Your Mazda 6 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the trouble originates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, indeed 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 Mazda 6 ? You are in the right place, we have written this article to support you see more clearly and fix your problems linked to this component. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Mazda 6, then the different ways to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Mazda 6

Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short intro to describe the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Mazda 6. This electronic part was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Mazda 6. Actually, 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 Mazda 6 will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is indeed the one required 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 possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Mazda 6

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First technique, your key no longer permits your Mazda 6 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Mazda 6, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not perform a less significant operation to reestablish the normal start of your vehicle. Actually, with your vehicle you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Mazda 6), 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 vehicle 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, duplicate the operation until you have entered the entire code. This should let you start your Mazda 6 without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership

If even though a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Mazda 6 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 Mazda 6. Actually, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this trouble, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can fix your Mazda 6 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Mazda 6.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Mazda 6, this is not advised at all for some reasons. First your Mazda 6 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to turn your car on. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it realizes that the immobiliser on your Mazda 6 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the method, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.

Whenever you have any additional questions about the Mazda 6, do not hesitate to consult our Mazda 6 category.