Your Chevrolet Colorado doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is reasonably possible, actually that it is in question if your car no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Chevrolet Colorado ? You are in the right place, we have created this post to help you see more clearly and fix your concerns connected to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Chevrolet Colorado, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Chevrolet Colorado
Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Chevrolet Colorado. This electronic part was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Chevrolet Colorado. Actually, 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 Colorado will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually the one asked 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 solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Chevrolet Colorado
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer enables your Chevrolet Colorado to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Chevrolet Colorado, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not do a less important operation to reestablish the normal start of your car. Actually, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Chevrolet Colorado), but if you don’t have it you should at least have the “code card”, it contains 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 confirm the digit and resume, replicate the operation until you have entered the whole code. This should allow your Chevrolet Colorado to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery swap, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Chevrolet Colorado still doesn’t want to start, it’s almost certainly your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Chevrolet Colorado. Actually, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Chevrolet Colorado 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 dealership if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Chevrolet Colorado.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Chevrolet Colorado, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Chevrolet Colorado would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Chevrolet Colorado has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
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