Your Lexus GX doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually possible, in fact 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 Lexus GX ? You are on the good website, we have created this content to support you see more clearly and resolve your problems connected to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Lexus GX, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Lexus GX
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the role and functions of the immobilizer in your Lexus GX. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Lexus GX. 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 Lexus GX 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 start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Lexus GX
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer permits your Lexus GX to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Lexus GX, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not do a less important 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 Lexus GX), 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 validate the digit and resume, repeat the process until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your Lexus GX without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership
If in spite of a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Lexus GX still doesn’t work, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Lexus GX. In fact, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can repair your Lexus GX 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 car dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Lexus GX.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Lexus GX, this is not recommended at all for different reasons. First your Lexus GX 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 acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Lexus GX has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the process, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
To find more tips on the Lexus GX, take a look at the Lexus GX category.
