How to disable the immobiliser Ford Ecosport ?

Your Ford Ecosport doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble emanates from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, in fact that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Ford Ecosport ? You are on the good website, we have written this article to support you see more clearly and solve your trouble related to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Ford Ecosport, then the different techniques to disable it.

How your immobiliser system works on Ford Ecosport

Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Ford Ecosport. This electronic part came out 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Ford Ecosport. 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 Ford Ecosport 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 required by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will allow 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 Ford Ecosport to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Ford Ecosport, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not do a less important process to reestablish the normal start of your automobile. Indeed, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Ford Ecosport), 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 process until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Ford Ecosport to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your dealer

If in spite of a battery change, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Ford Ecosport still doesn’t want to start, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Ford Ecosport. Indeed, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can restore your Ford Ecosport 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Ford Ecosport.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Ford Ecosport, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Ford Ecosport would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, 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 acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Ford Ecosport has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the method, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.

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