If the Sat nav is required to input a personal code placed by someone in the past , and this code is lost , what is it communicating with , the BCM or the immobiliser. Does the immobiliser when it doesn't recognise the key chip allow the engine to turn but not fire up.
Or does it inhibit the starter altogether.
My point is this interlock code prevents the cranking of the engine as an extra security. Does the immobiliser chip in key do the same . If so then, the immobiliser would be the box to send away and cleared.
Come to think of that scenario , the immobilser depends on a one only or several codes , where as the bcm may deal with random ones.
I have contacted several ecu repairers and they dont wnt to know!