Your Chevrolet Trax doesn’t want to start? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually possible, indeed that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Chevrolet Trax ? You are on the good website, we have made this article to help you see more clearly and resolve your concerns linked to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Chevrolet Trax, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Chevrolet Trax
Before detailing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the intent and operation of the immobilizer in your Chevrolet Trax. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Chevrolet Trax. In fact, 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 Trax will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will enable 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 Trax
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer allows your Chevrolet Trax to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Chevrolet Trax, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not execute a less significant operation to restore the normal start of your car. In fact, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Chevrolet Trax), 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 operation until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Chevrolet Trax to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If despite a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Chevrolet Trax still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Chevrolet Trax. In fact, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this trouble, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can restore your Chevrolet Trax 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 Trax.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Chevrolet Trax, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Chevrolet Trax would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Chevrolet Trax has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
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