Your Tesla Model S doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, in fact that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Tesla Model S ? You are in the right place, we have created this article to support you see more clearly and resolve your problems relating to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Tesla Model S, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Tesla Model S
Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to describe the goal and operation of the immobilizer in your Tesla Model S. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Tesla Model S. 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 Tesla Model S will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, 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.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Tesla Model S
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer allows your Tesla Model S to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Tesla Model S, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not do a less significant procedure to reestablish the normal start of your automobile. In fact, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Tesla Model S), 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, duplicate the procedure until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your Tesla Model S without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If despite a battery change, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Tesla Model S still doesn’t want to start, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Tesla Model S. In fact, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To fix this problem, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can fix your Tesla Model S key. Depending on 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 S.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Tesla Model S, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Tesla Model S would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it knows that the immobiliser on your Tesla Model S has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the method, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
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