Installing a hood lock is an additional protection for your car

2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42

The risk of car theft in our time is quite high, so the vast majority of motorists are thinking about measures that will make car theft impossible or at least create additional difficulties for the attacker. This will help buy time, which is so dear to the hijacker, and force him to abandon his plans.

To do this, a whole range of anti-theft devices is installed on the car, including the installation of a hood lock. As you know, the engine compartment is very important. Often there are, among other things, the main parts of the anti-theft device, such as the control unit and the siren, so the hijacker seeks to get there as quickly as possible in order to turn off the car alarm. Installing a hood lock will make it difficult to get in.

There are two types of hood locks: electromechanical and just mechanical. Each of them has both its own advantages and disadvantages. Electromechanical can be called more complex and require frequent maintenance for stable operation, but they are more reliable than mechanical ones. Reliability is given to them by the fact that they open with the help of an electric drive.key fob signal, while mechanical locks use a key to open, which means it can be opened by bumping.

So, let's name the main reasons why hood protection is needed:

1. Does not allow you to mute the car alarm siren that the hijacker is trying to



do it first so as not to draw attention to yourself. In most cases of car theft, if an unsuccessful attempt to turn off the alarm, the hijacker stops his actions.

2. Does not allow you to unlock the engine if there are locks installed under the hood, where they are more securely protected than in the cabin.
3. Blocking the hood, even with the help of various devices used by car thieves, such as autonomous power supply, a universal ignition module and special control systems, will not make it possible to start and steal a car.
4. The installation of a hood lock on European car brands blocks access to the diagnostic connector, through which it is easy to find a blocked circuit and unlock it, as well as to replace the engine control controller, also located under the hood.
5. On Japanese car brands such as Nissan and Huyndai, the installation of a hood lock is a must if a gearbox lock is installed. The gearbox design on these vehicles allows the gear to be engaged from under the open hood without touching the gear lever lock, making it pointless to install.
6. Monoblock car alarm installed underhood, can be simply turned off with a key or by turning the monoblock larva, thereby disabling the security system.
7. And, of course, the installed hood lock does not allow the thief to profit from car parts and components in an unsuccessful attempt to steal, if he managed to get under the hood of the car.

To install a lock on the hood, we would advise you to turn to professionals, as this is a rather complicated process, as well as its selection for a certain brand of car. Having saved on specialists, you can simply lose the car, because the handicraft installation of the lock creates only the appearance of car security and a minimum of problems for the thief.