Your Opel Zafira 3 doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem comes from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, in fact that it is in question if your vehicule no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Opel Zafira 3 ? You are in the right place, we have made this content to help you see more clearly and resolve your problems relating to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Opel Zafira 3, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Opel Zafira 3
Before explaining the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to describe the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Opel Zafira 3. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Opel Zafira 3. In fact, 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 Zafira 3 will go each time you insert 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 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 solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Opel Zafira 3
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer permits your Opel Zafira 3 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Opel Zafira 3, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not perform a less important operation to bring back the normal start of your automobile. In fact, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Opel Zafira 3), but if you don’t have it you should at least have the “code card”, it contains 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 confirm the digit and resume, repeat the operation until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Opel Zafira 3 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If in spite of a battery swap, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Opel Zafira 3 still doesn’t want to start, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Opel Zafira 3. In fact, 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 dealer who can restore your Opel Zafira 3 key. Based on who you go to the repair should cost you about 100 euros if you still have a copy 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 Opel Zafira 3.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Opel Zafira 3, this is not recommended at all for many reasons. First your Opel Zafira 3 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, 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 finds out that the immobiliser on your Opel Zafira 3 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
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