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Old 01-05-17, 07:25 AM
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I want to keep my son from driving my car at night. He has a key. How can I disable the ignition so that it won't crank at all when he pushes the starter button?
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Old 01-05-17, 08:02 AM
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There is no easy way that I can think of. You can't get the key back from him?
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Old 01-05-17, 08:06 AM
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My husband knows how to do it but he is in Dubai. I thought it might be an easy fix.
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Old 01-05-17, 08:16 AM
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remove the negative ( - ) cable on the battery?
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Old 01-05-17, 10:22 AM
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easy way - take the key and put it in your safe overnight.
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Old 01-05-17, 12:36 PM
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Teach your son some discipline so that you don't have to start hiding stuff.

Oh, and welcome to CL.

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Old 01-05-17, 01:55 PM
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have a hidden kill switch installed.
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Old 01-05-17, 05:34 PM
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Boot the car.
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Old 01-05-17, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by kitabel
If that's your big problem, and that's how you're dealing with it, your family life is going to be a source of misery.
How about "If you drive the car when I said not to, you will never drive the car again", but only if you can do it.
The worst possible warning to a child: tell them what you will do, and not do it. Now, any threat is meaningless.
You're lucky, it's only a car. How about a few that friends of mine had already: "where's my purse?", and of course at the top of the list "where's my gun?".
Then report the car stolen the minute he leaves.
How to tell?
Beep the alarm, if you can't hear it he's down the road.
That gets back to what I said in post #6.
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Agree with the above. As an IT manager, I often have to tell other business managers that "If you have to use a technology solution to solve a management problem, you've already lost." This situation is the same.
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