How to disable the immobiliser Citroen Jumpy ?

Your Citroen Jumpy doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem emanates from your immobiliser ? It is certainly possible, indeed that it is in question if your vehicule no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Citroen Jumpy ? You are in the right place, we have made this content to support you see more clearly and solve your concerns related to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Citroen Jumpy, then the different techniques to disable it.

How your immobiliser system works on Citroen Jumpy

Before describing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the role and functions of the immobilizer in your Citroen Jumpy. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Citroen Jumpy. 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 Jumpy will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will let you turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.

First procedure, your key no longer enables your Citroen Jumpy to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Citroen Jumpy, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not accomplish a less important 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 Jumpy), 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 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, repeat the procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Citroen Jumpy to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer

If in spite of a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Citroen Jumpy 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 system from your Citroen Jumpy. In fact, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To correct this problem, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can restore your Citroen Jumpy key. Based on 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 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 Jumpy.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Citroen Jumpy, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Citroen Jumpy would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Citroen Jumpy has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the method, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.

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