Your Cadillac CTS doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem emanates from your immobiliser ? It is certainly possible, in fact that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Cadillac CTS ? You are on the good website, we have created this post to help you see more clearly and fix your problems relating to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Cadillac CTS, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Cadillac CTS
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to explain the aim and operation of the immobilizer in your Cadillac CTS. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Cadillac CTS. 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 Cadillac CTS will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will permit you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Cadillac CTS
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer enables your Cadillac CTS to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Cadillac CTS, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not do a less important process to reestablish the normal start of your vehicle. Actually, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Cadillac CTS), 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 vehicle 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 process until you have entered the whole code. This should allow your Cadillac CTS to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery change, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Cadillac CTS still doesn’t want to start, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Cadillac CTS. Actually, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To correct this problem, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Cadillac CTS key. Based on 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 dealership if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Cadillac CTS.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Cadillac CTS, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Cadillac CTS would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, 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 knows that the immobiliser on your Cadillac CTS has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Cadillac CTS, do not hesitate to consult our Cadillac CTS category.
