Your Suzuki Grand Vitara doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem emanates from your immobiliser ? It is actually possible, indeed that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Suzuki Grand Vitara ? You are in the right place, we have made this article to support you see more clearly and fix your concerns linked to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Suzuki Grand Vitara, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Suzuki Grand Vitara
Before detailing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the goal and functions of the immobilizer in your Suzuki Grand Vitara. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Suzuki Grand Vitara. In fact, 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 Suzuki Grand Vitara will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will enable you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Suzuki Grand Vitara
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer permits your Suzuki Grand Vitara to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Suzuki Grand Vitara, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not execute a less important procedure 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 Suzuki Grand Vitara), 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 procedure until you have entered the whole code. This should enable you to start your Suzuki Grand Vitara without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If despite a battery swap, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Suzuki Grand Vitara 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 system from your Suzuki Grand Vitara. In fact, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can repair your Suzuki Grand Vitara 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Suzuki Grand Vitara.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Suzuki Grand Vitara, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Suzuki Grand Vitara 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. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Suzuki Grand Vitara 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.
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