Your Volkswagen Polo doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue emanates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, indeed 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 ? You are on the good article, we have made this post to help you see more clearly and resolve your concerns related to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Volkswagen Polo, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Volkswagen Polo
Before explaining the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to show you the role and functions of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Polo. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Polo. Indeed, 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 will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will permit you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Polo
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer allows your Volkswagen Polo to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Polo, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not do a less significant operation to restore the normal start of your car. Indeed, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volkswagen Polo), 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 validate the digit and resume, duplicate the operation until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Volkswagen Polo without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If even though a battery change, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Polo 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 device from your Volkswagen Polo. Indeed, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Volkswagen Polo key. Depending 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 dealership 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.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Polo, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Volkswagen Polo 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. In addition 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 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the method, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
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