Your Ford Tourneo doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, actually that it is in question if your vehicule no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Ford Tourneo ? You are in the right place, we have written this article to help you see more clearly and resolve your concerns relating to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Ford Tourneo, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Ford Tourneo
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the intent and operation of the immobilizer in your Ford Tourneo. This electronic part came out 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Ford Tourneo. 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 Ford Tourneo will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will permit you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Ford Tourneo
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer enables your Ford Tourneo to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Ford Tourneo, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not accomplish a less significant operation to bring back the normal start of your vehicle. In fact, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Ford Tourneo), 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 validate the digit and resume, duplicate the operation until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Ford Tourneo to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If even though a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Ford Tourneo still doesn’t work, 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 Tourneo. In fact, 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 dealer who can restore your Ford Tourneo key. Based on who you go to the repair should cost you about 100 euros if you still have a copy 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 Ford Tourneo.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Ford Tourneo, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Ford Tourneo would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Ford Tourneo has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online 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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