Your saab 9 3 doesn’t start anymore? Have you tested all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually quite plausible, actually that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your saab 9 3 ? You are on the good article, we have made this content to help you see more clearly and resolve your concerns relating to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your saab 9 3, then the different ways to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on saab 9 3
Before explaining the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the role and functions of the immobilizer in your saab 9 3. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your saab 9 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 saab 9 3 will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks 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 enable you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your saab 9 3
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First procedure, your key no longer allows your saab 9 3 to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your saab 9 3, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a mechanic check that you can not do a less important operation to reestablish 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 saab 9 3), but if you don’t have it you should at least have the “code card”, it contains 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, repeat the operation until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your saab 9 3 without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer
If despite a battery swap, several tries to enter the immobiliser code on your saab 9 3 still doesn’t work, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your saab 9 3. Indeed, 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 dealer who can restore your saab 9 3 key. Determined by 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 dealer if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your saab 9 3.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your saab 9 3, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your saab 9 3 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 finds out that the immobiliser on your saab 9 3 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 help people with bad intentions.
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