Your Nissan Terrano doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is certainly plausible, indeed that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Nissan Terrano ? You are in the right place, we have created this content to help you see more clearly and resolve your trouble linked to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Nissan Terrano, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Nissan Terrano
Before explaining the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the aim and functions of the immobilizer in your Nissan Terrano. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Nissan Terrano. 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 Terrano will go each time you put 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 instant, that it will enable you to turn on your car. 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 Terrano
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer permits your Nissan Terrano to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Nissan Terrano, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not accomplish a less significant process 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 Nissan Terrano), 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 process until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Nissan Terrano to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If in spite of a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Nissan Terrano 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 Nissan Terrano. Actually, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can restore your Nissan Terrano 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 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 Terrano.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Nissan Terrano, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your Nissan Terrano would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Nissan Terrano 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.
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