Your Subaru Crosstrek 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 certainly plausible, actually that it is in question if your automotive no longer wants to start or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Subaru Crosstrek ? You are in the right place, we have written this post to support you see more clearly and solve your concerns related to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Subaru Crosstrek, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system works on Subaru Crosstrek
Before detailing the different choices available to you, here is a short introduction to show you the intent and functions of the immobilizer in your Subaru Crosstrek. This electronic component came out 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Subaru Crosstrek. Actually, 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 Subaru Crosstrek will go each time you place the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually the one asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will permit you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this unit will work.
The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Subaru Crosstrek
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer allows your Subaru Crosstrek to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Subaru Crosstrek, but first of all you should try this process to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not do a less important procedure to reestablish the normal start of your car. Actually, with your car you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Subaru Crosstrek), 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, replicate the procedure until you have entered the whole code. This should let you start your Subaru Crosstrek without having to remove the immobiliser.
Fix your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If despite a battery swap, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Subaru Crosstrek still doesn’t work, it’s almost certainly your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Subaru Crosstrek. Actually, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To correct this trouble, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can fix your Subaru Crosstrek 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 Subaru Crosstrek.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be thinking to bypass the immobilizer from your Subaru Crosstrek, this is not recommended at all for some reasons. First your Subaru Crosstrek 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 finds out that the immobiliser on your Subaru Crosstrek has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some internet pages still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could benefit people with bad intentions.
If you want more guides on the Subaru Crosstrek, go to our Subaru Crosstrek category.
