Your Volkswagen Transporter 6 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually plausible, actually 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 Transporter 6 ? You are on the good website, we have written this post to support you see more clearly and resolve your trouble connected to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Volkswagen Transporter 6, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Volkswagen Transporter 6
Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the goal and operation of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Transporter 6. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Transporter 6. Actually, 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 Transporter 6 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually 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 Transporter 6
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer enables your Volkswagen Transporter 6 to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Transporter 6, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not accomplish a less important process to bring back 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 Transporter 6), 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, duplicate the process until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Volkswagen Transporter 6 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If even though a battery swap, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Transporter 6 still doesn’t work, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Volkswagen Transporter 6. Actually, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To correct this problem, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can restore your Volkswagen Transporter 6 key. Depending 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 Transporter 6.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Transporter 6, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Volkswagen Transporter 6 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. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Transporter 6 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.
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