Your Chevrolet Traverse doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is reasonably plausible, actually that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Chevrolet Traverse ? You are on the good website, we have made this content to support you see more clearly and solve your concerns related to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Chevrolet Traverse, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Chevrolet Traverse
Before detailing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to explain the aim and operation of the immobilizer in your Chevrolet Traverse. This electronic part appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Chevrolet Traverse. 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 Traverse will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will allow you to 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 Traverse
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer enables your Chevrolet Traverse to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Chevrolet Traverse, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not accomplish a less important procedure to bring back 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 Traverse), 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, duplicate the procedure until you have entered the whole code. This should allow your Chevrolet Traverse 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, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Chevrolet Traverse still doesn’t want to start, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Chevrolet Traverse. Actually, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To correct this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can restore your Chevrolet Traverse 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 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 Traverse.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Chevrolet Traverse, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Chevrolet Traverse would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, 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 Traverse 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 benefit people with bad intentions.
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