Your Citroen C4 Picasso doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble comes from your immobiliser ? It is reasonably possible, indeed that it is in question if your car no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Citroen C4 Picasso ? You are on the good article, we have written this article to help you see more clearly and fix your concerns connected to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Citroen C4 Picasso, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Citroen C4 Picasso
Before describing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Citroen C4 Picasso. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Citroen C4 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 C4 Picasso will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will permit you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Citroen C4 Picasso
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer permits your Citroen C4 Picasso to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Citroen C4 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 significant procedure to restore 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 C4 Picasso), 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, repeat the procedure until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Citroen C4 Picasso to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If in spite of a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Citroen C4 Picasso still doesn’t work, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Citroen C4 Picasso. In fact, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can repair your Citroen C4 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 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 C4 Picasso.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Citroen C4 Picasso, this is not recommended at all for many reasons. First your Citroen C4 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. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Citroen C4 Picasso has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
If you need more tutorials on the Citroen C4 Picasso, go to our Citroen C4 Picasso category.
