Your Kia Stronic doesn’t want to start? Have you tested everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, indeed 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 Stronic ? You are on the good website, we have made this post to support you see more clearly and fix your concerns related to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Kia Stronic, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Kia Stronic
Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to describe the goal and functions of the immobilizer in your Kia Stronic. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Kia Stronic. 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 Kia Stronic will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will enable you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Kia Stronic
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer allows your Kia Stronic to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Kia Stronic, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not execute a less significant process to reestablish 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 Kia Stronic), 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 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, replicate the process until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Kia Stronic to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If despite a battery change, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Kia Stronic 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 Stronic. In fact, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your Kia Stronic 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 car dealership if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Kia Stronic.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Kia Stronic, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Kia Stronic 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 finds out that the immobiliser on your Kia Stronic 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.
To find more tips on the Kia Stronic, take a look at the Kia Stronic category.
