Your Acura RDX doesn’t want to start? Have you tested everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is certainly plausible, indeed that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Acura RDX ? You are on the good article, we have written this article to help you see more clearly and resolve your trouble relating to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Acura RDX, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Acura RDX
Before explaining the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Acura RDX. This electronic part came out 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Acura RDX. Actually, 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 Acura RDX will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it checks 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 permit you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Acura RDX
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer enables your Acura RDX to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Acura RDX, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a garage verify that you can not execute a less significant procedure to bring back the normal start of your automobile. Actually, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Acura RDX), 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 validate the digit and resume, repeat the procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should let you start your Acura RDX without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If even though a battery swap, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Acura RDX still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Acura RDX. Actually, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To correct this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Acura RDX 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 Acura RDX.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Acura RDX, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Acura RDX would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Acura RDX 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 benefit people with bad intentions.
In the event that you have any further questions about the Acura RDX, do not hesitate to consult our Acura RDX category.
