Your Dacia Lodgy doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue emanates from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, in fact 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 Dacia Lodgy ? You are in the right place, we have written this article to help you see more clearly and resolve your problems connected to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Dacia Lodgy, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Dacia Lodgy
Before describing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the purpose and functions of the immobilizer in your Dacia Lodgy. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Dacia Lodgy. 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 Dacia Lodgy will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will permit 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 Dacia Lodgy
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer permits your Dacia Lodgy to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Dacia Lodgy, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not execute a less significant operation to reestablish the normal start of your automobile. In fact, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Dacia Lodgy), 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 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 validate the digit and resume, duplicate the operation until you have entered the full code. This should enable you to start your Dacia Lodgy without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If even though a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Dacia Lodgy still doesn’t work, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Dacia Lodgy. In fact, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Dacia Lodgy 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 Dacia Lodgy.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Dacia Lodgy, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Dacia Lodgy would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. 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 Dacia Lodgy 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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