immobiliser, do we have this system in the USA for WRX?
03-15-2004, 05:57 PM
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immobiliser, do we have this system in the USA for WRX?
Free immobiliser upgrades for Australian WRXs
March 25, 2002
All Australian WRX owners with vehicle models 1999 to 2001 have been offered free engine immobiliser upgrades to provide a higher level of theft protection. Since August 2001, the number of thefts of WRXs has tripled in Australia. Most of the thefts have been carried out by professional car theives with the ability to crack the old immobiliser system. The cars which are stolen are generally never recovered.
This public relations exercise is good for the existing WRX owners and prospective buyers who are struggling to justify the high insurance costs of owning a WRX.
The new immobiliser system incorporates a numeric keypad pin number system which must be keyed in to start the engine. It also incorporates a sophisticated anti-hijack feature which is designed to prevent a thief from getting too far with the vehicle if the driver was forcibly removed.
The upgrade is available through authorised Subaru dealerships and is expected to cost Subaru Australia more than $1AUS million.
March 25, 2002
All Australian WRX owners with vehicle models 1999 to 2001 have been offered free engine immobiliser upgrades to provide a higher level of theft protection. Since August 2001, the number of thefts of WRXs has tripled in Australia. Most of the thefts have been carried out by professional car theives with the ability to crack the old immobiliser system. The cars which are stolen are generally never recovered.
This public relations exercise is good for the existing WRX owners and prospective buyers who are struggling to justify the high insurance costs of owning a WRX.
The new immobiliser system incorporates a numeric keypad pin number system which must be keyed in to start the engine. It also incorporates a sophisticated anti-hijack feature which is designed to prevent a thief from getting too far with the vehicle if the driver was forcibly removed.
The upgrade is available through authorised Subaru dealerships and is expected to cost Subaru Australia more than $1AUS million.
03-16-2004, 11:25 AM
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I do bealive that all subaru "new age" cars are equpiet with immobiliser stright from the factory here. in israel for example we got them and the israelie versions are allmost one to one to the us version .
03-19-2004, 06:50 PM
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bleh,
if this upgrade is similar in install as the us subaru security upgrade system, then it's gonna be easily defeated. a true immobilizer would utilize a transponder chip installed on the key which is programmed to the ecu. the ecu will need to detect the key in order to unlock the ignition/fuel system.
keypads!?!... if you want a similar system, the Clifford BlackJax is just as good, dual point immobilization and in the event the vehicle is driven w/o entering the valet code the vehicle will pulse the brake lights and slow the vehicle down to a stop.
netZ
if this upgrade is similar in install as the us subaru security upgrade system, then it's gonna be easily defeated. a true immobilizer would utilize a transponder chip installed on the key which is programmed to the ecu. the ecu will need to detect the key in order to unlock the ignition/fuel system.
keypads!?!... if you want a similar system, the Clifford BlackJax is just as good, dual point immobilization and in the event the vehicle is driven w/o entering the valet code the vehicle will pulse the brake lights and slow the vehicle down to a stop.
netZ
03-23-2004, 10:05 AM
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i have the clifford ig 7000, which has the blackjax feature. what you do is that it requires you to manually key in a code everytime you start up your car to drive it. if it doesn't get this code, the engine cuts out after 2 minutes (i think, or was it 3?).
great feature if you don't mind having to key it in everytime.
db
great feature if you don't mind having to key it in everytime.
db
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