Your Subaru Legacy doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you feel like the problem comes from your immobiliser ? It is reasonably plausible, in fact that it is in question if your vehicule doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Subaru Legacy ? You are on the good website, we have written this article to help you see more clearly and solve your trouble related to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Subaru Legacy, then the different methods to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Subaru Legacy
Before explaining the different choices available to you, here is a short intro to demonstrate the goal and operation of the immobilizer in your Subaru Legacy. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and intends to prevent the theft of your Subaru Legacy. Actually, 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 Subaru Legacy will go each time you insert the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is in fact the one expected by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will enable you to start. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this system will work.
The different alternatives to bypass the immobiliser on your Subaru Legacy
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First technique, your key no longer allows your Subaru Legacy to start, you want to deactivate the immobiliser of your Subaru Legacy, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not do a less significant procedure to restore the normal start of your automobile. Actually, with your automobile you should have a spare key (which you should try and which should start your Subaru Legacy), 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, repeat the procedure until you have entered the full code. This should allow your Subaru Legacy to start without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair 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 Subaru Legacy 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 Subaru Legacy. Actually, your transponder must have been damaged 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 dealer who can repair your Subaru Legacy 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 Subaru Legacy.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Subaru Legacy, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Subaru Legacy would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Actually, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. In addition to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it finds out that the immobiliser on your Subaru Legacy has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some sites still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Subaru Legacy, do not hesitate to consult our Subaru Legacy category.
