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Originally Posted by warranty
I'm not sure how easy it is for thieves to hotwire and steal these modern cars with smart keys, but another idea for a theft-deterrent feature is to use a toggle switch to turn off the 12V (signal 3) going into the clutch switch. Without +12V, the clutch switch cannot send the "clutch depressed" signal 4 to the CAS, and therefore the engine cannot be started.  |
Thieves were breaking into cars using keys they cloned on the spot once they had access to the OBDII port. There was a big bru-ha-ha about it about a year ago or so, and BMW offered a coding fix to the EU market, but didn't do anything here, IIRC.
We have the same car ('08/6MT) so if someone wanted it, all they have to do is break the glass, pull up the hand brake and roll it onto a truck. I don't know if you have the OEM alarm, but if you don't, your car comes pre-wired for it (only the '08s do), and you just have to buy
the OEM alarm kit, install it, and have it coded in, which I did. The OEM alarm does have a tilt sensor, which is pretty nifty, but no shock sensor, so I followed
this DIY to detect glass breakage and did a little something extra to go along with it.
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Originally Posted by isherdholi
Excellent DIY, but I'm pretty sure you can achieve the same thing using NCSExpert to "code out" the clutch
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Cool. Handle that and report back to us, as I haven't seen anyone do that across any of the other BMW forums. I'm always interested in seeing/learning about new options
