Your Land Rover Defender doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually possible, actually that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Land Rover Defender ? You are in the right place, we have written this post to help you see more clearly and solve your problems linked to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Land Rover Defender, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Land Rover Defender
Before detailing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to describe the aim and operation of the immobilizer in your Land Rover Defender. This electronic component was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Land Rover Defender. 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 Land Rover Defender will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is actually the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will permit you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Land Rover Defender
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First process, your key no longer allows your Land Rover Defender to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Land Rover Defender, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not execute a less significant process to restore the normal start of your automobile. In fact, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Land Rover Defender), 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 process until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Land Rover Defender to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If in spite of a battery change, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Land Rover Defender 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 device from your Land Rover Defender. In fact, your transponder must have been damaged 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 Land Rover Defender 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 Land Rover Defender.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Land Rover Defender, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Land Rover Defender would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Land Rover Defender has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
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