DollyBird · Oct 3, 2024

DollyBird said:
Ohhh thanks so much, would have completely miss that last step

Hi again, so confused as have had both the alarm and immobilizer disarmed/disabled and it’s been wonderful as could still lock the car with the fob! But tonight i locked the car with the fob and came back and the fob would not work to open the doors and when opened manually got the “engine disabled” message and had to use ekg code to get in…how on earth is this possible if the immobilizer is disabled? thanks for your thoughts! ~d

Rubberknees · Oct 3, 2024

DollyBird said:
Hi again, so confused as have had both the alarm and immobilizer disarmed/disabled and it’s been wonderful as could still lock the car with the fob! But tonight i locked the car with the fob and came back and the fob would not work to open the doors and when opened manually got the “engine disabled” message and had to use ekg code to get in…how on earth is this possible if the immobilizer is disabled? thanks for your thoughts! ~d

Did you have need for EKA code turned off as well. Usually with Nanocom you turn off immobiliser and EKA but leave alarm

Datatek · Oct 3, 2024

DollyBird said:
Hi again, so confused as have had both the alarm and immobilizer disarmed/disabled and it’s been wonderful as could still lock the car with the fob! But tonight i locked the car with the fob and came back and the fob would not work to open the doors and when opened manually got the “engine disabled” message and had to use ekg code to get in…how on earth is this possible if the immobilizer is disabled? thanks for your thoughts! ~d

The Alarm should not have been disabled, it should be the Immobiliser and EKA that are disabled.
If you lock with the FOB and unlock with the key, it is still possible to get Engine Disabled, but simply re-locking and unlocking with the key will clear the message.

DollyBird · Oct 3, 2024

Rubberknees said:
Did you have need for EKA code turned off as well. Usually with Nanocom you turn off immobiliser and EKA but leave alarm

Hi, wasn’t aware that turning off eka was an option. If that was left on and immobilizer is off would that for sure be enough to trigger the “engine disabled”? as i assumed that msg was only a function of the immobilizer…

Datatek · Oct 3, 2024

DollyBird said:
Hi, wasn’t aware that turning off eka was an option. If that was left on and immobilizer is off would that for sure be enough to trigger the “engine disabled”? as i assumed that msg was only a function of the immobilizer…

It would not be the trigger, your use of the key did that but leaving EKA enabled meant you had to use EKA to clear the message, see post #23.

DollyBird · Oct 3, 2024

Datatek said:
The Alarm should not have been disabled, it should be the Immobiliser and EKA that are disabled.
If you lock with the FOB and unlock with the key, it is still possible to get Engine Disabled, but simply re-locking and unlocking with the key will clear the message.

Got it thank you. Is there a down side to having all 3 off? If so would engine disable still happen if locked with fob but unlock with key?

Grrrrrr · Oct 4, 2024

DollyBird said:
Got it thank you. Is there a down side to having all 3 off? If so would engine disable still happen if locked with fob but unlock with key?

No and no. It'll be fine with all 3 disabled.

Essentially there are multiple layers of security and not all can be switched off, even with the Nanocom. It was after all the car thefts in the eighties and car manufacturers finally responded.

Datatek · Oct 4, 2024

DollyBird said:
Got it thank you. Is there a down side to having all 3 off? If so would engine disable still happen if locked with fob but unlock with key?

There is no benefit to turning off the alarm and it may have a negative effect on your insurance.

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