Aftermarket Immo issue....

[m0rk]

Well, after getting some reasonable headway the cordie stopped wanting to start - no dash lights or anything

Basically the Scorpion aftermarket immo wasn't unsetting itself.

werid I thought - so dug out the manual. which was wrong. So I contacted Scorpion who emailled me the 'user' manual - NFG for working out why a car won't start.

So I found the installer one... just as useless really

anyway - a couple of weeks pass & I've got a few hours to myself so think about 'getting going' and fixing the fault, thinking that the spiders web of wires was going to cause me some serious issues

so after I spend 40 mins unravaling the insulation tape the monkey fitter had wrapped round the underdash wiring loom I see what's actually left

3 wires

snip snip snip, rejoin one - car starts

could have got the car started in about 2 mins if I wasn't trying to 'see' the problem

anyway - removed all the unit & it's wiring now. just need to tidy & insulate the connections

I'm mildly tempted to run some isolation switching to add some security (it already has the factory immo)....

worst bit is the chewed up trim where the touch key was located.

So.... aftermarket T2 immo's = bunch of arse. anyone with even slight intent, and a penknife can start your car......

 

[Cupra Kid]

Best solution, have a car that no one would want to steal.....................mine.

 

[m0rk]

lol. you might joke - but I fancy a beater small engined car again

nobody would steal that either ^^

 

[F2 Stu]

lol I've no clue as to WTF is the make of my aftermarket immobiliser, its bound to go tits up somewhere far far away from home.

Nobody would want to nick my car too, you cant drive off with it with no steering wheel

 

[m0rk]

when you're around next time in daylight - we'll rip it out then

 

[F2 Stu]

Cool, sometime before the Ring trip