Your Volkswagen Polo 4 doesn’t want to start? Have you tested everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble emanates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, in fact that it is in question if your automotive doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Polo 4 ? You are on the good article, we have made this post to help you see more clearly and solve your concerns relating to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Volkswagen Polo 4, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Volkswagen Polo 4
Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Polo 4. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Polo 4. In fact, thanks to a transponder and an antenna (coil) included in the key, and, a immobilisation control box included in the ECU and a reception antenna on the neiman, your Volkswagen Polo 4 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will enable you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Polo 4
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer enables your Volkswagen Polo 4 to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Polo 4, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not accomplish a less significant operation to bring back 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 Polo 4), 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, replicate the operation until you have entered the whole code. This should allow your Volkswagen Polo 4 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery swap, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Polo 4 still doesn’t work, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Volkswagen Polo 4. In fact, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can repair your Volkswagen Polo 4 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 car 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 4.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Polo 4, this is not advised at all for some reasons. First your Volkswagen Polo 4 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Polo 4 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
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