Your Renault Espace 4 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem comes from your immobiliser ? It is certainly possible, in fact 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 Renault Espace 4 ? You are on the good article, we have written this content to help you see more clearly and resolve your concerns linked to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Renault Espace 4, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Renault Espace 4
Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to describe the aim and functions of the immobilizer in your Renault Espace 4. This electronic part came out 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Renault Espace 4. 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 Renault Espace 4 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will let you start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Renault Espace 4
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer permits your Renault Espace 4 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Renault Espace 4, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not do a less significant procedure to reestablish 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 Renault Espace 4), 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 confirm the digit and resume, duplicate the procedure until you have entered the whole code. This should enable you to start your Renault Espace 4 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If even though a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Renault Espace 4 still doesn’t want to start, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Renault Espace 4. Indeed, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can restore your Renault Espace 4 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 dealership if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Renault Espace 4.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Renault Espace 4, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Renault Espace 4 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Renault Espace 4 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 benefit people with bad intentions.
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