Your Volkswagen Tiguan doesn’t want to start? 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 actually plausible, actually 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 Tiguan ? You are on the good article, we have created this content to support you see more clearly and solve your concerns linked to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Volkswagen Tiguan, then the different ways to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Volkswagen Tiguan

Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short intro to describe the goal and functions of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Tiguan. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Tiguan. Indeed, 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 Tiguan will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls 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 let you start. 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 Tiguan

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First process, your key no longer allows your Volkswagen Tiguan to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Tiguan, 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 significant operation to restore 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 Tiguan), 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 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 confirm the digit and resume, duplicate the operation until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Volkswagen Tiguan to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your dealer

If even though a battery change, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Tiguan 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 Tiguan. Indeed, your transponder must have been damaged 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 car dealership who can fix your Volkswagen Tiguan 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 Tiguan.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Tiguan, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Volkswagen Tiguan 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. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it knows that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Tiguan has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the method, 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 Tiguan, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Tiguan category.