Your Citroen C5 Aircross doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually plausible, indeed that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Citroen C5 Aircross ? You are on the good website, we have created this article to help you see more clearly and resolve your concerns linked to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Citroen C5 Aircross, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Citroen C5 Aircross
Before explaining the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the purpose and functions of the immobilizer in your Citroen C5 Aircross. This electronic part was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Citroen C5 Aircross. 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 C5 Aircross will go each time you place 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 let you 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 C5 Aircross
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer permits your Citroen C5 Aircross to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Citroen C5 Aircross, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not execute a less significant procedure to restore the normal start of your car. In fact, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Citroen C5 Aircross), 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 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, duplicate the procedure until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your Citroen C5 Aircross without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix 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 C5 Aircross 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 C5 Aircross. In fact, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can repair your Citroen C5 Aircross 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 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 C5 Aircross.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Citroen C5 Aircross, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Citroen C5 Aircross 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 finds out that the immobiliser on your Citroen C5 Aircross has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the method, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
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