97 A4 1.8t - Immobilizer quick question
 

Hi...
I have a 97 A4 1.8T....
the key has that black immobilizer chip in it....however, I have read
elsewhere that this system was not implemented on North American cars back
then....
Can anyone confirm this?

So can I just get a key from a local supplier without this chip?

Re: 97 A4 1.8t - Immobilizer quick question
 

"Ash Mann" <a2man#n@rogers.com#> wrote in message
news:6Hm4b.113058$_V.56171@news04.bloor.is.net.cab le.rogers.com...
> Hi...
> I have a 97 A4 1.8T....
> the key has that black immobilizer chip in it....however, I have read
> elsewhere that this system was not implemented on North American cars back
> then....
> Can anyone confirm this?

Correct. Up until 2002, the A4 did not have an immobilizer in North
America.

Cheers,

Pete

Re: 97 A4 1.8t - Immobilizer quick question
 

Correction, the A4 does have the Immobilizer in the Instrument cluster. It is DEACTIVATED for North America.
The Immobilizer VIN and ECM VIN match within both Eeproms, it was never turned on.

A simple test is:
[17] Instrument cluster
[08] Measured Values
Type in 022. There should not be any data in any of the 4 fields