Mobilised Anti-theft system defender puma 2011
I accidentally triggered the anti theft system when I activated the central locking, not realising that the passenger door was not closed. Only found out the following morning, by which time I could not start the vehicle. Unfortunately, the door lock has been jimmied leaving it unusable. Has anyone got some advice for me pleeease! Don't know what to do!
Immobiliser problem solved for good
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Originally Posted by
nickj
Hi all,
Has anyone here considered (or already gone ahead) disabling their Puma immobiliser for the sake of not getting stuck in a difficult situation when touring in very remote locations? I keep an external lockbox hidden under my car with a spare FOB and key, however I've heard of cases where wiring for the electric window has perished/aged from door actuations, tripping the immobiliser and disabling the car.
-p
I had ongoing immobiliser issues for years with my 2.4 PUMA. I had it at a Land Rover Dealership near me in Sydney that told me I needed a new immobiliser which they fitted for around $4K however the fault remained. I would start the vehicle and it would stall. Trying to restart would not work until I took the key from the ignition, locked the doors with the fob, waited for the red light to stop flashing and then reopening the doors reinserting the key and starting the vehicle.
This worked for a time then you needed to go through the process just mentioned multiple times until it would not work at all and had to be towed. I had a thread on AULRO which went for a couple of years with all sorts of fixes including all the ones I have read on your thread below. None of these cured the issue, including using my NANOCOM unit I was about to give up hope when a mate with a Discovery told me about a fellow who reckoned he could immobilise the immobiliser for good. I went to see him and after less than 10 minutes with his unit plugged into my ECU port it was gone. It has been over a year and I have done remote trips including 18,000 klms across the centre to WA and all through WA and then back to NSW with no issues. If you PM me I can give you his details. He also does all manner of Land Rover repairs. I could not recommend him highly enough.