With all the recent uproar about thieves stealing Kias and Hyundais using USB cables, now is the time to discuss a good means of thwarting such thefts: the simple kill switch, which prevents a vehicle ...

Dallas-based Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc., one of the country's biggest subprime auto lenders, has decided not to use GPS-tracking and ignition kill switch technology as regulators clamp down ...

Q: Do people still install kill switches on their cars? We will be traveling to many places and will likely log 3,000 to 4,000 miles. Our drive will take us through many states and will have many ...

Q: With all the talk about Hyundai and Kia thefts, can these new cars be fitted with an old-fashioned kill switch? A: You can install a kill-switch and wire it into ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. According to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, 2022 saw a 7% increase in vehicular theft, bringing the total to more than 1 million. That's ...

In fact, any switch that would actually kill the vehicle at freeway speeds is asking for one hell of a lawsuit...as noted, you lose power steering and such. Chevy got sued for precisely this when ...

I have to credit reader John Fobian with the idea for this article, since he contacted me after reading our news item about Outta Sight's slick battery boxes. These come with what was described as a ...

Most drivers think of the ignition switch as the slot where they insert the key to start their car, but that’s actually the ignition lock cylinder. The ignition switch is a more complex electrical ...