Your Peugeot 2008 doesn’t want to start? Have you tested everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually possible, actually 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 2008 ? You are on the good website, we have made this post to support you see more clearly and resolve your problems relating to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Peugeot 2008, then the different methods to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Peugeot 2008

Before describing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the purpose and operation of the immobilizer in your Peugeot 2008. This electronic part came out 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Peugeot 2008. 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 Peugeot 2008 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually the one required 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 device will work.

The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Peugeot 2008

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First procedure, your key no longer enables your Peugeot 2008 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Peugeot 2008, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not execute a less important operation to restore 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 Peugeot 2008), 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 validate the digit and resume, replicate the operation until you have entered the whole code. This should allow your Peugeot 2008 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your dealer

If despite a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Peugeot 2008 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 Peugeot 2008. In fact, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can fix your Peugeot 2008 key. Depending 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Peugeot 2008.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Peugeot 2008, this is not advised at all for some reasons. First your Peugeot 2008 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it knows that the immobiliser on your Peugeot 2008 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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