Your Dodge Challenger doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually possible, 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 Dodge Challenger ? You are on the good article, we have created this article to help you see more clearly and fix your problems relating to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Dodge Challenger, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Dodge Challenger
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the role and functions of the immobilizer in your Dodge Challenger. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Dodge Challenger. In fact, 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 Dodge Challenger will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is indeed 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 system will work.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Dodge Challenger
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer permits your Dodge Challenger to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Dodge Challenger, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not do a less significant operation to bring back 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 Dodge Challenger), 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 validate the digit and resume, duplicate the operation until you have entered the full code. This should enable you to start your Dodge Challenger without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If in spite of a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Dodge Challenger still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Dodge Challenger. In fact, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To correct this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can restore your Dodge Challenger key. Depending on 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 car dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Dodge Challenger.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Dodge Challenger, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Dodge Challenger 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. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Dodge Challenger has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
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