Your Renault Grand Espace doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, actually that it is in question if your vehicule no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Renault Grand Espace ? You are on the good website, we have created this article to support you see more clearly and fix your concerns linked to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Renault Grand Espace, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Renault Grand Espace
Before describing the different choices available to you, here is a short intro to explain the intent and operation of the immobilizer in your Renault Grand Espace. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Renault Grand Espace. In fact, 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 Renault Grand Espace will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, 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.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Renault Grand Espace
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer enables your Renault Grand Espace to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Renault Grand Espace, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not execute a less important procedure to bring back the normal start of your car. In fact, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Renault Grand Espace), 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 car 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 full code. This should allow your Renault Grand Espace to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If despite a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Renault Grand Espace still doesn’t want to start, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Renault Grand Espace. In fact, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your Renault Grand Espace 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 Renault Grand Espace.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Renault Grand Espace, this is not recommended at all for many reasons. First your Renault Grand Espace 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. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it knows that the immobiliser on your Renault Grand Espace 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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