OBD Port Lock

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herb said:
Consider this OBD Port Lock on Amazon.ca:

https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=b0c1tpsnvk&crid=49Q5P9OGBBFE...

According to the listing: Easy to install, inexpensive, secure, 1000s sold, You wouldn't leave your car door unlock so why leave your OBD Port unlocked.

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Problem I see with this is that there is nothing stopping thieves from buying one on Amazon and then they have the “ key “ . Not at all secure in my opinion.
 
1st Vette said:
Problem I see with this is that there is nothing stopping thieves from buying one on Amazon and then they have the “ key “ . Not at all secure in my opinion.
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Don’t even need to buy it on Amazon to have the “key”. I bought this security bit set at Princess Auto for $5 and I am sure one of them will work.
 

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K.I.S.S.
I would use something like this, but not on the battery as that would screw up the computers each time. Tie in to the line going to the starter solenoid.
Alternately you could put in a kill button on the line, a simple on/off switch. Or use three switches, Two closed and one open or vice versa and figure out which sequence you want to kill the power to the solenoid
Put it on the wire going to the starter solenoid. NO POWER = NO START even with the car systems powered up.
It even has two remotes.
Someplace under the dash that is not easily visible but accessible.

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LE BARON said:
K.I.S.S.
I would use something like this, but not on the battery as that would screw up the computers each time. Tie in to the line going to the starter solenoid.
Alternately you could put in a kill button on the line, a simple on/off switch. Or use three switches, Two closed and one open or vice versa and figure out which sequence you want to kill the power to the solenoid
Put it on the wire going to the starter solenoid. NO POWER = NO START even with the car systems powered up.
It even has two remotes.
Someplace under the dash that is not easily visible but accessible.

AMAZON
Telsitine Upgraded Remote Battery Kill Switch, 12V 250A Car Kill Switch, Anti-Theft Prevent Battery Drain Isolator Car Battery Switch with Two Remote...
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Would this device or anything similar potentially affect warranty coverage?
 
Red chilli said:
Murray is right. They waited for a coworker to leave his house one morning going to work and stole his pickup truck at gun point three blocks away
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Doesn't really matter what measures you take, if they want it, they'll take it. It's just peace of mind while you are sleeping at some motel on a road trip.
Even then a tow truck will do the job once they disarm the alarm. Then just about the only thing is ONSTAR which it seems to me they can cancel as well.
If they are professional crooks there is little, if anything, you can do.
 
harshadt said:
Don’t even need to buy it on Amazon to have the “key”. I bought this security bit set at Princess Auto for $5 and I am sure one of them will work.
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I agree. However the locks look like standard T7 torx bits just like the screws holding on the front fender extensions on my C7 GS. Maybe they are a different size but your tool box, or the thief's pocket, should have the entire set.....lol
 
FYI: they are NOT standard torx bits. These are called security torx bits. The difference is in the hole in the center, which accepts the post on the torx bolt. Regular torx driver will not mate to them. Still, everyone has these bits if they are mechanically inclined.
 
carbuff said:
FYI: they are NOT standard torx bits. These are called security torx bits. The difference is in the hole in the center, which accepts the post on the torx bolt. Regulat torx driver will not mate to them
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But you CAN buy those also. I have used a small slut screwdriver to undo screws like those. Or a drill and a screw remover etc.
 
Murray20c8 said:
They always slip! That's why you call 'em sluts.
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Funny, they shouldn't make them with security torx, they should make them with sluts. Then the thief will just move on to one with security torx! No one likes undoing slut screws!
 
A Google search on obd locking device returns a whole bunch of devices that block the port mechanically, so the would be thieves can't plug any device into it. All OBD ports use a standard connector, so I would think these devices would work on the C8 as well as any other car.
This is the first one returned: Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/Connector-Prevents-Vehicles-Computer-Material/dp/B0BTW92ZPS/ref=asc_df_B0BTW92ZPS/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=692875362841&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12149099425875128428&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1027067&hvtargid=pla-2281435178298&psc=1&mcid=6349dfb5f55f3375983233e5113085a4&hvocijid=12149099425875128428-B0BTW92ZPS-&hvexpln=73&gad_source=1)

Here's another:
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I suspect if a thief finds the port locked this way, he's just going to look for an easier target.
 

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