Your Mazda CX 3 doesn’t want to start? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is actually plausible, in fact that it is in question if your vehicule no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Mazda CX 3 ? You are on the good website, we have made this content to support you see more clearly and fix your concerns linked to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Mazda CX 3, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Mazda CX 3
Before explaining the different alternatives available to you, here is a short intro to describe the aim and operation of the immobilizer in your Mazda CX 3. This electronic part appeared 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Mazda CX 3. 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 Mazda CX 3 will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it controls that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will permit you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Mazda CX 3
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer allows your Mazda CX 3 to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Mazda CX 3, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not perform a less important process to bring back 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 Mazda CX 3), 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 process until you have entered the whole code. This should let you start your Mazda CX 3 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If despite a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Mazda CX 3 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 CX 3. Indeed, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can fix your Mazda CX 3 key. Depending 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 CX 3.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Mazda CX 3, this is not recommended at all for many reasons. First your Mazda CX 3 would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Mazda CX 3 has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online 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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