Your Chevrolet HHR doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem emanates from your immobiliser ? It is certainly plausible, 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 HHR ? You are on the good article, we have created this content to help you see more clearly and solve your trouble connected to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Chevrolet HHR, then the different ways to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system functions on Chevrolet HHR

Before describing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to show you the intent and operation of the immobilizer in your Chevrolet HHR. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Chevrolet HHR. 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 HHR will go each time you place 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 moment, that it will permit you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.

The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Chevrolet HHR

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First process, your key no longer enables your Chevrolet HHR to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Chevrolet HHR, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not accomplish a less important process 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 HHR), 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 validate the digit and resume, replicate the process until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Chevrolet HHR without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your dealer

If in spite of a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Chevrolet HHR 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 HHR. Actually, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To fix this problem, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Chevrolet HHR key. Depending on 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 HHR.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Chevrolet HHR, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Chevrolet HHR 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 knows that the immobiliser on your Chevrolet HHR has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.

If you have any additional questions about the Chevrolet HHR, do not hesitate to consult our Chevrolet HHR category.