Your Jaguar XF doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble comes from your immobiliser ? It is certainly plausible, indeed 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 Jaguar XF ? You are on the good website, we have made this article to support you see more clearly and fix your trouble connected to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Jaguar XF, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Jaguar XF
Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to show you the intent and operation of the immobilizer in your Jaguar XF. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Jaguar XF. 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 Jaguar XF will go each time you place 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 system will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Jaguar XF
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer enables your Jaguar XF to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Jaguar XF, 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 procedure to reestablish the normal start of your automobile. Indeed, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Jaguar XF), 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 automobile 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, repeat the procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should allow your Jaguar XF to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If even though a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Jaguar XF still doesn’t work, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Jaguar XF. Indeed, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To fix this trouble, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your Jaguar XF 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 Jaguar XF.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Jaguar XF, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Jaguar XF would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, 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 Jaguar XF has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the methodology, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
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