Your Renault Vel Satis doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is quite 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 Vel Satis ? You are in the right place, we have written this content to help you see more clearly and resolve your concerns linked to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Renault Vel Satis, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Renault Vel Satis
Before describing the different choices available to you, here is a short intro to explain the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Renault Vel Satis. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Renault Vel Satis. 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 Vel Satis will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually 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 solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Renault Vel Satis
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer allows your Renault Vel Satis to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Renault Vel Satis, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not do a less important process to bring back 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 Vel Satis), 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 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 full code. This should let you start your Renault Vel Satis without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If even though a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Renault Vel Satis 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 Vel Satis. Actually, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Renault Vel Satis 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 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 Vel Satis.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Renault Vel Satis, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Renault Vel Satis would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, 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 Vel Satis has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
Whenever you have any additional questions about the Renault Vel Satis, do not hesitate to consult our Renault Vel Satis category.
