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<blockquote data-quote="FordTechOne" data-source="post: 1464946" data-attributes="member: 35543"><p>You have to be careful with kill switches; it's not like on older vehicles where you can just interrupt a circuit with a toggle switch. Many circuits have constant power and/or are monitored by a module. So if you installed a cutoff switch for PCM power, for example, the PCM would set DTCs for powering down prematurely after you turn the vehicle off and toggle the switch.</p><p></p><p>There is really no purpose of a cutoff switch on any modern vehicle with Passive Anti-Theft; if the unique identifier in the ignition key or Intelligent Access fob does not match the data stored in the Body Control Module (BCM), it will not allow the engine to start. There are literally billions of possible code combinations. Even if a thief had access to Ford's IDS and a VCM II, as soon as they break into the vehicle and the alarm activates, the BCM goes into a protection mode and will not allow key programming to occur. The only way to steal one of these vehicles is if the thief has access to a programmed key or they tow it away. I have heard of key "cloning" where the thief captures the signal emitted by the Intelligent Access fob and then uses it to create a fake key, but that requires that the thief be within a few feet of the key and has access to high end expensive equipment, which your average degenerate car thief is not going to have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FordTechOne, post: 1464946, member: 35543"] You have to be careful with kill switches; it's not like on older vehicles where you can just interrupt a circuit with a toggle switch. Many circuits have constant power and/or are monitored by a module. So if you installed a cutoff switch for PCM power, for example, the PCM would set DTCs for powering down prematurely after you turn the vehicle off and toggle the switch. There is really no purpose of a cutoff switch on any modern vehicle with Passive Anti-Theft; if the unique identifier in the ignition key or Intelligent Access fob does not match the data stored in the Body Control Module (BCM), it will not allow the engine to start. There are literally billions of possible code combinations. Even if a thief had access to Ford's IDS and a VCM II, as soon as they break into the vehicle and the alarm activates, the BCM goes into a protection mode and will not allow key programming to occur. The only way to steal one of these vehicles is if the thief has access to a programmed key or they tow it away. I have heard of key "cloning" where the thief captures the signal emitted by the Intelligent Access fob and then uses it to create a fake key, but that requires that the thief be within a few feet of the key and has access to high end expensive equipment, which your average degenerate car thief is not going to have. [/QUOTE]
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