Your Cadillac SRX doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite plausible, in fact that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Cadillac SRX ? You are on the good website, we have made this post to support you see more clearly and fix your problems connected to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Cadillac SRX, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Cadillac SRX
Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the goal and functions of the immobilizer in your Cadillac SRX. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Cadillac SRX. 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 Cadillac SRX 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 expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will allow you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Cadillac SRX
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer allows your Cadillac SRX to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Cadillac SRX, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not execute a less significant process to reestablish the normal start of your car. Indeed, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Cadillac SRX), 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 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 whole code. This should enable you to start your Cadillac SRX without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Cadillac SRX still doesn’t want to start, it’s almost certainly your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Cadillac SRX. Indeed, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this problem, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Cadillac SRX 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 SRX.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Cadillac SRX, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Cadillac SRX would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Cadillac SRX has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
In the event that you have any additional questions about the Cadillac SRX, do not hesitate to consult our Cadillac SRX category.
