Your CUPRA FORMENTOR doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite plausible, indeed that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your CUPRA FORMENTOR ? You are on the good website, we have made this content to help you see more clearly and fix your trouble connected to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your CUPRA FORMENTOR, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on CUPRA FORMENTOR
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the purpose and functions of the immobilizer in your CUPRA FORMENTOR. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your CUPRA FORMENTOR. 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 CUPRA FORMENTOR will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one expected 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 unit will work.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your CUPRA FORMENTOR
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer enables your CUPRA FORMENTOR to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your CUPRA FORMENTOR, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not do a less significant operation 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 CUPRA FORMENTOR), 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 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 confirm the digit and resume, replicate the operation until you have entered the whole code. This should enable you to start your CUPRA FORMENTOR without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If in spite of a battery change, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your CUPRA FORMENTOR still doesn’t want to start, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your CUPRA FORMENTOR. Actually, 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 CUPRA FORMENTOR 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your CUPRA FORMENTOR.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your CUPRA FORMENTOR, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your CUPRA FORMENTOR would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it knows that the immobiliser on your CUPRA FORMENTOR has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages 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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