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Immobilizer: Disable After ECU Replacement

 
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Post27-10-2017, 16:25    Subject: Immobilizer: Disable After ECU Replacement Quote

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Caddy2 1.9 Tdi ALH. I had to replace my engine control unit because the old one had water damage. The previous owner had already deactivated the immobilizer on the old unit.

Now I'm standing here with a new control unit.
I only have the control unit and a licensed VCDS software.
Is there a chance?


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Post27-10-2017, 17:50    Subject: Immobilizer: Disable After ECU Replacement Quote

No!
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Post28-10-2017, 10:32    Subject: Immobilizer: Disable After ECU Replacement Quote

Do you have a way to read and write to the EEPROM or flash memory? If so, I might be able to help.
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Post30-10-2017, 12:34    Subject: Immobilizer: Disable After ECU Replacement Quote

Das dürfte noch eine MSA15 sein. No Flash icon_wink.gif.
The tools that worked with the EDC15 system weren't helpful in this case.

@ Peter
A car scan, or at least a scan of the MSTG (Main System Test Group), would certainly be helpful.
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Post30-10-2017, 14:36    Subject: Immobilizer: Disable After ECU Replacement Quote

Wiesel wrote:
Das dürfte noch eine MSA15 sein. No Flash icon_wink.gif.


Then he needs to read the EEPROM using a programmer.
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Post31-10-2017, 12:32    Subject: Immobilizer: Disable After ECU Replacement Quote

If the engine control units (ECUs) are 100% identical, you can simply solder the EEPROM with the disabled WFS (presumably a specific feature) onto the "new" ECU. This has the advantage that the mileage displayed by the instrument cluster will match the mileage recorded by the engine control unit.

The EEPROM is likely a B58253 DIL8 component, but in a surface-mount (SMD) package.
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Post31-10-2017, 19:29    Subject: Immobilizer: Disable After ECU Replacement Quote

However, a prerequisite is that...
that the EEPROM survived the "failure" of the ECU without any damage.
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