Your Volkswagen Polo 5 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually possible, indeed 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 5 ? You are in the right place, we have created this post to help you see more clearly and solve your concerns connected to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Volkswagen Polo 5, then the different ways to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Volkswagen Polo 5

Before explaining the different choices available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the aim and functions of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Polo 5. This electronic part was invented 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Polo 5. 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 5 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will allow you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.

The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Polo 5

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First methodology, your key no longer enables your Volkswagen Polo 5 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Polo 5, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not do a less significant operation to bring back the normal start of your automobile. In fact, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volkswagen Polo 5), but if you don’t have it you should at least have the “code card”, it includes 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, replicate the operation until you have entered the full code. This should enable you to start your Volkswagen Polo 5 without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer

If despite a battery swap, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Polo 5 still doesn’t want to start, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Volkswagen Polo 5. In fact, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this trouble, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can restore your Volkswagen Polo 5 key. Based on 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 5.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Polo 5, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Volkswagen Polo 5 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Polo 5 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online 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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