Your Lancia Ypsilon doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem emanates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, indeed that it is in question if your automotive doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Lancia Ypsilon ? You are on the good article, we have created this article to support you see more clearly and fix your trouble linked to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Lancia Ypsilon, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Lancia Ypsilon
Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to explain the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Lancia Ypsilon. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Lancia Ypsilon. 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 Lancia Ypsilon will go each time you insert 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 moment, that it will let you start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Lancia Ypsilon
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer enables your Lancia Ypsilon to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Lancia Ypsilon, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not do a less important procedure to restore the normal start of your automobile. Actually, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Lancia Ypsilon), 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 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 whole code. This should enable you to start your Lancia Ypsilon without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If even though a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Lancia Ypsilon still doesn’t want to start, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Lancia Ypsilon. Actually, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To fix this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can repair your Lancia Ypsilon 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 car dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Lancia Ypsilon.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Lancia Ypsilon, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Lancia Ypsilon 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. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Lancia Ypsilon has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Lancia Ypsilon, do not hesitate to consult our Lancia Ypsilon category.
