Your Jeep Renegade doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite plausible, indeed that it is in question if your car no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Jeep Renegade ? You are on the good website, we have written this content to help you see more clearly and resolve your problems related to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Jeep Renegade, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Jeep Renegade
Before detailing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the purpose and functions of the immobilizer in your Jeep Renegade. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Jeep Renegade. In fact, 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 Jeep Renegade will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will enable you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Jeep Renegade
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer enables your Jeep Renegade to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Jeep Renegade, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not execute a less important procedure to restore the normal start of your automobile. In fact, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Jeep Renegade), 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 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 validate the digit and resume, repeat the procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Jeep Renegade without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If despite a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Jeep Renegade still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Jeep Renegade. In fact, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To correct this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can fix your Jeep Renegade key. Determined by 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 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 Renegade.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Jeep Renegade, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Jeep Renegade would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Jeep Renegade has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
In the event that you have any additional questions about the Jeep Renegade, do not hesitate to consult our Jeep Renegade category.
