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If one has the right codes and VAG-COM, can the immobilizer be disabled?

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Old 06-24-2002, 02:01 PM
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Default If one has the right codes and VAG-COM, can the immobilizer be disabled?

Read the last few paragraphs of the CNN article below.<ul><li><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/06/24/diagnosing.cars.ap/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/ptech/06/24/diagnosing.cars.ap/index.html</a></li></ul>
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If they got the Immobilizer III code from the AoA mainframe, they could recode a key and drive away.
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Default Professional thieves don't need diagnostic computers ....

Almost the exact same story appeared in January:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VAG-COM/message/6096
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