Your Subaru Outback doesn’t want to start? Have you tried all kinds of things? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble emanates from your immobiliser ? It is quite possible, actually 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 Subaru Outback ? You are in the right place, we have made this content to support you see more clearly and solve your problems linked to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser functions on your Subaru Outback, then the different techniques to disable it.
How your immobiliser system functions on Subaru Outback
Before describing the different alternatives available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the role and operation of the immobilizer in your Subaru Outback. This electronic part was invented 30 years ago and aspires to prevent the theft of your Subaru Outback. 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 Outback will go each time you put the key in the ignition, it checks that the code emitted by your key is actually the one required by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, that it will let you turn on your car. It is thanks to RFID technology (chip in the key) that this device will work.
The different possibilities to bypass the immobiliser on your Subaru Outback
Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser
First methodology, your key no longer allows your Subaru Outback to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Subaru Outback, but first of all you should try this approach to start it and take it to a garage check that you can not perform a less significant operation to restore 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 Outback), 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, duplicate the operation until you have entered the full code. This should let you start your Subaru Outback without having to remove the immobiliser.
Repair your key at a key specialist or your dealer
If in spite of a battery swap, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Subaru Outback still doesn’t want to start, it’s most likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Subaru Outback. Actually, your transponder must have been injured or must have fallen off your key. To fix this trouble, only solution, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealership who can repair your Subaru Outback 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 dealership if you have no support and you want a new functional key, it will avoid you having to remove the immobilizer from your Subaru Outback.
Manually remove your immobilizer
Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Subaru Outback, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Subaru Outback 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. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Subaru Outback 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 benefit people with bad intentions.
If you have any further questions about the Subaru Outback, do not hesitate to consult our Subaru Outback category.
