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Mike Triggs
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Western NSW
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Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 06:18 am, by:  Mike Triggs (Mikeandimah)


Tom Brookes wrote on Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 10:16 pm:

Does anyone know what setup late model soarers like 98-99 have?




Tom, we have a late '97, and received a remote key (with flat battery) with the car. Changing the battery didn't make the remote locking work though, and an auto electrician couldn't get it to work, either. The control unit is inside the rear driver's side trim panel.

I'll probably get aftermarket locking when funds permit, so I know it will work. Locking via the door key is tedious after a few years:-)

As for immobilisers, I'm somewhat mystified, as they're a requirement for rego in WA, and autolec seemed to think it had one, but the ignition works fine with an aftermarket Lexus key which would have no transponder in the head, so I'd suggest even late Soarers don't have an immobiliser. Having had a dealer throw away a cracked key head on our (then) other car, I know there should be a little transmitter in the key head for immobilisers to work (since after the dealer handed key back as a spare, with new case fitted, it would turn engine over but not start- they thought the printed circuit inside head was immobiliser, it was for remote locking, in fact).

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