Your Volkswagen Routan doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, actually that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Routan ? You are in the right place, we have written this post to support you see more clearly and solve your trouble linked to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Volkswagen Routan, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Volkswagen Routan
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to show you the aim and operation of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Routan. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Routan. 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 Routan will go each time you put 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 instant, that it will allow 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 Routan
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer allows your Volkswagen Routan to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Routan, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not accomplish a less important procedure to bring back the normal start of your vehicle. Indeed, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volkswagen Routan), 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 vehicle 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, repeat the procedure until you have entered the whole code. This should let you start your Volkswagen Routan without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If even though a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Routan 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 Routan. Indeed, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can fix your Volkswagen Routan 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 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 Routan.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Routan, this is not advised at all for some reasons. First your Volkswagen Routan would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Routan has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Volkswagen Routan, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Routan category.
