Your Nissan Armada doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble comes 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 Nissan Armada ? You are on the good website, we have made this content to help you see more clearly and fix your problems relating to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Nissan Armada, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Nissan Armada
Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the purpose and operation of the immobilizer in your Nissan Armada. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Nissan Armada. 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 Nissan Armada will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks 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 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 Nissan Armada
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer enables your Nissan Armada to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Nissan Armada, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not do a less important process to bring back the normal start of your vehicle. Actually, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Nissan Armada), 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, repeat the process until you have entered the whole code. This should let you start your Nissan Armada without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery change, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Nissan Armada still doesn’t work, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Nissan Armada. Actually, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To fix this trouble, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can repair your Nissan Armada 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Nissan Armada.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Nissan Armada, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Nissan Armada 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. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Nissan Armada has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
If you have any further questions about the Nissan Armada, do not hesitate to consult our Nissan Armada category.
