Your Volkswagen Transporter 5 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually possible, indeed that it is in question if your automotive doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Transporter 5 ? You are in the right place, we have created this content to help you see more clearly and fix your trouble connected to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Volkswagen Transporter 5, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Volkswagen Transporter 5
Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Transporter 5. This electronic element came out 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Transporter 5. In fact, 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 Transporter 5 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will permit you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Transporter 5
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer permits your Volkswagen Transporter 5 to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Transporter 5, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not execute a less important process to restore the normal start of your automobile. In fact, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Volkswagen Transporter 5), 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 validate the digit and resume, replicate the process until you have entered the whole code. This should allow your Volkswagen Transporter 5 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If in spite of a battery change, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Transporter 5 still doesn’t work, it’s almost certainly your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Volkswagen Transporter 5. In fact, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To fix this problem, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can fix your Volkswagen Transporter 5 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 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 Transporter 5.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Transporter 5, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Volkswagen Transporter 5 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Transporter 5 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
In the event that you have any further questions about the Volkswagen Transporter 5, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Transporter 5 category.
