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4G immobiliser problem

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 9:51 am
by frenchnickers
Hi all,
After a bit of help with the immobiliser fitted to my 4g.
It is the Honda dealer fit one, where you push a little oblong transponder key into a connector drilled into the dash just to the right of the steering wheel.
The control box has been fitted to the floor under the drivers seat.
The problem is that the control box is having more and more difficulty recognising the key, as when you push it in the beeps don't sound and car won't start.
Sometimes it is now taking up to 5 mins of plugging/unplugging to get it to work every time.

My questions are:
1. Has anyone one else had this problem and managed to fix it. I wonder if the contacts in the dash plug are getting worn, and I could remove it and fiddle with the contacts to get them tighter again?
2. As it was a dealer fit option and not standard wiring, is it possible to just trace all the wires, remove them, so it goes back to standard, and gets rid of the immobiliser altogether. Or will I be missing something here, and make even worse of a problem. ( ie are there likely to be hidden nasties in the wiring to prevent this sort of removal, as it is an immobiliser after all)

Any help greatly appreciated as it is a major PITA to go anywhere in the car at the moment. :(

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 11:10 am
by frenchnickers
Yea, simple fix for now! :D
Turned out one of the contacts in the dashboard reciever had popped out and been bent over to the opposite side over time.
Back into shape for now, but will probably happen again at some point, at least I know how to be more aware of it for the future. :lol:

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 12:34 pm
by wurlycorner
lol glad that turned out to be a simple self fix.

I dread the day anything goes wrong with the toad immobiliser on my UKDM or the OEM immobiliser on the JDM...

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2013 6:45 pm
by mercutio
not heard from you two for a while hope everything is going well for you 8-)

Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 9:13 am
by frenchnickers
Yes all good thanks. :D
Not the most prolific poster I know, but usually lurking somewhere. :shock:
The lude is still behaving herself nicely. ;)