Nightmare afternoon (Vx Omega)

And invalidate your insurance if it's stolen.

There would be no point in an immobiliser if it was that easy to deactivate it.

Not if it was hidden somewhere in the car it wouldn't, a thief isn't going to take the time too look thoroughly for a spare key.

I should have asked that in a better way I suppose, I realised that after I sent the post. What I meant was, is there a way you could fit a switch or something in to the system, under the bonnet say, or a mechanic/electrician out there that can let us VX owners in to a little secret.

This bound to be a common dilemma.

Dave

When cars used to have metal bumpers you could buy a small magnetic key keeper box, to secrete under the bumper somewhere. Perhaps a little obvious if the crim is aware of this product.

There's bound to be some cavity / box section under the car where you could fashion a hideyhole. Or keep your spare key on a keyring looped over and hanging *inside* your breeches!

Pull the fuse?

But the immobiliser control unit contains a relay which needs to be energised to complete the circuit. Isolating the control unit won't make a blind bit of difference.. ;-)

Anthony Remove eight from email to reply.

I did try removing all fuses one by one, didn't work, then like someone said, a thief would know this too.

Dave

That seems to be the only solution.

Dave

Don't know about Vauxhalls, but Rovers have an override code that can be "dialled" into the immobiliser using the driver's door lock - pity I didn't know the code for mine when my one year old son filled the remote with saliva on the wrong side of the country!

Steve W

I can't believe there isn't something like that for Vauxhall's, I'm off tomorrow to VX to get a new keyfob, or get the buggered one sorted, I'll ask the dealership what can be done in such situations.

Dave

Ok just that it works on Citroens (of a certain age maybe)

-- Malc

No help to VX owners, but on an Alfa 156 I had, if the transponder didn't work, you could enter the serial number in a kind of morse-code on the accelerator pedal. I never needed to do it, which is a shame. It sounded like fun :o)

Cheers,

Colin.

(big snip ..)

Please let us know what they say ...

They said not much can be done :-( It's a security feature that is the best in it's field. Yeah, right.

New fob £9.49, they programmed it by plugging something in to the fuse box under the dash?

Dave