How to disable the immobiliser Jeep Compass ?

Your Jeep Compass doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite plausible, indeed that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Jeep Compass ? You are on the good website, we have created this content to help you see more clearly and resolve your problems related to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Jeep Compass, then the different methods to disable it.

How your immobiliser system functions on Jeep Compass

Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to explain the purpose and operation of the immobilizer in your Jeep Compass. This electronic part appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Jeep Compass. 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 Jeep Compass will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one expected 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 technique, your key no longer enables your Jeep Compass to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Jeep Compass, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not do a less important operation 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 Jeep Compass), 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, duplicate the operation until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Jeep Compass without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer

If despite a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Jeep Compass still doesn’t want to start, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Jeep Compass. Actually, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can fix your Jeep Compass key. Determined by 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 Jeep Compass.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Jeep Compass, this is not advised at all for some reasons. First your Jeep Compass 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. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Jeep Compass has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages 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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