Rohan McLeod via luv-talk wrote:
Assembled cognoscenti;
I am thinking of installing a GPS vehicle tracker; mostly with the hope that I can know if someone is, breaking into my vehicle; I can notify the police..... rather than track it after has been stolen. !
Just to give clearer idea of the problem and to forestall already discarded ideas: -the vehicle is a 1994 Mitsubishi Starwagon 4WD with no remote locking -it now has an after market engine immobiliser fitted
My first thought was "maybe you could just take the steering wheel or distributor cap away with you when you leave the vehicle". But this is an extremely fiddly process nowadays -- the steering wheel airbag has a battery backup unit and will detonate on shock, so it's basically an landmine. I wonder if you can load a bad program to the ECU over canbus to effectively lock out the ignition until you come back and load a good program back in. 1994 might be too old for EFI.