How to disable the immobiliser Lincoln MKX ?

Your Lincoln MKX doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble comes from your immobiliser ? It is reasonably plausible, actually that it is in question if your vehicule no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Lincoln MKX ? You are on the good website, we have written this post to support you see more clearly and resolve your concerns linked to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Lincoln MKX, then the different techniques to disable it.

How your immobiliser system functions on Lincoln MKX

Before describing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to show you the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Lincoln MKX. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Lincoln MKX. 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 Lincoln MKX will go each time you place 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 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 permits your Lincoln MKX to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Lincoln MKX, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a mechanic examine that you can not accomplish a less important procedure to restore 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 Lincoln MKX), 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, duplicate the procedure until you have entered the whole code. This should let you start your Lincoln MKX without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership

If in spite of a battery swap, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Lincoln MKX still doesn’t work, it’s probably your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Lincoln MKX. Indeed, your transponder must have been weakened or must have fallen off your key. To correct this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your Lincoln MKX key. Based 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 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 Lincoln MKX.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Lincoln MKX, this is not advised at all for different reasons. First your Lincoln MKX would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, 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 knows that the immobiliser on your Lincoln MKX 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.

If perhaps you have any further questions about the Lincoln MKX, do not hesitate to consult our Lincoln MKX category.