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Last time I looked at after-market car alarms, even the most basic units ($100 NZD = ~70 USD) had at least one immobilizer, sometimes multiple. (An immobilizer
by jamestnz 10y ago
Last time I looked at after-market car alarms, even the most basic units ($100 NZD = ~70 USD) had at least one immobilizer, sometimes multiple. (An immobilizer being a relay which interrupts one or more parts of the startup/ignition/fuel systems until the alarm has been disabled, usually through a rolling-code keyfob).
This article make it seem like immobilizers are some exotic high-end feature, which has not been my experience at all.
- ifdefdebug 10y agoI never thought about it before reading this article, but in the city where I live (Lisbon) car alarms going off were a constant phenomena about 10 to 20 years ago and have constantly dropped since then. Today they are almost gone. Maybe alarms are being replaced by silent immobilizers in the low to mid range, combined with GPS tracking devices in the high range?