Your Citroen C3 Pluriel doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is reasonably plausible, actually 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 C3 Pluriel ? You are in the right place, we have written this post to help you see more clearly and resolve your concerns related to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Citroen C3 Pluriel, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Citroen C3 Pluriel
Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short intro to show you the aim and functions of the immobilizer in your Citroen C3 Pluriel. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Citroen C3 Pluriel. Indeed, 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 Pluriel will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually the one required 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 device will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Citroen C3 Pluriel
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer allows your Citroen C3 Pluriel to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Citroen C3 Pluriel, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not perform a less significant procedure to bring back the normal start of your automobile. Indeed, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Citroen C3 Pluriel), 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, replicate the procedure until you have entered the whole code. This should let you start your Citroen C3 Pluriel without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If in spite of a battery change, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Citroen C3 Pluriel 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 C3 Pluriel. Indeed, your transponder must have been weakened 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 repair your Citroen C3 Pluriel key. Determined by 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 Pluriel.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Citroen C3 Pluriel, this is not advised at all for some reasons. First your Citroen C3 Pluriel would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Additionally 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 Pluriel 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 help people with bad intentions.
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