Your Chrysler Pacifica doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, in fact that it is in question if your car no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Chrysler Pacifica ? You are on the good article, we have made this post to help you see more clearly and solve your problems connected to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Chrysler Pacifica, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Chrysler Pacifica
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to describe the intent and operation of the immobilizer in your Chrysler Pacifica. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Chrysler Pacifica. 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 Chrysler Pacifica will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will enable you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Chrysler Pacifica
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer permits your Chrysler Pacifica to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Chrysler Pacifica, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not accomplish a less important process to bring back the normal start of your vehicle. Actually, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Chrysler Pacifica), 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 vehicle 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 process until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Chrysler Pacifica without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If despite a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Chrysler Pacifica still doesn’t work, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Chrysler Pacifica. Actually, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can restore your Chrysler Pacifica key. Determined by 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 Chrysler Pacifica.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Chrysler Pacifica, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Chrysler Pacifica 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. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it knows that the immobiliser on your Chrysler Pacifica has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Chrysler Pacifica, do not hesitate to consult our Chrysler Pacifica category.
