Your Citroen C15 doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, actually that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Citroen C15 ? You are on the good website, we have written this content to support you see more clearly and fix your problems connected to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Citroen C15, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Citroen C15
Before describing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to show you the goal and functions of the immobilizer in your Citroen C15. This electronic part was invented 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Citroen C15. Indeed, 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 C15 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 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 possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Citroen C15
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer permits your Citroen C15 to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Citroen C15, 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 restore the normal start of your car. Indeed, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Citroen C15), 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, repeat the process until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Citroen C15 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If even though a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Citroen C15 still doesn’t want to start, 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 C15. Indeed, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can fix your Citroen C15 key. Based 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 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 C15.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Citroen C15, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Citroen C15 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, 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 acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Citroen C15 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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