Your Vauxkhall Moka doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually plausible, actually that it is in question if your vehicule no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Vauxkhall Moka ? You are on the good article, we have written this post to help you see more clearly and solve your trouble connected to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Vauxkhall Moka, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Vauxkhall Moka
Before describing the different choices available to you, here is a short intro to describe the aim and functions of the immobilizer in your Vauxkhall Moka. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Vauxkhall Moka. Indeed, 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 Vauxkhall Moka will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will let you 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 Vauxkhall Moka
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer permits your Vauxkhall Moka to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Vauxkhall Moka, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not execute a less important process to reestablish the normal start of your automobile. Indeed, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Vauxkhall Moka), 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 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, replicate the process until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your Vauxkhall Moka without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If in spite of a battery swap, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Vauxkhall Moka still doesn’t work, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Vauxkhall Moka. Indeed, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can restore your Vauxkhall Moka key. Determined by 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 Vauxkhall Moka.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Vauxkhall Moka, this is not advised at all for some reasons. First your Vauxkhall Moka 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. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Vauxkhall Moka has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites 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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