Key Blade broken
Recovery Vehicle
Joined: Sep 2013
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From: Herndon, VA
Abran, I greatly appreciate the offer. I'm in Canada though...
I have CAA, so I got a "free" tow to my local independant LR shop and had it programmed. This solved the problem. It seems that even though I had the old key held close enough and in the right position, it was so low on battery that it would not disable the immobolizer. The red alarm light stayed flashing regardless.
I was under the impression the immobolizer would still allow the engine to turn over momentarily. To anyone reading this in the future, that is not the case. My relay clicked but nothing else happened.
I have CAA, so I got a "free" tow to my local independant LR shop and had it programmed. This solved the problem. It seems that even though I had the old key held close enough and in the right position, it was so low on battery that it would not disable the immobolizer. The red alarm light stayed flashing regardless.
I was under the impression the immobolizer would still allow the engine to turn over momentarily. To anyone reading this in the future, that is not the case. My relay clicked but nothing else happened.
Baja
Joined: Aug 2013
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From: Huntington Beach CA
Not really sure how the key battery got into the equation.
When people drive their car to me I have a signal receiver tool to confirm that their battery is indeed dead as its not transmitting a signal instead of a vehicle problem. Then I swap the battery.
I even had a guy come and I butchered his circuit board so bad that I was not able to solder a new battery to it but the immobilizer chip still worked.
My point is, until proven otherwise I believe the immobilizer chip works independent of the remote battery.
When people drive their car to me I have a signal receiver tool to confirm that their battery is indeed dead as its not transmitting a signal instead of a vehicle problem. Then I swap the battery.
I even had a guy come and I butchered his circuit board so bad that I was not able to solder a new battery to it but the immobilizer chip still worked.
My point is, until proven otherwise I believe the immobilizer chip works independent of the remote battery.
Recovery Vehicle
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 831
Likes: 146
From: Herndon, VA
Not really sure how the key battery got into the equation.
When people drive their car to me I have a signal receiver tool to confirm that their battery is indeed dead as its not transmitting a signal instead of a vehicle problem. Then I swap the battery.
I even had a guy come and I butchered his circuit board so bad that I was not able to solder a new battery to it but the immobilizer chip still worked.
My point is, until proven otherwise I believe the immobilizer chip works independent of the remote battery.
When people drive their car to me I have a signal receiver tool to confirm that their battery is indeed dead as its not transmitting a signal instead of a vehicle problem. Then I swap the battery.
I even had a guy come and I butchered his circuit board so bad that I was not able to solder a new battery to it but the immobilizer chip still worked.
My point is, until proven otherwise I believe the immobilizer chip works independent of the remote battery.
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