Immobiliser Active

[Potato55]

HI Folks, problem with the 2008 1.8 TDI Galaxy. Working fine all day, jumped into it, won't start, just churning away without catching. It did this before about 5 years ago and the nice Ford man gave me a procedure to follow; fasten seat belts, turn ignition to I to II x four times, press button. But its still not working. Help? I've tried changed batteries in fob.

[gregers]

have you tried using your spare key to see if it starts?

if it does have you lost the pats chip from your original key?

[davetech]

Are you actually getting the message "Immobiliser Active" in the display?