Your Tesla Model 3 doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble emanates from your immobiliser ? It is certainly plausible, in fact that it is in question if your vehicule no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Tesla Model 3 ? You are on the good article, we have made this article to help you see more clearly and solve your concerns relating to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Tesla Model 3, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Tesla Model 3
Before explaining the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to describe the purpose and operation of the immobilizer in your Tesla Model 3. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Tesla Model 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 Tesla Model 3 will go each time you put 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 unit will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Tesla Model 3
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer permits your Tesla Model 3 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Tesla Model 3, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not execute a less important procedure 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 Tesla Model 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 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 confirm the digit and resume, duplicate the procedure until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your Tesla Model 3 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If even though a battery change, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Tesla Model 3 still doesn’t work, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Tesla Model 3. Indeed, your transponder must have been damaged 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 repair your Tesla Model 3 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 Tesla Model 3.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Tesla Model 3, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your Tesla Model 3 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it knows that the immobiliser on your Tesla Model 3 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
In the event that you have any further questions about the Tesla Model 3, do not hesitate to consult our Tesla Model 3 category.
