Your Citroen Cactus doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, actually that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Citroen Cactus ? You are on the good article, we have made this content to help you see more clearly and fix your problems relating to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Citroen Cactus, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Citroen Cactus
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to show you the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Citroen Cactus. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Citroen Cactus. In fact, 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 Cactus will go each time you put 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 allow 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 Cactus
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer permits your Citroen Cactus to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Citroen Cactus, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not perform a less important operation 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 Cactus), 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 confirm the digit and resume, duplicate the operation until you have entered the whole code. This should let you start your Citroen Cactus without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If even though a battery change, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Citroen Cactus still doesn’t want to start, 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 Cactus. 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 Cactus 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 Cactus.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Citroen Cactus, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Citroen Cactus would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Citroen Cactus 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.
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