Your Renault Megane 2 doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually plausible, actually that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Renault Megane 2 ? You are on the good article, we have created this article to support you see more clearly and solve your problems linked to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Renault Megane 2, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Renault Megane 2
Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to show you the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Renault Megane 2. This electronic part appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Renault Megane 2. In fact, 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 Megane 2 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will allow you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Renault Megane 2
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer enables your Renault Megane 2 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Renault Megane 2, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not perform a less important procedure to bring back the normal start of your vehicle. In fact, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Renault Megane 2), 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 procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Renault Megane 2 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If despite a battery change, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Renault Megane 2 still doesn’t work, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Renault Megane 2. In fact, your transponder must have been weakened 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 restore your Renault Megane 2 key. Determined by 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 Megane 2.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Renault Megane 2, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Renault Megane 2 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Renault Megane 2 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites 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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