Your Isuzu D-Max doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite possible, in fact that it is in question if your automotive doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Isuzu D-Max ? You are in the right place, we have created this article to support you see more clearly and resolve your trouble linked to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Isuzu D-Max, then the different ways to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Isuzu D-Max

Before describing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the aim and operation of the immobilizer in your Isuzu D-Max. This electronic part appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Isuzu D-Max. Indeed, thanks to a transponder and an antenna (coil) included in the key, and, a immobilisation control box included in the ECU and a reception antenna on the neiman, your Isuzu D-Max 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 instant, that it will let you turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.

The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Isuzu D-Max

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First process, your key no longer enables your Isuzu D-Max to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Isuzu D-Max, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not do a less significant process to bring back 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 Isuzu D-Max), 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, repeat the process until you have entered the full code. This should enable you to start your Isuzu D-Max without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership

If in spite of a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Isuzu D-Max 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 Isuzu D-Max. Indeed, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To correct this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your dealer who can fix your Isuzu D-Max key. Depending 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Isuzu D-Max.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Isuzu D-Max, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Isuzu D-Max 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 knows that the immobiliser on your Isuzu D-Max 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 benefit people with bad intentions.

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