Starts up but dies immediately - Immobilizer?

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07-05-2023, 10:19 AM

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Starts up but dies immediately - Immobilizer?

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07-05-2023, 03:16 PM

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Could be, especially if it's aftermarket (in which case, disconnect & discard) - but 1st, eliminate automatic shutdown relay as the culprit by swapping with the one for the fan.

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07-06-2023, 03:54 AM

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No it's not your immobiliser. The immobiliser cuts fuel and spark preventing your engine to run.

As my earlier post:
It acts like it's key-On with the key out-
Ignition switch or relay not opening (deactivate) on key-off would be my initial thoughts.
The attempted dieing in idle which needs throttle is relatively simpler o work out.

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07-06-2023, 12:20 PM

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07-06-2023, 01:54 PM

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You may have got lucky but I really don't like self-curing faults.

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07-06-2023, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by mikecannon

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Today, I go to start it up and I get the "Immobilizer key"-symbol light and the car starts but dies after 2-3 seconds.

I tried a couple of more times and all of a sudden it started running again, and the immobilizer-light switched off.
Also no problem with the car still running/trying to run with the key out of the ignition.

Thats how the immobiliser should work- if you attempt to start it without 'unlocking' it, it will start fine but dies after 2 seconds.

So you have the immobiliser. But you didn't know?
my immobiliser played up for some time, to the point I thought to get rid of the xj because there was no fix for it. And then it settled for some reason.

Where are you located?

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