Your Tesla Model X doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite plausible, indeed that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Tesla Model X ? You are on the good article, we have written this content to help you see more clearly and resolve your problems related to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Tesla Model X, then the different methods to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system functions on Tesla Model X

Before explaining the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to explain the purpose and operation of the immobilizer in your Tesla Model X. This electronic part appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Tesla Model X. 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 Tesla Model X will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one asked 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 device will work.

The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Tesla Model X

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First methodology, your key no longer enables your Tesla Model X to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Tesla Model X, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not execute a less important process to bring back the normal start of your car. In fact, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Tesla Model X), 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 car 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 entire code. This should let you start your Tesla Model X without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer

If despite a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Tesla Model X 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 X. In fact, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can restore your Tesla Model X key. Based 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 dealership 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 X.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Tesla Model X, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Tesla Model X would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Tesla Model X 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 help people with bad intentions.

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