How to disable the immobiliser Fiat Punto 2 ?

Your Fiat Punto 2 doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually 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 Punto 2 ? You are in the right place, we have created this post to support you see more clearly and resolve your trouble connected to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Fiat Punto 2, then the different methods to disable it.

How your immobiliser system functions on Fiat Punto 2

Before describing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the goal and functions of the immobilizer in your Fiat Punto 2. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Fiat Punto 2. In fact, 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 Punto 2 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 turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.

First methodology, your key no longer allows your Fiat Punto 2 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Fiat Punto 2, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not perform a less important procedure to restore the normal start of your car. In fact, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Fiat Punto 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 car 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 procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Fiat Punto 2 without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer

If even though a battery swap, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Fiat Punto 2 still doesn’t work, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Fiat Punto 2. In fact, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To correct this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can restore your Fiat Punto 2 key. Based 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 Punto 2.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Fiat Punto 2, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Fiat Punto 2 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. 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 Punto 2 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online 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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