Your Lincoln MKZ doesn’t want to start? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem emanates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, actually that it is in question if your automotive doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Lincoln MKZ ? You are in the right place, we have written this content to support you see more clearly and solve your trouble linked to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Lincoln MKZ, then the different methods to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Lincoln MKZ

Before explaining the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to explain the purpose and operation of the immobilizer in your Lincoln MKZ. This electronic component appeared 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Lincoln MKZ. In fact, 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 MKZ will go each time you insert 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 permit you to 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 Lincoln MKZ

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First procedure, your key no longer enables your Lincoln MKZ to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Lincoln MKZ, 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 operation to bring back the normal start of your car. In fact, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Lincoln MKZ), 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 confirm the digit and resume, repeat the operation until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your Lincoln MKZ without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer

If in spite of a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Lincoln MKZ 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 Lincoln MKZ. In fact, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To correct this problem, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can restore your Lincoln MKZ 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 MKZ.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Lincoln MKZ, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your Lincoln MKZ would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. In fact, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Lincoln MKZ 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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