Your Ford Mondeo doesn’t want to start? Have you tested everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually 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 Ford Mondeo ? You are on the good website, we have made this post to help you see more clearly and solve your concerns related to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Ford Mondeo, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Ford Mondeo
Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Ford Mondeo. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Ford Mondeo. 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 Ford Mondeo 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 asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will let you turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Ford Mondeo
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer permits your Ford Mondeo to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Ford Mondeo, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not accomplish a less important procedure to bring back the normal start of your car. Actually, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Ford Mondeo), 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 confirm the digit and resume, repeat the procedure until you have entered the whole code. This should allow your Ford Mondeo to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If despite a battery swap, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Ford Mondeo still doesn’t want to start, it’s almost certainly your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Ford Mondeo. Actually, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To correct this trouble, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your Ford Mondeo 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 dealership if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Ford Mondeo.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Ford Mondeo, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Ford Mondeo 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 finds out that the immobiliser on your Ford Mondeo has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages 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 Ford Mondeo, do not hesitate to consult our Ford Mondeo category.