Your Renault Trafic 3 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble comes from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, indeed that it is in question if your car no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Renault Trafic 3 ? You are in the right place, we have written this article to help you see more clearly and fix your problems connected to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Renault Trafic 3, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Renault Trafic 3
Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the aim and functions of the immobilizer in your Renault Trafic 3. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Renault Trafic 3. 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 Trafic 3 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will permit 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 Trafic 3
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer enables your Renault Trafic 3 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Renault Trafic 3, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not accomplish a less significant procedure to restore the normal start of your car. Indeed, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Renault Trafic 3), 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 procedure until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Renault Trafic 3 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 Trafic 3 still doesn’t want to start, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Renault Trafic 3. Indeed, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this trouble, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can fix your Renault Trafic 3 key. Depending on 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 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 Trafic 3.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Renault Trafic 3, this is not advised at all for some reasons. First your Renault Trafic 3 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Renault Trafic 3 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
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