a friend of mine has verbally walked me through the process of permanent immo defeat I need to verify before i spend another 7 grand on this POS only hint i can give is shorting out leads 5 and 6

Asked by GolfShanked01 Mar 23, 2017 at 01:34 AM about the 2001 Volkswagen Golf GLS 2.0

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

IMMOBOLIZER HELL and bad ECM

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Bob answered 7 years ago

Messing around with the anti-theft and shorting wires is asking for big trouble. Don't do it, just fix it correctly.

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Noah answered 6 years ago

Just buy a toyota. Seriously i did. I forget my mechanics name now.

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