Your Renault Mascott doesn’t want to start? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually 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 Renault Mascott ? You are in the right place, we have made this post to help you see more clearly and solve your concerns related to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Renault Mascott, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Renault Mascott
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to show you the goal and operation of the immobilizer in your Renault Mascott. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Renault Mascott. 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 Mascott 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 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 Mascott
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer enables your Renault Mascott to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Renault Mascott, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not do a less important operation to reestablish 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 Renault Mascott), 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, duplicate the operation until you have entered the whole code. This should let you start your Renault Mascott without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If in spite of a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Renault Mascott still doesn’t work, 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 Mascott. Indeed, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can repair your Renault Mascott 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 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 Mascott.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Renault Mascott, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Renault Mascott 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 finds out that the immobiliser on your Renault Mascott has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
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