Your Citroen C8 doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually possible, 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 C8 ? You are in the right place, we have created this content to help you see more clearly and resolve your trouble linked to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Citroen C8, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Citroen C8
Before explaining the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Citroen C8. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Citroen C8. Actually, 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 C8 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will allow you to start. 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 C8
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer allows your Citroen C8 to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Citroen C8, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not execute a less significant process to bring back the normal start of your automobile. Actually, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Citroen C8), 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 validate the digit and resume, duplicate the process until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Citroen C8 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If even though a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Citroen C8 still doesn’t work, 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 C8. Actually, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Citroen C8 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 C8.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Citroen C8, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your Citroen C8 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, 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 finds out that the immobiliser on your Citroen C8 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
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