How to disable the immobiliser Opel Zafira ?

Your Opel Zafira doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, indeed that it is in question if your car no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Opel Zafira ? You are on the good article, we have written this article to help you see more clearly and resolve your trouble linked to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Opel Zafira, then the different methods to disable it.

How your immobiliser system functions on Opel Zafira

Before explaining the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the goal and operation of the immobilizer in your Opel Zafira. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Opel Zafira. 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 Zafira will go each time you insert 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 moment, 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.

First methodology, your key no longer allows your Opel Zafira to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Opel Zafira, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not do a less significant procedure to bring back the normal start of your automobile. Indeed, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Opel Zafira), 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 procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should let you start your Opel Zafira without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer

If even though a battery change, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Opel Zafira 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 system from your Opel Zafira. Indeed, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Opel Zafira 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 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 Opel Zafira.

Manually remove your immobilizer

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

In the event that you have any additional questions about the Opel Zafira, do not hesitate to consult our Opel Zafira category.