Brendan hruska
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gday everyone, hoping someone may help? where do I start? Just after roadworthy and regestering my 2000 prado the barrel in my ingnition fell apart, after talking with the locksmith a new barrel would cost close to $500 and it had to be ordered in from Toyota, to get home he removed the barrel and I used a pair of pliers to start the car while holding the key on the immobiliser, this worked fine for a couple of weeks until I tripped the immobiliser with the pliers. Now the car is stuck!
I've since removed the pins from the broken barrel and installed it back into the car saving me having to by a new ignition barrel, the key has been checked and is fine.
Towed to Toyota in as apparently only a dealer can help with this situation? Well what a waste of time that was! The bloke knew less than me about it and told me to get an auto elec to bypass the immobiliser? Really? I'm pretty sure that's not how it's done. Has anyone had this problem? The engine will crank but it won't kick over, is there some way I can reset my immobiliser?
I've since removed the pins from the broken barrel and installed it back into the car saving me having to by a new ignition barrel, the key has been checked and is fine.
Towed to Toyota in as apparently only a dealer can help with this situation? Well what a waste of time that was! The bloke knew less than me about it and told me to get an auto elec to bypass the immobiliser? Really? I'm pretty sure that's not how it's done. Has anyone had this problem? The engine will crank but it won't kick over, is there some way I can reset my immobiliser?