Your Citroen C3 Picasso doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is certainly plausible, in fact that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Citroen C3 Picasso ? You are on the good website, we have made this content to support you see more clearly and resolve your problems relating to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Citroen C3 Picasso, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Citroen C3 Picasso
Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the role and functions of the immobilizer in your Citroen C3 Picasso. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Citroen C3 Picasso. 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 Citroen C3 Picasso 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 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 solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Citroen C3 Picasso
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer permits your Citroen C3 Picasso to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Citroen C3 Picasso, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not accomplish a less important procedure to bring back the normal start of your automobile. In fact, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Citroen C3 Picasso), 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 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 confirm the digit and resume, repeat the procedure until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Citroen C3 Picasso to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Citroen C3 Picasso 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 C3 Picasso. In fact, your transponder must have been affected 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 car dealership who can restore your Citroen C3 Picasso 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 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 C3 Picasso.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Citroen C3 Picasso, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Citroen C3 Picasso would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Citroen C3 Picasso 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 help people with bad intentions.
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