Your Kia Rio doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble originates from your immobiliser ? It is reasonably possible, actually that it is in question if your car no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Kia Rio ? You are in the right place, we have created this content to help you see more clearly and fix your problems related to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Kia Rio, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Kia Rio
Before explaining the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the goal and functions of the immobilizer in your Kia Rio. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Kia Rio. Indeed, 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 Kia Rio will go each time you insert 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 moment, that it will let you turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Kia Rio
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer allows your Kia Rio to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Kia Rio, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not perform a less important operation to restore the normal start of your vehicle. Indeed, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Kia Rio), 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 confirm the digit and resume, duplicate the operation until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your Kia Rio without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If even though a battery change, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Kia Rio still doesn’t want to start, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Kia Rio. 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 Rio 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 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 Rio.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Kia Rio, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Kia Rio would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Kia Rio has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online 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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