Your Renault Espace 5 doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, indeed that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Renault Espace 5 ? You are in the right place, we have written this article to help you see more clearly and resolve your problems related to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Renault Espace 5, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Renault Espace 5
Before describing the different choices available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Renault Espace 5. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Renault Espace 5. Actually, 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 5 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed 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 device will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Renault Espace 5
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer allows your Renault Espace 5 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Renault Espace 5, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not execute a less significant operation to restore the normal start of your automobile. Actually, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Renault Espace 5), 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 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, replicate the operation until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Renault Espace 5 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If even though a battery swap, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Renault Espace 5 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 device from your Renault Espace 5. Actually, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can repair your Renault Espace 5 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 Renault Espace 5.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Renault Espace 5, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Renault Espace 5 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, 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 realizes that the immobiliser on your Renault Espace 5 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
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