Your Renault Megane 4 doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, actually that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Renault Megane 4 ? You are in the right place, we have written this post to support you see more clearly and fix your concerns connected to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Renault Megane 4, then the different ways to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Renault Megane 4

Before explaining the different choices available to you, here is a short intro to show you the goal and functions of the immobilizer in your Renault Megane 4. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Renault Megane 4. 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 Megane 4 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks 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 enable you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.

The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Renault Megane 4

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First process, your key no longer permits your Renault Megane 4 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Renault Megane 4, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not execute a less significant process 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 Megane 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, replicate the process until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Renault Megane 4 to start without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your dealer

If despite a battery swap, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Renault Megane 4 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 system from your Renault Megane 4. Actually, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To fix this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can repair your Renault Megane 4 key. Determined by who you go to the repair should cost you about 100 euros if you still have a duplicate 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 Megane 4.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Renault Megane 4, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Renault Megane 4 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Renault Megane 4 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online 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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