Immobilizer is a type of anti-theft device. Some motorists, when choosing a new car, do not even realize that the immobilizer is already built into the car and is included in the standard equipment.
Modern anti-theft devices include devices - immobilizers, which are represented by several types and models. Choosing the right protective equipment will help prevent car theft.
The issues of reliable security will always be relevant. There are many anti-theft devices, among which modern immobilizers are becoming more and more popular. Their main task is to block the operation of the engine, by breaking the electrical circuit, and the safety of the vehicle. In the event of theft, immobilizers do not allow the vehicle to move under its own power.
Types of immobilizers
Modern anti-theft devices are used in new cars and are considered mandatory purchases that will provide a high-quality security system for vehicles. The type of blocking, as well as the ways of reading the transponder, determine their types. The basic principle of operation of the device is to break or block the main electrical circuits, without which the car will not be able to start moving.
The blocking element, which is one of the factors that determines the types of modern anti-theft devices, is the main component of immobilizers. There are two types of protective equipment:
• wired devices are simple and it is desirable to place them in hard-to-reach places of the car interior in order to avoid the risk of its detection by burglars;
• wireless devices that allow the engine to start and then block its operation by stopping the incoming high-frequency coded signals.
Installed additional immobilizers will help strengthen the security system and create special difficulties for the hijackers. It is practically impossible to bypass or disable such blocking. Transponders carrying original codes are of contact and non-contact types.
Features of immobilizers
The main features of security devices include anti-theft algorithms. They are presented:
• blocking mode at the moment of movement start;
• delayed blocking mode;
• mode of constant monitoring of the owner's presence in the car.
The correct choice of an immobilizer and the adoption of non-standard decisions at the time of its installation, provides much more chances for the rightful owners to keep their car and reliably protect it from the hijackers.
