Your Mazda MX 5 Miata doesn’t want to start? Have you tested everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem originates from your immobiliser ? It is reasonably possible, indeed 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 MX 5 Miata ? You are on the good website, we have created this post to help you see more clearly and solve your problems connected to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Mazda MX 5 Miata, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Mazda MX 5 Miata
Before detailing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the purpose and functions of the immobilizer in your Mazda MX 5 Miata. This electronic part came out 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Mazda MX 5 Miata. Indeed, 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 MX 5 Miata will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it controls 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 allow you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Mazda MX 5 Miata
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer enables your Mazda MX 5 Miata to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Mazda MX 5 Miata, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not execute a less important process to restore the normal start of your automobile. Indeed, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Mazda MX 5 Miata), 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 confirm the digit and resume, duplicate the process until you have entered the entire code. This should let you start your Mazda MX 5 Miata without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If even though a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Mazda MX 5 Miata 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 Mazda MX 5 Miata. Indeed, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To correct this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can restore your Mazda MX 5 Miata key. Depending 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 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 MX 5 Miata.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Mazda MX 5 Miata, this is not recommended at all for several reasons. First your Mazda MX 5 Miata 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. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it knows that the immobiliser on your Mazda MX 5 Miata has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the method, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
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