How to disable the immobiliser Citroen Xsara ?

Your Citroen Xsara doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, actually that it is in question if your automotive doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Citroen Xsara ? You are on the good article, we have created this post to support you see more clearly and resolve your problems relating to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Citroen Xsara, then the different methods to disable it.

How your immobiliser system works on Citroen Xsara

Before describing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the intent and operation of the immobilizer in your Citroen Xsara. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Citroen Xsara. 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 Xsara will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually the one expected 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 unit will work.

First procedure, your key no longer enables your Citroen Xsara to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Citroen Xsara, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not execute a less important operation 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 Xsara), 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, duplicate the operation until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Citroen Xsara 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 attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Citroen Xsara 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 device from your Citroen Xsara. Actually, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Citroen Xsara 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 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 Xsara.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Citroen Xsara, this is not advised at all for some reasons. First your Citroen Xsara would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, 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 knows that the immobiliser on your Citroen Xsara 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 help people with bad intentions.

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