Your Scion tC doesn’t want to start? Have you analyzed all sorts of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the problem emanates from your immobiliser ? It is reasonably possible, in fact that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting for no reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Scion tC ? You are in the right place, we have written this article to help you see more clearly and fix your trouble connected to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Scion tC, then the different ways to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system functions on Scion tC

Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to demonstrate the intent and operation of the immobilizer in your Scion tC. This electronic part came out 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Scion tC. 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 Scion tC will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this instant, that it will permit you to turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.

The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Scion tC

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First procedure, your key no longer permits your Scion tC to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Scion tC, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a mechanic verify that you can not perform a less important procedure to reestablish 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 Scion tC), 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 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 validate the digit and resume, replicate the procedure until you have entered the entire code. This should enable you to start your Scion tC without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealership

If even though a battery swap, different tries to enter the immobiliser code on your Scion tC 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 Scion tC. Indeed, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To resolve this problem, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can fix your Scion tC 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 Scion tC.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Scion tC, this is not advised at all for many reasons. First your Scion tC 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. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Scion tC has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages 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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