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      07-05-2012, 04:16 PM   #144
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Originally Posted by 06E90Rostik View Post
I can't help myself but laugh at some of these suggestions. OBD port lock? Seriously? Those are pro car thieves we are dealing with, they will open that "lock" with a screw driver. If they are up to a level where they can clone a key fob in a matter of minutes, I am pretty sure they will deal with a lock much quicker.
Not really.
You have to remember that they are trying to access the OBD port one handed through a small hole made in the window, and reaching in to feel down for the port cover and pluging in the coder. Not easy to bust a lock by feel and one handed.....?

Any positive means of securing the OBD port is going to dramatically slow them down/frustrate them enough that they may move on to an easier target.
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