How to disable the immobiliser Fiat Idea ?

Your Fiat Idea doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, actually that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Fiat Idea ? You are on the good article, we have created this article to help you see more clearly and fix your concerns relating to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Fiat Idea, then the different methods to disable it.

How your immobiliser system works on Fiat Idea

Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to explain the intent and operation of the immobilizer in your Fiat Idea. This electronic part came out 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Fiat Idea. 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 Idea will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls 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 system will work.

First methodology, your key no longer permits your Fiat Idea to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Fiat Idea, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not perform a less important operation to bring back 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 Idea), 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, repeat the operation until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your Fiat Idea 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 Idea still doesn’t work, it’s almost certainly your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Fiat Idea. Actually, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To fix this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can fix your Fiat Idea key. Depending 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 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 Idea.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Fiat Idea, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Fiat Idea 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. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Fiat Idea 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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