Your Fiat Ducato doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite plausible, indeed 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 ? You are in the right place, we have created this post to support you see more clearly and solve your problems relating to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Fiat Ducato, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Fiat Ducato
Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short intro to explain the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Fiat Ducato. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Fiat Ducato. 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 Ducato will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will enable you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Fiat Ducato
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer allows your Fiat Ducato to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Fiat Ducato, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not perform a less significant procedure to restore 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), 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, replicate the procedure until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Fiat Ducato to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If despite a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Fiat Ducato 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. Actually, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To correct this problem, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your Fiat Ducato 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 Ducato.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Fiat Ducato, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Fiat Ducato 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. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Fiat Ducato has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
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