Your Ford Expedition doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue emanates from your immobiliser ? It is quite plausible, in fact that it is in question if your vehicule no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Ford Expedition ? You are on the good article, we have made this post to help you see more clearly and solve your concerns related to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Ford Expedition, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Ford Expedition
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the role and functions of the immobilizer in your Ford Expedition. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Ford Expedition. In fact, 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 Ford Expedition will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will let you 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 Ford Expedition
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer permits your Ford Expedition to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Ford Expedition, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not execute a less important process to restore the normal start of your car. In fact, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Ford Expedition), 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 validate the digit and resume, replicate the process until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Ford Expedition to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If in spite of a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Ford Expedition still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Ford Expedition. In fact, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can fix your Ford Expedition 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Ford Expedition.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Ford Expedition, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Ford Expedition would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, 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 finds out that the immobiliser on your Ford Expedition has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Ford Expedition, do not hesitate to consult our Ford Expedition category.
