Your Fiat Panda 2 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually plausible, in fact 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 Panda 2 ? You are in the right place, we have written this article to support you see more clearly and solve your trouble relating to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Fiat Panda 2, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Fiat Panda 2
Before explaining the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Fiat Panda 2. This electronic part appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Fiat Panda 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 Panda 2 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will enable 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 Panda 2
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer allows your Fiat Panda 2 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Fiat Panda 2, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not accomplish a less significant procedure to reestablish the normal start of your vehicle. Actually, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Fiat Panda 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 vehicle 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 whole code. This should let you start your Fiat Panda 2 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If despite a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Fiat Panda 2 still doesn’t want to start, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Fiat Panda 2. Actually, your transponder must have been injured 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 dealer who can restore your Fiat Panda 2 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 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 Panda 2.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Fiat Panda 2, this is not advised at all for some reasons. First your Fiat Panda 2 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it knows that the immobiliser on your Fiat Panda 2 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
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