Your Fiat Bravo doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, indeed 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 Bravo ? You are in the right place, we have made this post to help you see more clearly and solve your trouble linked to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Fiat Bravo, then the different techniques to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Fiat Bravo

Before detailing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the goal and operation of the immobilizer in your Fiat Bravo. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Fiat Bravo. 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 Bravo will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will let you start. 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 Bravo

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First methodology, your key no longer permits your Fiat Bravo to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Fiat Bravo, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not perform a less important operation to bring back the normal start of your automobile. Indeed, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Fiat Bravo), 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 confirm the digit and resume, repeat the operation until you have entered the whole code. This should enable you to start your Fiat Bravo 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 tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Fiat Bravo still doesn’t want to start, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Fiat Bravo. Indeed, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can restore your Fiat Bravo 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 Bravo.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Fiat Bravo, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Fiat Bravo 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. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it knows that the immobiliser on your Fiat Bravo 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.

If you have any further questions about the Fiat Bravo, do not hesitate to consult our Fiat Bravo category.