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Ve immobillised

Glenn Parker

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Hi all ,my battery went flat on my ve sv6 ,i replaced the battery and now the car wont start and its saying engine immobilized. Can anyone give me an idea why please
 

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When you say you replaced the battery,
Was that the
Car Battery ?
or
Remote Battery ?

If you replaced the Remote Battery,
Did the RFID Chip fall from the Remote Shell ?
or
Have you Replaced the Remote Shell ?
As there is a Chip in the Remote Key Heads that is required by the immobiliser to be recognized, so the Car will see it as an authorised key to start the car.

Do you have a spare Key ?
maybe try that ?
 
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When you say you replaced the battery,
Was that the
Car Battery ?
or
Remote Battery ?

If you replaced the Remote Battery,
Did the RFID Chip fall from the Remote Shell ?
or
Have you Replaced the Remote Shell ?
As there is a Chip in the Remote Key Heads that is required by the immobiliser to be recognized, so the Car will see it as an authorised key to start the car.

Do you have a spare Key ?
maybe try that ?


No it was the car battery.
 

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Hmm,

Check the RFID Receiver connector under the dash,
If that is ok,
It could even be the RFID Reader,
as its sounds like its lost the Key RFID's.


Disconnect the Battery for 10 mins, then reconnect it and try again.
Edit:
I think I read this somewhere, and thought it was unusual, but worth a try.
Turn the ignition to the on position for 10 minutes, and see if it recognises the RFID Chip in the Key Head.
 
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The other option is to get is scanned,
as it will indicate the fault, and were to start looking.

Side note:
When I received my new [VE] Key, I knew I had to program it in,
So for the case of the exercise, I tried to start my car, and it displayed on the screen engine immobilised,
Being there is 2 Area's a VE Key is required to be programmed into,
  1. Immobiliser menu
  2. Receiver to lock & unlock the car
I then programmed in to both options/menu's and it worked correctly.
 
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The other option is to get is scanned,
as it will indicate the fault, and were to start looking.

Side note:
When I received my new [VE] Key, I knew I had to program it in,
So for the case of the exercise, I tried to start my car, and it displayed on the screen engine immobilised,
Being there is 2 Area's a VE Key is required to be programmed into,
  1. Immobiliser menu
  2. Receiver to lock & unlock the car
I then programmed in to both options/menu's and it worked correctly.

how’d you program it ? As I need to replace both my key heads as they are stuffed.
 

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I have a Autel Unit/Analyser and did the programming myself,
As I originally purchased a earlier Autel unit, so I could use it on my VY, as the dealers quote was ridiculous,
but since sold that,
and purchased the updated one.
I buy a Tech2 and used that a couple of times and was a great tool to use,
but was not really using it to its full potential, as I did buy it as a collectors item,
but figured, it would be handy to put to good use,
so I sold it to a JC Member earlier in the year.
 
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