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The Lexus 350 & Toyo HL are the most hunted vehicles in the whole Ontario & Quebec.The third on the list is the Ford F150.
I cant't give you specifics about the OBD2 port here.
Thiefs are getting their education on the internet too.
It still exist in a different location.
I cant't give you specifics about the OBD2 port here.
Thiefs are getting their education on the internet too.
It still exist in a different location.
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This looks like possibly a great, and inexpensive, OBD2 port protector:
TOYOTA DUMMY FAKE OBD2 PORT POWERED anti theft security OBD Guard / Block / LOCK | eBay
Then plug the black male connector on the dummy into your genuine port. Now relocate the original to a place of your choosing out of sight to a thief. Finally using the cable ties supplied strap the dummy lead to your cars wiring loom to make it look like the original port.
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In my opinion its better to hide or relocate the port.The scrooge can just reach up and follow the wire from this fake port and reach out and connect to the real connector.This looks like possibly a great, and inexpensive, OBD2 port protector:
TOYOTA DUMMY FAKE OBD2 PORT POWERED anti theft security OBD Guard / Block / LOCK | eBay
Then plug the black male connector on the dummy into your genuine port. Now relocate the original to a place of your choosing out of sight to a thief. Finally using the cable ties supplied strap the dummy lead to your cars wiring loom to make it look like the original port.www.ebay.com
Even better;Hide or relocate and lock the port with something like this:This looks like possibly a great, and inexpensive, OBD2 port protector:
TOYOTA DUMMY FAKE OBD2 PORT POWERED anti theft security OBD Guard / Block / LOCK | eBay
Then plug the black male connector on the dummy into your genuine port. Now relocate the original to a place of your choosing out of sight to a thief. Finally using the cable ties supplied strap the dummy lead to your cars wiring loom to make it look like the original port.www.ebay.com
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And you still have to disconnect it when service would need the port to be used for diagnostic,tire changes etc...This looks like possibly a great, and inexpensive, OBD2 port protector:
TOYOTA DUMMY FAKE OBD2 PORT POWERED anti theft security OBD Guard / Block / LOCK | eBay
Then plug the black male connector on the dummy into your genuine port. Now relocate the original to a place of your choosing out of sight to a thief. Finally using the cable ties supplied strap the dummy lead to your cars wiring loom to make it look like the original port.www.ebay.com
If you let the service do it for you they will charge you for the labour involved.
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just leave the oem port be so the crooks can get to it easy enough. that will definitely solve the inconvenience of having to disconnect it for service.
Yep.
1 - Insurance claim for a damaged/vandalised car that you'll have to have fixed, and it'll still carry the scars.
2 - Insurance claim for a stolen vehicle, get a new one.
In some parts of Los Angeles, it's getting as bad as NYC was 20 years ago... people are leaving their windows down and trunks open so dirtbags won't break in.
I may trade it in for a horse.The horse has an automatic defence of it's data port under the tail.
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Forget locking the OBD2. Instead, install a Scotchlok inline fuse 3m #972 to pin 16, the "always hot" wire on your OBD2 wiring, just above the port and store the fuse in the glove box until needed.
It won't stop someone from breaking in, but it'll confound them when they try to access the CAN.
It won't stop someone from breaking in, but it'll confound them when they try to access the CAN.
Your over enginering it.
If I wanted to go this route,I would have pulled the ignition or fuel pump relay.But then my remote start wouldn't work neither!!
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By fusing the OBD2, you don't have to mess with it to use the car. The only time you'd need to install the fuse is for emissions or diagnosis.
And neither would your car without reinstalling the fuse/relay.
His suggestion allows you to drive the car normally without futzing with anything, but you need to install the fuse to use the OBD connector.
The ideal location of that fuse would have to be a little distance from the Obd port.
To get to it you would have to remove the lower panel under the dash.This same panel needs to be removed to remove & reinstall the Obd connector to and from its factory installed location.
If the Obd had been just pulled back behind the dash without extending its wires and relocating it for example behind the glove compartment.
The fuse install with the Obd port not relocated would give a false hope for the criminals.
You can make it as complex as you like.
It only needs to be accessed and the fuse reinstalled when the port is needed.
As long as you don't use an OBD information computer like the Scangauge, the only time it is needed is for service and emissions testing.
Thanks.
Its not for me.I prefer the OBD port removal from the dash and lock it and hide it inside the dash.
Also if the engine computer would fail for whatever reason during the warranty period and the dealer would discover that the Obd ports wire had been tempered with they might blame that for the ECM failure and cancel the warranty on it.
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