Your Opel Antara doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is reasonably plausible, actually 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 Opel Antara ? You are in the right place, we have made this post to support you see more clearly and solve your trouble related to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Opel Antara, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Opel Antara
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the intent and operation of the immobilizer in your Opel Antara. This electronic part was invented 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Opel Antara. 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 Opel Antara will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will allow 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 Opel Antara
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer enables your Opel Antara to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Opel Antara, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not execute a less important procedure to reestablish the normal start of your vehicle. Indeed, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Opel Antara), 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, replicate the procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Opel Antara without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If despite a battery swap, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Opel Antara 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 Opel Antara. Indeed, your transponder must have been damaged 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 dealer who can fix your Opel Antara 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 Opel Antara.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Opel Antara, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Opel Antara would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Opel Antara has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages 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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