How to disable the immobiliser Fiat Ducato 2 ?

Your Fiat Ducato 2 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, in fact that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Fiat Ducato 2 ? You are in the right place, we have written this content to support you see more clearly and solve your concerns relating to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Fiat Ducato 2, then the different ways to disable it.

How your immobiliser system works on Fiat Ducato 2

Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the goal and operation of the immobilizer in your Fiat Ducato 2. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Fiat Ducato 2. Actually, 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 Ducato 2 will go each time you place 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 let you turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.

First process, your key no longer permits your Fiat Ducato 2 to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Fiat Ducato 2, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not perform a less important process to reestablish the normal start of your automobile. Actually, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Fiat Ducato 2), 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 process until you have entered the whole code. This should allow your Fiat Ducato 2 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your dealer

If even though a battery swap, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Fiat Ducato 2 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 Ducato 2. Actually, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can fix your Fiat Ducato 2 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 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 Ducato 2.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Fiat Ducato 2, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Fiat Ducato 2 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Fiat Ducato 2 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.

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