Your Renault Twizy doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually plausible, in fact that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Renault Twizy ? You are in the right place, we have made this article to help you see more clearly and resolve your problems related to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Renault Twizy, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Renault Twizy
Before detailing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the purpose and operation of the immobilizer in your Renault Twizy. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Renault Twizy. Indeed, thanks to a transponder and an antenna (coil) integrated in the key, and, a immobilisation control box integrated in the ECU and a reception antenna on the neiman, your Renault Twizy will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will enable you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Renault Twizy
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer allows your Renault Twizy to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Renault Twizy, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not perform a less important process to bring back 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 Twizy), 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, repeat the process until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Renault Twizy to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery change, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Renault Twizy still doesn’t work, it’s almost certainly your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Renault Twizy. Indeed, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To fix this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can restore your Renault Twizy 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 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 Twizy.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Renault Twizy, this is not advised at all for some reasons. First your Renault Twizy 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 Twizy 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 benefit people with bad intentions.
In the event that you have any additional questions about the Renault Twizy, do not hesitate to consult our Renault Twizy category.
