Your Chevrolet Cobalt doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, actually 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 Chevrolet Cobalt ? You are in the right place, we have created this post to support you see more clearly and resolve your concerns linked to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Chevrolet Cobalt, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Chevrolet Cobalt
Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the role and functions of the immobilizer in your Chevrolet Cobalt. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Chevrolet Cobalt. Indeed, thanks to a transponder and an antenna (coil) integrated in the key, and, a immobilisation control box integrated in the ECU and a reception antenna on the neiman, your Chevrolet Cobalt will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will let you turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Chevrolet Cobalt
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer enables your Chevrolet Cobalt to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Chevrolet Cobalt, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not do a less significant procedure to bring back the normal start of your car. Indeed, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Chevrolet Cobalt), but if you don’t have it you should at least have the “code card”, it includes the start code. Thanks to this code, you will still be able to start your car 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 validate the digit and resume, replicate the procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should let you start your Chevrolet Cobalt without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If despite a battery change, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Chevrolet Cobalt still doesn’t work, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Chevrolet Cobalt. Indeed, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To fix this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can fix your Chevrolet Cobalt key. Determined by who you go to the repair should cost you about 100 euros if you still have a copy or your “code card” and about 350 euros at your car dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Chevrolet Cobalt.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Chevrolet Cobalt, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Chevrolet Cobalt 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. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it knows that the immobiliser on your Chevrolet Cobalt has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Chevrolet Cobalt, do not hesitate to consult our Chevrolet Cobalt category.
