How to disable the immobiliser Renault Zoe ?

Your Renault Zoe doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually plausible, indeed 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 Zoe ? You are on the good article, we have made this post to support you see more clearly and resolve your problems relating to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Renault Zoe, then the different techniques to disable it.

How your immobiliser system functions on Renault Zoe

Before detailing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to explain the purpose and functions of the immobilizer in your Renault Zoe. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Renault Zoe. 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 Zoe will go each time you put 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 turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.

First procedure, your key no longer permits your Renault Zoe to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Renault Zoe, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not perform a less important process to reestablish the normal start of your vehicle. In fact, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Renault Zoe), 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, duplicate the process until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your Renault Zoe without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership

If despite a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Renault Zoe still doesn’t want to start, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Renault Zoe. In fact, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To correct this problem, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can restore your Renault Zoe 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 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 Zoe.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Renault Zoe, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Renault Zoe would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, 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 knows that the immobiliser on your Renault Zoe 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.

If you have any additional questions about the Renault Zoe, do not hesitate to consult our Renault Zoe category.