Your Nissan X-trail doesn’t want to start? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually plausible, 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 Nissan X-trail ? You are on the good article, we have created this content to help you see more clearly and resolve your concerns linked to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Nissan X-trail, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Nissan X-trail
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the role and functions of the immobilizer in your Nissan X-trail. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Nissan X-trail. 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 X-trail will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will permit you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Nissan X-trail
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer permits your Nissan X-trail to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Nissan X-trail, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not do a less significant procedure to restore the normal start of your car. Actually, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Nissan X-trail), 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 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 validate the digit and resume, repeat the procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should let you start your Nissan X-trail without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If despite a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Nissan X-trail still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Nissan X-trail. Actually, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your Nissan X-trail 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 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 X-trail.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Nissan X-trail, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your Nissan X-trail 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. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Nissan X-trail has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the method, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
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