Your Kia E Niro doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, actually that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Kia E Niro ? You are in the right place, we have created this article to help you see more clearly and fix your trouble connected to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Kia E Niro, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Kia E Niro
Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to explain the purpose and operation of the immobilizer in your Kia E Niro. This electronic part was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Kia E Niro. Indeed, 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 Kia E Niro will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually the one expected 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 solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Kia E Niro
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer permits your Kia E Niro to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Kia E Niro, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not execute a less important operation to restore the normal start of your car. Indeed, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Kia E Niro), 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 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, replicate the operation until you have entered the whole code. This should enable you to start your Kia E Niro without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If despite a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Kia E Niro 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 system from your Kia E Niro. Indeed, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To fix this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can fix your Kia E Niro 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 Kia E Niro.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Kia E Niro, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Kia E Niro would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, 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 knows that the immobiliser on your Kia E Niro has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
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