Your Peugeot 4008 doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, actually that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Peugeot 4008 ? You are on the good website, we have written this post to support you see more clearly and solve your concerns related to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Peugeot 4008, then the different ways to disable it.

disable-immobiliserpeugeot-4008

How your immobiliser system works on Peugeot 4008

Before explaining the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the aim and functions of the immobilizer in your Peugeot 4008. This electronic part appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Peugeot 4008. 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 Peugeot 4008 will go each time you put 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 permit you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.

The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Peugeot 4008

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First methodology, your key no longer permits your Peugeot 4008 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Peugeot 4008, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not do a less significant procedure to bring back 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 Peugeot 4008), 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 let you start your Peugeot 4008 without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer

If despite a battery change, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Peugeot 4008 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 device from your Peugeot 4008. Indeed, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can restore your Peugeot 4008 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 4008.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Peugeot 4008, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Peugeot 4008 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, 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 Peugeot 4008 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.

To get more tips on the Peugeot 4008, take a look at the Peugeot 4008 category.