If you can’t afford a professionally installed electronic immobiliser, or your car simply isn’t worth investing several hundred dollars in, then maybe the much simpler and cheaper option is an ignition kill switch.

 

 

 

 

All a kill switch is, is a discreetly positioned switch that is wired into your ignition loop, meaning the switch has to be flicked to complete the circuit before the car will start.

 

In its most basic form it is simply any sort of electrical button or switch attached to a couple of pieces of wire. If it is found by the criminal it can be easily turned to on, so positioning the switch somewhere out of sight is a must, but it may cause the thief minutes of grief while he tries to figure out why the car won’t start.

 

Kill switches can generally be overridden quite easily by connecting powered wires to the starter motor directly under the bonnet, but this takes time, so if you have an old banger, you have a basic understanding of car electrics, then a kill switch can easily be bought very cheaply from any local electronics store and installed yourself or by a friend or relative with a little electrical understanding.

 

We do warn against tampering with your cars electrical system if you don’t have and knowledge in this department though, as it may cause you more problems that it solves if your car won’t start on a morning due to your own faulty wiring!

 

Finally a big thank you to the guys at Orangewheels.co.uk who supply new VW Polo Cars who gave up their time for free to help us put together this informational site.

Posted: 11|3|09 at 4:18 pm.