How to disable the immobiliser Peugeot 5008 ?

Your Peugeot 5008 doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, actually that it is in question if your car no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Peugeot 5008 ? You are on the good article, we have written this post to help you see more clearly and resolve your problems related to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Peugeot 5008, then the different methods to disable it.

How your immobiliser system functions on Peugeot 5008

Before detailing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to show you the goal and operation of the immobilizer in your Peugeot 5008. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Peugeot 5008. Actually, 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 5008 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will allow you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.

First process, your key no longer allows your Peugeot 5008 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Peugeot 5008, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not execute a less significant procedure to bring back the normal start of your vehicle. Actually, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Peugeot 5008), 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, repeat the procedure until you have entered the whole code. This should enable you to start your Peugeot 5008 without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership

If in spite of a battery swap, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Peugeot 5008 still doesn’t work, it’s almost certainly your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Peugeot 5008. Actually, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To correct this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can repair your Peugeot 5008 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 Peugeot 5008.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Peugeot 5008, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your Peugeot 5008 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it knows that the immobiliser on your Peugeot 5008 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the method, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.

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