Your Renault Scenic 4 doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, indeed that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Renault Scenic 4 ? You are in the right place, we have made this post to support you see more clearly and solve your concerns linked to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Renault Scenic 4, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Renault Scenic 4
Before describing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to show you the role and functions of the immobilizer in your Renault Scenic 4. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Renault Scenic 4. 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 Scenic 4 will go each time you put 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 system will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Renault Scenic 4
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer permits your Renault Scenic 4 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Renault Scenic 4, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not perform a less significant process to restore 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 Scenic 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 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, replicate the process until you have entered the entire code. This should let you start your Renault Scenic 4 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If despite a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Renault Scenic 4 still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Renault Scenic 4. In fact, your transponder must have been injured 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 car dealer who can fix your Renault Scenic 4 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 Scenic 4.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Renault Scenic 4, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Renault Scenic 4 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, 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 knows that the immobiliser on your Renault Scenic 4 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
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