Your Volkswagen Transporter doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually possible, in fact that it is in question if your vehicule no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Transporter ? You are on the good article, we have written this post to support you see more clearly and resolve your concerns relating to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Volkswagen Transporter, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Volkswagen Transporter
Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to explain the role and functions of the immobilizer in your Volkswagen Transporter. This electronic part was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Volkswagen Transporter. 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 Transporter will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will permit you to 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 Transporter
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer permits your Volkswagen Transporter to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Volkswagen Transporter, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not do a less important process to bring back 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 Transporter), 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 process until you have entered the whole code. This should enable you to start your Volkswagen Transporter without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If even though a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Volkswagen Transporter still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Volkswagen Transporter. Indeed, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To correct this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can restore your Volkswagen Transporter key. Based 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 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.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Volkswagen Transporter, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Volkswagen Transporter 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 acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Volkswagen Transporter 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.
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