Your Fiat Punto doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is certainly possible, in fact that it is in question if your automotive doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Fiat Punto ? You are on the good website, we have written this content to support you see more clearly and solve your concerns linked to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Fiat Punto, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Fiat Punto
Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the aim and functions of the immobilizer in your Fiat Punto. This electronic part was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Fiat Punto. Indeed, 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 Punto will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will allow you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Fiat Punto
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer enables your Fiat Punto to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Fiat Punto, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not do a less significant operation to bring back the normal start of your car. Indeed, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Fiat Punto), but if you don’t have it you should at least have the “code card”, it contains 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, replicate the operation until you have entered the whole code. This should allow your Fiat Punto to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If in spite of a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Fiat Punto still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Fiat Punto. Indeed, your transponder must have been injured 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 dealer who can fix your Fiat Punto 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 Punto.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Fiat Punto, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Fiat Punto would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, 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 acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Fiat Punto 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 help people with bad intentions.
In the event that you have any additional questions about the Fiat Punto, do not hesitate to consult our Fiat Punto category.
