Ever wonder what the immobilizer chip looks like?
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Ever wonder what the immobilizer chip looks like?
Have you ever wondered what the immobilizer chip looks like? I was bored and decided to dremel a key open as I was curious to know what it looked like.
1. I dremeled the sides of the key and cut straight across to remove the plastic. You can see a white plastic piece in the middle of the metal.
2. I pushed the white piece out from the key. This is the housing for the chip.
3. Inside the housing is a pill-like, glassy chip (approximately 1.25 cm in length). And inside the glass pill is what looks like a fine copper wire wrapped around something. Basically the chip is a coil of some sort producing a small magnetic field which is received at the ignition that relays to the ECU.
The glass pill looks like a subcutaneous tracking device you usually see in a movie.
In case you were wondering why I would destroy a key for my curiosity. I work at a used car dealership and we had a spare key to an MDX we sold a few years ago. We called up the customer, but he/she already sold the car so the key became my test subject.
1. I dremeled the sides of the key and cut straight across to remove the plastic. You can see a white plastic piece in the middle of the metal.
2. I pushed the white piece out from the key. This is the housing for the chip.
3. Inside the housing is a pill-like, glassy chip (approximately 1.25 cm in length). And inside the glass pill is what looks like a fine copper wire wrapped around something. Basically the chip is a coil of some sort producing a small magnetic field which is received at the ignition that relays to the ECU.
The glass pill looks like a subcutaneous tracking device you usually see in a movie.
In case you were wondering why I would destroy a key for my curiosity. I work at a used car dealership and we had a spare key to an MDX we sold a few years ago. We called up the customer, but he/she already sold the car so the key became my test subject.
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Re: (EJ8tunerman)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EJ8tunerman »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Are you sure its a coil or is it just a resistor that the ecm has to read when inserted in the ignition, similar to those used in GM cars and what not?</TD></TR></TABLE>
From what I can see, it's a coil. I can see the striations.
From what I can see, it's a coil. I can see the striations.
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Re: Ever wonder what the immobilizer chip looks like? (oodie)
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i hate thieves
i hate thieves
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Re: Ever wonder what the immobilizer chip looks like? (Spec R)
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i hate thieves
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Re: Ever wonder what the immobilizer chip looks like? (oodie)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by oodie »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I hate the immobilizer </TD></TR></TABLE>
y cuz it makes it harder for peoples cars to get jacked?
y cuz it makes it harder for peoples cars to get jacked?
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Re: Ever wonder what the immobilizer chip looks like? (oodie)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by oodie »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I hate the immobilizer </TD></TR></TABLE>
wtf?caught slippin
wtf?caught slippin
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Re: Ever wonder what the immobilizer chip looks like? (jiggatone)
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wtf?caught slippin</TD></TR></TABLE>
LOL.
wtf?caught slippin</TD></TR></TABLE>
LOL.
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Re: Ever wonder what the immobilizer chip looks like? (oodie)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by oodie »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I hate the immobilizer </TD></TR></TABLE>
DAMN...LOL Like every one says Slippin!
But anyway I hate Thieves
DAMN...LOL Like every one says Slippin!
But anyway I hate Thieves
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Re: Ever wonder what the immobilizer chip looks like? (91redteg)
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y cuz it makes it harder for peoples cars to get jacked?</TD></TR></TABLE>
no, cause it makes it more expensive to get a k20 swap running.
y cuz it makes it harder for peoples cars to get jacked?</TD></TR></TABLE>
no, cause it makes it more expensive to get a k20 swap running.
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