Your Volkswagen Touran 2 doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is certainly plausible, actually that it is in question if your vehicule no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Touran 2 ? You are in the right place, we have created this content to help you see more clearly and solve your problems connected to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Volkswagen Touran 2, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Volkswagen Touran 2
Before explaining the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the goal and functions of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Touran 2. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Touran 2. 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 Touran 2 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually the one asked 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 solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Touran 2
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer enables your Volkswagen Touran 2 to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Touran 2, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not perform a less important procedure to reestablish the normal start of your automobile. Indeed, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volkswagen Touran 2), 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 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, repeat the procedure until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your Volkswagen Touran 2 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If in spite of a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Touran 2 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 Touran 2. Indeed, your transponder must have been injured 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 repair your Volkswagen Touran 2 key. Determined by 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 Touran 2.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Touran 2, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your Volkswagen Touran 2 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, 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 knows that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Touran 2 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.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Volkswagen Touran 2, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Touran 2 category.
