Hotwiring a Car

[theskalickys]

I was looking today at a Zombie Training Camp: http://www.zombiesurvivalcourse.com/

As a Zombie Enthusiast, I thought this was pretty cool. I would love to run something like this one day (not for a full time job) but just for a once a year thing. Other than I think you would have to do some screening.. to not get crazies.

Anyway I came to their points of what you learn and I stopped at: Acquire transportation (hotwire)

This is something I have never had to do and really do not know what I would do, especially on newer cars with all this anti theft/security stuff. I think it would be cool to learn and sweet for others to know, in case of an emergency. However I think you would run into issues that you are teaching people how to steal cars.. Plus who is going to let you hotwire a newer car?

Man now I want to know how.. anyone want to let me try on their car? LOL

[DANGERTASTIC!]

First you rip the column cover off, then you yank the wiring cluster down.

Grab the blue and red wire an touch them together, after it starts you twist the two together and drive away.

No man it dont work like it does in the movies.


We had to use a screwdriver on a friends K-5 Blazer, it was a 1980.

I dont think the newer stuff you can use the same method.

In a Zombie apocalypse, I would count on keys being in the ignition...in most vehicles

[DFBrews]

that and most cars have a steering column lock that is requires the key to unlock... this is pretty hard to get around i did it once in my 91 chevy pickup and that was only because I could not figure out how to get the damn thing back together when i was fixing the tilt steering.

never again will I tear into a steering column they are the devil.

[SideShow Bob]

It is a lot easier than you would think even with a column lock. But because of legal and liability reasons I will not go into details.

[Delfuego]

You guys have never heard of an "immobilizer" have you? It is part of almost all new cars. It will throw an "immobilizer" code via the vehicle's computer and you wont be able to start it.

If you don't believe me just try it on any vehicle made in the last 10 years. It's Fun! Just be prepared to tow it to the dealer and shell out $150-$200 for them to clear the code before the vehicle will start again.

Some new vehicles will throw and "immobilizer" code just by removing the battery completely.

Don't believe me? Try it yourself....

This thread is ridiculous.... Zombies??? Really?? Get a life (literally)...

[SideShow Bob]

You guys have never heard of an "immobilizer" have you? It is part of almost all new cars. It will throw an "immobilizer" code via the vehicle's computer and you wont be able to start it.

If you don't believe me just try it on any vehicle made in the last 10 years. It's Fun! Just be prepared to tow it to the dealer and shell out $150-$200 for them to clear the code before the vehicle will start again.

Some new vehicles will throw and "immobilizer" code just by removing the battery completely.

Don't believe me? Try it yourself....

This thread is ridiculous.... Zombies??? Really?? Get a life (literally)...

Get a clue, zombie attack is just a euphemism for a SHTF situation.
And during such an attack I am sure that most of the zombies are not going to be calling on star (if they are still up and operating) to send an immobilizer
code to their missing vehicles.
And most of us would be going for the heavy duty military type vehicles instead of the bemmers, caddys or fluffy H2s.

[Graves]

that and most cars have a steering column lock that is requires the key to unlock... this is pretty hard to get around i did it once in my 91 chevy pickup and that was only because I could not figure out how to get the damn thing back together when i was fixing the tilt steering.

never again will I tear into a steering column they are the devil.

The older chebby tilts are easy - On the left side of the column where the turn signal switch is a funky little spring that needs a little manipulating...or so I heard.

[Graves]

You guys have never heard of an "immobilizer" have you? It is part of almost all new cars. It will throw an "immobilizer" code via the vehicle's computer and you wont be able to start it.

If you don't believe me just try it on any vehicle made in the last 10 years. It's Fun! Just be prepared to tow it to the dealer and shell out $150-$200 for them to clear the code before the vehicle will start again.

Some new vehicles will throw and "immobilizer" code just by removing the battery completely.

Don't believe me? Try it yourself....

This thread is ridiculous.... Zombies??? Really?? Get a life (literally)...

Yeah, newer vehicles never get stollen.
Bypassing a transponder isn't rocket science, and they aren't standard on most vehicles.

[theskalickys]

This is my thought newer vehicles get stolen all the time. Hopefully in a Zombie situation people would leave there keys in their cars, but if not and you had to get out of somewhere I believe it would be a good thing to know. Just even if you were driving in the mountains, camped out and forgot your keys and your spare is not where you thought it would be.. Yeah you could camp out for a while, but having the knowledge to hotwire your own vehicle could be a life saver.
Once again I don't know anything about this and do not believe anything I see on Youtube or most other sites. I own tools to unlock vehicles and houses so that my friends can call me when they are locked out. Worked really well when my wife's friend lost the keys to the house she was house-sitting with dogs. Have unlocked many new car doors with higher security systems. Pretty easy when the tools are labeled by manufacturer and a guide.
I do not know any toolkit to hotwire cars or some "Gone in 60 seconds" air key tool. (That was pretty cool though) Also with most vehicles having a chip in their key makes things more tuff. Although I have found most vehicles still work 100% with a un-chipped cut key.
I would love to take a hot-wiring class...

[hammer03]

Just look for the bodies lining the street, search for keys with a fob, start hitting the lock or alarm buttons and look for what goes off... No need to get complicated.

Cars pre-computers may not be as easy as the movies make them look, but they sure aren't difficult either...