Your Citroen Berlingo 2 doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite plausible, actually 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 Citroen Berlingo 2 ? You are on the good article, we have made this post to support you see more clearly and resolve your trouble relating to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Citroen Berlingo 2, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Citroen Berlingo 2
Before describing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the purpose and functions of the immobilizer in your Citroen Berlingo 2. This electronic part was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Citroen Berlingo 2. 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 Citroen Berlingo 2 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 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 alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Citroen Berlingo 2
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer allows your Citroen Berlingo 2 to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Citroen Berlingo 2, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not accomplish a less significant 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 Citroen Berlingo 2), 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, replicate the process until you have entered the full code. This should enable you to start your Citroen Berlingo 2 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If in spite of a battery change, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Citroen Berlingo 2 still doesn’t want to start, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Citroen Berlingo 2. Actually, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can repair your Citroen Berlingo 2 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Citroen Berlingo 2.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Citroen Berlingo 2, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Citroen Berlingo 2 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 Citroen Berlingo 2 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 further questions about the Citroen Berlingo 2, do not hesitate to consult our Citroen Berlingo 2 category.
