Your Toyota Scion FR S doesn’t start anymore? Have you analyzed everything? Battery, alternator, spare keys… And you have the feeling that the issue originates from your immobiliser ? It is certainly plausible, actually that it is in question if your car doesn’t want to start anymore or stalls when starting without a reason. You want to disable the immobiliser on your Toyota Scion FR S ? You are on the good article, we have written this article to support you see more clearly and fix your trouble connected to this element. First, we will see how the immobiliser works on your Toyota Scion FR S, then the different methods to disable it.

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How your immobiliser system works on Toyota Scion FR S

Before detailing the different solutions available to you, here is a short introduction to describe the aim and functions of the immobilizer in your Toyota Scion FR S. This electronic part was invented 30 years ago and aims to prevent the theft of your Toyota Scion FR S. Indeed, 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 Toyota Scion FR S will go each time you insert 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 device will work.

The different solutions to bypass the immobiliser on your Toyota Scion FR S

Enter the code to turn off the immobiliser

First process, your key no longer permits your Toyota Scion FR S to start, you want to turn off the immobiliser of your Toyota Scion FR S, but first of all you should try this procedure to start it and take it to a garage examine that you can not execute a less significant process 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 Scion FR S), 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, duplicate the process until you have entered the full code. This should enable you to start your Toyota Scion FR S without having to remove the immobiliser.

Fix your key at a key specialist or your car dealer

If in spite of a battery swap, different attempts to enter the immobiliser code on your Toyota Scion FR S still doesn’t want to start, it’s likely your key that’s at issue. We can understand that you still want to bypass the immobiliser device from your Toyota Scion FR S. Indeed, your transponder must have been damaged or must have fallen off your key. To fix this issue, only option, go to a key specialist (also available on the internet) or, at your car dealer who can fix your Toyota Scion FR S key. Depending on 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 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 Scion FR S.

Manually remove your immobilizer

Although you may be attracted to bypass the immobilizer from your Toyota Scion FR S, this is not advised at all for several reasons. First your Toyota Scion FR S 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. Furthermore to that, your insurance, in case of theft most likely won’t refund you if it acknowledges that the immobiliser on your Toyota Scion FR S has been removed, bypassed or deactivated. This if you still want to do it, some websites online still give the technique, we have made the choice not to disclose it, because it could help people with bad intentions.

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