How to disable the immobiliser Citroen C1 ?

Your Citroen C1 doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is certainly possible, in fact that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Citroen C1 ? You are in the right place, we have written this content to support you see more clearly and solve your trouble linked to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Citroen C1, then the different ways to disable it.

How your immobiliser system works on Citroen C1

Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the aim and operation of the immobilizer in your Citroen C1. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Citroen C1. 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 Citroen C1 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will enable you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.

First technique, your key no longer allows your Citroen C1 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Citroen C1, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not execute a less significant process to restore the normal start of your automobile. Actually, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Citroen C1), 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 automobile 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, duplicate the process until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your Citroen C1 without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix 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 C1 still doesn’t work, it’s almost certainly your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Citroen C1. Actually, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can restore your Citroen C1 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 Citroen C1.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Citroen C1, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Citroen C1 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 Citroen C1 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.

In the event that you have any additional questions about the Citroen C1, do not hesitate to consult our Citroen C1 category.