Your Fiat 500 X doesn’t want to start? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, actually that it is in question if your car no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Fiat 500 X ? You are in the right place, we have made this article to support you see more clearly and resolve your trouble related to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Fiat 500 X, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Fiat 500 X
Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the aim and operation of the immobilizer in your Fiat 500 X. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Fiat 500 X. 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 Fiat 500 X will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will allow you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Fiat 500 X
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer allows your Fiat 500 X to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Fiat 500 X, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not do a less significant process to restore 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 Fiat 500 X), 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 validate the digit and resume, replicate the process until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your Fiat 500 X without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If even though a battery swap, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Fiat 500 X 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 X. In fact, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this problem, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can fix your Fiat 500 X key. Based 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 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 X.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Fiat 500 X, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Fiat 500 X would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, 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 acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Fiat 500 X has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites 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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