Your Fiat 500 L doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually possible, in fact that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Fiat 500 L ? You are on the good article, we have created this content to support you see more clearly and fix your concerns connected to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Fiat 500 L, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Fiat 500 L
Before explaining the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to show you the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Fiat 500 L. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Fiat 500 L. 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 Fiat 500 L will go each time you insert 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 instant, that it will allow you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Fiat 500 L
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer allows your Fiat 500 L to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Fiat 500 L, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not execute a less significant procedure to bring back 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 Fiat 500 L), 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 procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should let you start your Fiat 500 L without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery change, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Fiat 500 L still doesn’t want to start, it’s almost certainly your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Fiat 500 L. In fact, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can fix your Fiat 500 L key. Depending 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Fiat 500 L.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Fiat 500 L, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Fiat 500 L 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. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Fiat 500 L 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.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Fiat 500 L, do not hesitate to consult our Fiat 500 L category.
