Your Fiat 500 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble originates from your immobiliser ? It is reasonably possible, actually 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 Fiat 500 ? You are in the right place, we have written this content to help you see more clearly and solve your concerns connected to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Fiat 500, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Fiat 500
Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to describe the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Fiat 500. This electronic part was invented 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Fiat 500. 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 Fiat 500 will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks 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 permit you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Fiat 500
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer permits your Fiat 500 to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Fiat 500, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not execute a less important process to bring back the normal start of your vehicle. Actually, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Fiat 500), 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 vehicle 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 entire code. This should enable you to start your Fiat 500 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Fiat 500 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 Fiat 500. Actually, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To fix this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your Fiat 500 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 Fiat 500.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Fiat 500, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Fiat 500 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, 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 Fiat 500 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 benefit people with bad intentions.
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