How to disable the immobiliser Peugeot 108 ?

Your Peugeot 108 doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually possible, indeed that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Peugeot 108 ? You are on the good article, we have made this content to help you see more clearly and fix your concerns linked to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Peugeot 108, then the different ways to disable it.

How your immobiliser system functions on Peugeot 108

Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short intro to explain the role and functions of the immobilizer in your Peugeot 108. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Peugeot 108. Indeed, 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 Peugeot 108 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will permit you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.

First procedure, your key no longer allows your Peugeot 108 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Peugeot 108, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not perform a less significant process to reestablish the normal start of your car. Indeed, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Peugeot 108), 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 confirm the digit and resume, replicate the process until you have entered the whole code. This should let you start your Peugeot 108 without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership

If despite a battery swap, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Peugeot 108 still doesn’t want to start, it’s almost certainly your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Peugeot 108. Indeed, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can restore your Peugeot 108 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 Peugeot 108.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Peugeot 108, this is not recommended at all for many reasons. First your Peugeot 108 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, 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 realizes that the immobiliser on your Peugeot 108 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.

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