NHTSA ID Number: 10173096
Manufacturer Communication Number: SRV-ESB-20-001
TSB/Document Date: 2020-04-07
Summary
Ducati
Immobilizer Systems - Applicability: All vehicles with electronic coded keys. This Electronic Service Bulletin replaces and cancels the bulletin SRV-ESB-18-004 published on May 3rd, 2018 and provides information regarding the Immobilizer Systems (engine start lock systems) and associated reset procedures that a Ducati
technician shall perform in case of a system failure or loss of keys. This bulletin also contains applicability tables and procedures for the various immoblizer systems.
Ducati
Immobilizer Systems
All vehicles with electronic coded keys
Electronic Service Bulletin SRV-ESB-20-001
Date:
To:
From:
March 19, 2020
Dealer Principal, General Manager, Service Manager, North American Dealer
Network
Richard Kenton, Technical Director
Eric Bradley, Technical Training and Publications Manager
This Electronic Service Bulletin replaces and cancels
the bulletin SRV-ESB-18-004 published on May 3rd, 2018.
Dear Dealers,
This Electronic Service Bulletin provides the information about the Immobilizer Systems
(engine start lock systems) and the relevant reset procedures that a Ducati
technician shall
perform in case of a system failure or if the keys are lost.
The electronic systems called “Immobilizers,” prevent the engine from starting when a key not
acknowledged among the supplied ones is detected, thus increasing the protection against
theft.
The system acknowledges the key by means of an antenna capable of reading the electronic
code stored in a chip (transponder) inside the key. The electronic codes that allow overriding
the Immobilizer are stored in different control units according to the system used (Instrument
panel Control unit, Engine Control unit, Hands Free Control unit, E-lock Control unit).
Following are the Immobilizer systems installed on the Ducati
models from Model Year 2006
to Model Year 2020:
•
IRC (Immobilizer, 3 Keys, Code Card)
•
I2K (Immobilizer, 2 Keys)
•
HF (Hands Free, 2 Keys)
•
E-LOCK (E-Lock, 2 Keys)
•
I2K-2 (Immobilizer, 2 Keys)
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Immobilizer Systems
All vehicles with electronic coded keys
Electronic Service Bulletin SRV-ESB-20-001
Table of Contents
Page
Immobilizer systems
4
IRC system (Immobilizer, 3 Keys, Code card)
8
IRC system operation
9
Key memorization procedure on new system
10
Loss or damage of one black key
14
Loss or damage of the red key
14
Disassembly of the red and the black keys
15
Loss of the Code Card
16
Immobilizer override procedure
16
Replacement of the instrument panel
17
Replacement of the engine control unit
18
Replacement of the ignition switch
18
Replacement of the antenna
18
I2K system (Immobilizer, 2 Keys, Code Card)
19
I2K system operation
20
Key memorization procedure on new system
20
Loss or damage of one black key
23
Key deletion procedure
23
Loss or damage of both black keys
25
Loss of both black keys and the Code Card
25
Loss of the Code Card
26
Replacement of the instrument panel control unit
26
Replacement of the antenna
26
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Immobilizer Systems
All vehicles with electronic coded keys
Electronic Service Bulletin SRV-ESB-20-001
Page
HF system (Hands Free, 2 Keys)
27
HF system operation
29
Recovery procedure via Pin Code
31
Pin Code deletion procedure
32
Active key battery replacement procedure
32
Loss or damage of the active key
34
Loss or damage of the passive key
34
New key memorization on Hands Free control unit
35
Loss or damage of the active and passive key
35
Replacement of the Hands-Free control unit
36
Key memorization on Hands Free control unit
36
Replacement of the antenna
36
Reset button operation
36
E-LOCK system (E-Lock, 2 Keys)
38
E-Lock system operation
39
Recovery procedure via Pin Code
39
Pin Code deletion procedure
40
Loss or damage of one key
40
Key memorization procedure
41
Loss or damage of both keys
41
Replacement of the E-Lock control unit
41
I2K-2 system (Immobilizer, 2 Keys)
42
I2K-2 system operation
44
Recovery procedure via Pin Code
45
Key memorization procedure on new system
45
Loss or damage of one of the keys
47
Key reset procedure
47
Loss or damage of both keys
48
Damage and replacement of the instrument panel
48
Mechanical damage of the ignition switch
48
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Immobilizer Systems
All vehicles with electronic coded keys
Electronic Service Bulletin SRV-ESB-20-001
Immobilizer systems
Model
Year
Family/Model
Monster
Multistrada
2006
SportClassic
SportTouring
Superbike
SuperSport
Monster
Multistrada
2007
SportClassic
SportTouring
Immobilizer systems
IRC
Hypermotard
Multistrada
SportClassic
●
●
●
Hypermotard
Monster
Multistrada
SportClassic
●
●
●
●
●
Superbike
Hypermotard
Monster
2010
●
Multistrada
SportClassic
Streetfighter
Superbike
I2K-2
●
●
●
Superbike
2009
E-LOCK
●
●
●
Desmosedici RR
Monster
HF
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
Superbike
2008
I2K
●
●
●
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Immobilizer Systems
All vehicles with electronic coded keys
Electronic Service Bulletin SRV-ESB-20-001
Model
Year
Family/Model
Immobilizer systems
IRC
Monster
Streetfighter
Superbike
2011
Monster
●
●
●
●
●
●
Multistrada
Streetfighter
Superbike
●
●
●
Diavel
Hypermotard
2012
Monster
●
●
●
Mulistrada
Streetfighter
Superbike
●
●
●
●
Diavel
●
Hypermotard
2013
Monster
●
●
Multistrada
Streetfighter
Superbike
●
●
●
●
Diavel
●
●
Hypermotard
2014
Monster
●
Multistrada
Streetfighter
Superbike
I2K-2
●
Diavel
Hypermotard
E-LOCK
●
Multistrada
SportClassic
HF
●
●
Hypermotard
2010
I2K
●
●
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Immobilizer Systems
All vehicles with electronic coded keys
Electronic Service Bulletin SRV-ESB-20-001
Model
Year
Family/Model
Immobilizer systems
IRC
I2K
HF
E-LOCK
●
Diavel
●
●
Hypermotard
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