if you don’t have it you should at least have the “code card”, it contains the start code. Thanks to this code, you will still be able to start your car by entering it manually. To do this, turn on the ignition, use your centralized button to enter the digits, several quick presses (example: 2 for digit 2) then a stop of one and a half seconds to confirm the digit and resume, duplicate the process until you have entered the whole code. This should enable you to start your Volkswagen Passat without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If despite a battery swap, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Passat still doesn’t want to start, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Volkswagen Passat . In fact, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can repair your Volkswagen Passat key. Depending on who you go to the repair should cost you about 100 euros if you still have a copy or your “code card” and about 350 euros at your dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Passat .
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Passat , this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Volkswagen Passat would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it knows that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Passat has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
Whenever you have any additional questions about the Volkswagen Passat , do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Passat category.
