How to disable the immobiliser Nissan Leaf ?

Your Nissan Leaf doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, in fact 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 Nissan Leaf ? You are in the right place, we have written this article to support you see more clearly and resolve your concerns related to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Nissan Leaf, then the different techniques to disable it.

How your immobiliser system functions on Nissan Leaf

Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to explain the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Nissan Leaf. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Nissan Leaf. Actually, 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 Nissan Leaf will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will enable you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.

First methodology, your key no longer enables your Nissan Leaf to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Nissan Leaf, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not perform a less important operation to restore 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 Leaf), 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 validate the digit and resume, duplicate the operation until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Nissan Leaf to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer

If even though a battery change, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Nissan Leaf 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 device from your Nissan Leaf. Actually, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To fix this problem, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can restore your Nissan Leaf key. Depending 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 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 Nissan Leaf.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Nissan Leaf, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Nissan Leaf would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Nissan Leaf has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.

To find more tips on the Nissan Leaf, take a look at the Nissan Leaf category.