which immobiliser am I using?

[jpowell79 0]

Am really confused. I have an after-market Clifford alarm fitted to my corrado....not sure which one as it was on the car before I bought it....I think its a G5 as the fob looks like this:

 

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anyhow, my car is cutting out after two seconds....people have been telling me it could be the immob.....but surely if I have a clifford fitted that now controls the immob over the factory-fitted original?

 

Also, my ignition key....I think its the "B" key, as it has the bit in the middle of the key missing (presumably where the chip would be?) so does this mean its not doing anything with the transponder coil as the transponder has nothing to read from the key?

 

A guy is looking at my car at the moment, and told me I should try getting another key cut and coded, but surely if my key doesn't have a chip in it, there is nothing to code in the key and the transponder isn't actually doing anything?

 

Really confused!!

[tony_ack 0]

Sounds like the factory immobiliser, definitely will be if you have no transponder in your key!

 

The Clifford immobiliser doesn't replace the factory one - the factory one will still be there as they both work in different ways. The factory immobiliser immmobilises the ECU, and the Clifford will probably immobilise the fuel pump and ignition.

 

Where's the main key for the car? If you never had it, how did you start it in the past? You could probably do with it. I think you can still get a new key from the dealer (not sure if they need reg no/VIN code or something like that?), but it ain't cheap.