Your Toyota Hilux doesn’t start anymore? Have you tried everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the trouble comes from your immobiliser ? It is actually possible, in fact 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 Toyota Hilux ? You are in the right place, we have made this content to support you see more clearly and fix your trouble relating to this part. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Toyota Hilux, then the different techniques to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Toyota Hilux

Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to show you the goal and functions of the immobilizer in your Toyota Hilux. This electronic element was invented 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Toyota Hilux. 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 Toyota Hilux 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 asked by your immobilization box. It is only at this moment, 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 Toyota Hilux

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First methodology, your key no longer permits your Toyota Hilux to start, you want to disable the immobiliser of your Toyota Hilux, but first of all you should try this technique to start it and take it to a garage 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 Toyota Hilux), 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, duplicate the procedure until you have entered the whole code. This should let you start your Toyota Hilux without having to remove the immobiliser.

Repair your key at a key specialist or your car dealership

If even though a battery change, several attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Toyota Hilux still doesn’t want to start, it’s almost certainly your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser system from your Toyota Hilux. Indeed, your transponder must have been affected or must have fallen off your key. To fix this trouble, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can repair your Toyota Hilux 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 Toyota Hilux.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be tempted to bypass the immobilizer from your Toyota Hilux, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Toyota Hilux would be much more vulnerable to theft attempts. Indeed, without an immobiliser box, simply doing “the wires” may be enough to start it. Additionally to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Toyota Hilux 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 benefit people with bad intentions.

In the event that you have any further questions about the Toyota Hilux, do not hesitate to consult our Toyota Hilux category.