Your Volkswagen Polo 3 doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, in fact that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Polo 3 ? You are on the good article, we have made this post to help you see more clearly and solve your trouble linked to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Volkswagen Polo 3, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Volkswagen Polo 3
Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the goal and operation of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Polo 3. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Polo 3. Indeed, 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 Polo 3 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will allow you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Polo 3
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer permits your Volkswagen Polo 3 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Polo 3, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not execute a less significant procedure to reestablish the normal start of your automobile. Indeed, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volkswagen Polo 3), 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 automobile 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 validate the digit and resume, duplicate the procedure until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your Volkswagen Polo 3 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If despite a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Polo 3 still doesn’t want to start, it’s almost certainly your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Volkswagen Polo 3. Indeed, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can repair your Volkswagen Polo 3 key. Determined by who you go to the repair should cost you about 100 euros if you still have a duplicate 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 Polo 3.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Polo 3, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your Volkswagen Polo 3 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it knows that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Polo 3 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Volkswagen Polo 3, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Polo 3 category.
