How to disable the immobiliser Jaguar F-Type ?

Your Jaguar F-Type doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually possible, indeed 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 Jaguar F-Type ? You are in the right place, we have written this article to support you see more clearly and fix your problems connected to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Jaguar F-Type, then the different ways to disable it.

How your immobiliser system works on Jaguar F-Type

Before describing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the intent and operation of the immobilizer in your Jaguar F-Type. This electronic element appeared 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Jaguar F-Type. Actually, 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 Jaguar F-Type will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will let you turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.

First procedure, your key no longer enables your Jaguar F-Type to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Jaguar F-Type, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not perform a less significant operation to restore 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 Jaguar F-Type), but if you don’t have it you should at least have the “code card”, it contains 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 confirm the digit and resume, duplicate the operation until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Jaguar F-Type without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer

If in spite of a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Jaguar F-Type still doesn’t want to start, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Jaguar F-Type. Actually, your transponder must have been weakened 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 Jaguar F-Type key. Depending 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Jaguar F-Type.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Jaguar F-Type, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Jaguar F-Type 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. Moreover to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Jaguar F-Type has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.

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