Your Volkswagen Scirocco doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite plausible, in fact that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Scirocco ? You are in the right place, we have created this post to support you see more clearly and resolve your problems related to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Volkswagen Scirocco, then the different techniques to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system functions on Volkswagen Scirocco

Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the aim and operation of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Scirocco. This electronic part appeared 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Scirocco. Actually, 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 Scirocco 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 required 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 device will work.

The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Scirocco

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First process, your key no longer allows your Volkswagen Scirocco to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Scirocco, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not execute a less significant operation to reestablish the normal start of your automobile. Actually, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volkswagen Scirocco), 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 confirm the digit and resume, duplicate the operation until you have entered the whole code. This should let you start your Volkswagen Scirocco without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer

If despite a battery change, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Scirocco still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Volkswagen Scirocco. Actually, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To fix this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can repair your Volkswagen Scirocco key. Based on who you go to the repair should cost you about 100 euros if you still have a copy 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 Scirocco.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Scirocco, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Volkswagen Scirocco would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Scirocco 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.

If perhaps you have any further questions about the Volkswagen Scirocco, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Scirocco category.