Hi all,
I'm in Australia and am looking at buying a 2007 RX8 with 40000kms. The car looks in pretty good nick, however I went to test drive it yesterday and the starter wouldn't do anything. We tried jumping it in a number of ways but all that would happen was the solenoid would click.
The dealer thought that leaving the key in the ignition for 24 hours (since they drove it into their workshop) had fucked something up in the immobiliser. It was late and so he said he'd call me in the morning.
Anyway today he called me and said he had spoken to mazda, who said, as a "security feature", the immobiliser will deactivate the car if the key is left in the ignition for an extended period. A mazda tech would be required to come reprogram the key/ecu.
Has anyone ever heard of this before, or is he making up rubbish while he tries to work out whats gone wrong with his car?
TIA
I'm in Australia and am looking at buying a 2007 RX8 with 40000kms. The car looks in pretty good nick, however I went to test drive it yesterday and the starter wouldn't do anything. We tried jumping it in a number of ways but all that would happen was the solenoid would click.
The dealer thought that leaving the key in the ignition for 24 hours (since they drove it into their workshop) had fucked something up in the immobiliser. It was late and so he said he'd call me in the morning.
Anyway today he called me and said he had spoken to mazda, who said, as a "security feature", the immobiliser will deactivate the car if the key is left in the ignition for an extended period. A mazda tech would be required to come reprogram the key/ecu.
Has anyone ever heard of this before, or is he making up rubbish while he tries to work out whats gone wrong with his car?
TIA
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