Your Chevrolet Express doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem comes from your immobiliser ? It is certainly possible, actually that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Chevrolet Express ? You are on the good article, we have written this post to help you see more clearly and fix your trouble relating to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Chevrolet Express, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Chevrolet Express
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to describe the purpose and operation of the immobilizer in your Chevrolet Express. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Chevrolet Express. Actually, thanks to a transponder and an antenna (coil) included in the key, and, a immobilisation control box included in the ECU and a reception antenna on the neiman, your Chevrolet Express will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will allow you to start. 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 Express
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer permits your Chevrolet Express to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Chevrolet Express, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not do a less important operation to bring back the normal start of your automobile. Actually, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Chevrolet Express), 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 automobile 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 operation until you have entered the whole code. This should allow your Chevrolet Express to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery change, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Chevrolet Express still doesn’t want to start, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Chevrolet Express. Actually, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can fix your Chevrolet Express key. Depending on who you go to the repair should cost you about 100 euros if you still have a duplicate 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 Express.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Chevrolet Express, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Chevrolet Express would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Chevrolet Express 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.
In the event that you have any additional questions about the Chevrolet Express, do not hesitate to consult our Chevrolet Express category.
