Your Fiat 500X doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, 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 Fiat 500X ? You are on the good article, we have created this post to help you see more clearly and solve your trouble relating to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Fiat 500X, then the different ways to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Fiat 500X

Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the purpose and functions of the immobilizer in your Fiat 500X. This electronic element came out 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Fiat 500X. Indeed, 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 500X 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 asked 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 unit will work.

The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Fiat 500X

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First process, your key no longer allows your Fiat 500X to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Fiat 500X, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not perform a less significant procedure to restore the normal start of your car. Indeed, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Fiat 500X), 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 confirm the digit and resume, duplicate the procedure until you have entered the whole code. This should allow your Fiat 500X to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership

If in spite of a battery change, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Fiat 500X still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Fiat 500X. Indeed, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Fiat 500X 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 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 500X.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Fiat 500X, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Fiat 500X would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Fiat 500X 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 help people with bad intentions.

In the event that you have any additional questions about the Fiat 500X, do not hesitate to consult our Fiat 500X category.