Immobilizer Lamp

Immobilizer lamp is an indicator of the state of immobilizer system.

Fig 1: Locating Immobilizer Lamp

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Cases of success (OK means):

Lamp should be blinked 6 times, when IG on, and then engine start is possible.

Cases of success (OK means):

If the transponder identification is failed or communication error is occurred, the lamp is continuously turned on and then the mode is entered into the limp home mode.

During limp home password entering sequence, the lamp reflects the IGN1 signal state : if IG is ON, then lamp is ON, if IG is OFF, the lamp is OFF.

Fig 2: Identifying Limp Home Mode Operation & Time Specifications

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Time specification

T1 : 6.0 +/- 0.3 sec.