Your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is certainly possible, actually that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso ? You are in the right place, we have created this post to support you see more clearly and fix your trouble linked to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Citroen Grand C4 Picasso
Before describing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to explain the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso. Actually, 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 Grand C4 Picasso will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will permit you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer enables your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not perform a less important procedure to restore the normal start of your car. Actually, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Citroen Grand 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 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, replicate the procedure until you have entered the full code. This should enable you to start your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If even though a battery change, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso 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 Grand C4 Picasso. Actually, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso 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 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 Grand C4 Picasso.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso 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. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Citroen Grand C4 Picasso has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites 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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