Your Volkswagen Touran doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue emanates from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, in fact 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 Touran ? You are on the good website, we have made this post to help you see more clearly and solve your concerns connected to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Volkswagen Touran, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Volkswagen Touran
Before describing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the purpose and functions of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Touran. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Touran. 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 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 enable you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Touran
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer enables your Volkswagen Touran to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Touran, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not execute a less important procedure 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 Touran), 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 confirm the digit and resume, duplicate the procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should let you start your Volkswagen Touran without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If even though a battery swap, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Touran 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 Touran. Indeed, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can fix your Volkswagen Touran 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 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 Touran.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Touran, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Volkswagen Touran 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. 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 Touran has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
To discover more tips on the Volkswagen Touran, take a look at the Volkswagen Touran category.
