Your Mitsubishi Mirage doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is certainly possible, indeed that it is in question if your automotive doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Mitsubishi Mirage ? You are in the right place, we have created this post to help you see more clearly and fix your trouble linked to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Mitsubishi Mirage, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Mitsubishi Mirage
Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the goal and operation of the immobilizer in your Mitsubishi Mirage. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Mitsubishi Mirage. 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 Mitsubishi Mirage will go each time you insert 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 instant, that it will enable you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Mitsubishi Mirage
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer allows your Mitsubishi Mirage to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Mitsubishi Mirage, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not perform a less important process 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 Mitsubishi Mirage), 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 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, repeat the process until you have entered the whole code. This should enable you to start your Mitsubishi Mirage without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If even though a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Mitsubishi Mirage still doesn’t want to start, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Mitsubishi Mirage. Indeed, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can repair your Mitsubishi Mirage key. Based on 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Mitsubishi Mirage.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Mitsubishi Mirage, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Mitsubishi Mirage 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 knows that the immobiliser on your Mitsubishi Mirage 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 help people with bad intentions.
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