Will Kill Switch Kill the Warranty?

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Will Kill Switch Kill the Warranty?

Monkman1

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I just bought a Fiat 500C Lounge in Los Angeles and I'm thinking of installing an anti-theft kill switch.
Will installing a kill switch void the warranty?
Do you have any recommendations for a good simple kill switch?
Thanks
Monkman1
 
When you say kill switch do you mean a simple battery power switch much like you would find on a racing car to isolate power?

The thing is the immobaliser system in your car is more than enough to prevent it being stolen, if someone can bypass the immobaliser then your switch will take seconds to traverse.

If you are still concerned then Talk to your dealer they might be able to fit something suitable without costing your warantee. Or consider a steering wheel lock or similar ?
 
Best way to protect your car from theft is to take a vital starting component out of it. Remember taking the rotar cable out anyone? Lol. Car thieves don't tend to carry fuses and tool boxes around with them.
 
Best way to protect your car from theft is to take a vital starting component out of it. Remember taking the rotar cable out anyone? Lol. Car thieves don't tend to carry fuses and tool boxes around with them.

im pretty sure the immobiliser does this, no code = no spark right? im pretty sure no code also = no fuel pump to supply the spark

most cars these days are stolen with the key, meaning they break into your house help themselves to your belongings and drive off in your car, a kill switch on the battery would slow these thieves down, but if its stolen to order they will stop at nothing to remove your vehicle from your possession
 
Thanks Gang for all the replies. I live in a very safe part of town Los Angeles so I'm not expecting to have the car stolen but I also think the current level of security on the car is a bit weak.

I have the club on the steering wheel (that may stop a kid but not a pro) but all I got from the dealer was a key with an alarm button.

Please tell me if I'm wrong but when I leave the car I click the key to lock the car. That sets the alarm. If someone breaks in and tries to drive away the horn starts to send out alarm blasts. But it's my experience most people don't pay too much attention to alarms sounds.

Are you telling me that the car will also not function? Beside the noise are you telling me the car can not be hotwired and driven off?

Thanks
 
assuming the us spec is the same as the EEC spec cars they come fitted with a FIAT CODE2 immobiliser

there is a microchip in your key

and a reader built in round the ignition key switch...

when you put they key in and turn the ignition on the reader reads the microchip...

If the cars body / engine computer doesn't recognise the key it wont allow the car to run as above normally the fuel pump and ignition circuits are disabled.....


if you rip all the plastic off the steering shroud and try and do a bit of hot wiring it wont work..... the signal from the key is processed in the computer so very very hard to get round..



http://fiat-500-usa-forum-archives.965414.n3.nabble.com/Immobiliser-Fiat-500-td2739381.html
 
Thank you for the reply and info. I guess I'll just stick with the factory standard anti-theft microchip in the key and I'll keep the jackbar on the steering wheel as visual deterrent (even though I know the jackbar is not that hard to smash off).

Of course if someone really wants the car they can probably just tow it away which is not a bad as my wife's first Fiat 500 in Italy. That car was so small 4 friends could carry it away.

Monkman1
 
The way people steal cars now is to break into your house to take the keys. without the key the car is going nowhere (unless they pick it up and stick it on a truck that is)

I wouldn't even bother with a 'jackbar' but each to their own :)
 
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