aftermarket Anti-Theft add-ons for 2020 Prime?

how is cat theft on the modern prius?

 

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I don't have a Prime but recommend LoJack.

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The Prius is one of the only new cars (that I can think of) that doesn't automatically lock the steering wheel when in park.

 

All other cars I've driven will lock it once the wheel turns a certain amount. I assume there's a mechanism waiting to fall into a detent. So even if there's some play in the wheel, it will lock if it's moved any significant amount. I would consider that to be effectively locked even before it actually hard locks.

 

Am I the only one that still uses The Club?

 

Isn't this made possible by unique fob key codes and the engine immobilizer feature? This vehicle's ignition architecture does not have the same susceptibility to hotwiring that led to the steering wheel lock mandate on older era cars.

 

Now that many car thieves have figured out that The Club is an ideal lever for breaking the steering wheel lock, and yet can still be removed in under a minute by sawing through the steering wheel itself?

Yeah, possibly you are the last one.

 

Maybe, but it's still found on most other cars with engine immobilizer.

 

Not only is it probably a waste of money........except maybe for a simple 12 V disconnect switch, which creates it's own problems.......
It will also run your battery down if not driven for a while. With some systems, as short a time as a week.
Generally NOT recommended.
Better to check your insurance to be sure that it will pay you full current market value if it IS stolen.

 

What is the norm for other current cars with push button start, lacking the traditional turn key?

 

You can not steal these cars unless you have the program to mock or clone the fobs, this is what lets the car start and without it, it will not start.

In the event that someone really wanted your prius for some odd reason other than to repo it, they would do just that, tow it.

So using a club is not doing anything but making people laugh.

 

Wouldn't safety connect be the same thing?

 

Aftermarket alarms do tend to put additional drain on the 12 V battery, enough so as to be a concern to me. I agree with that note. I have not felt LoJack uses a significant amount comparatively. They have an early warning setup to let you know as soon as your vehicle is moved unauthorized.

Doesn't Safety Connect somewhat do away with the necessity of aftermarket devices? I didn't get a LoJack for our Prius v but keep Safety Connect active.

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Forgot about that system, and you just beat me to my post about it. Thanks for bringing it up!

They do hide the little LoJack device in a location that owners don't even get the privy to know, so it is an unknown to a would be thief, meaning unlike Safety Connect which is a known device that the thief is aware of and could possibly disable, they may not find out a car has LoJack until it's too late when the cops come...

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I don't know if the current implementation of LoJack is still the same, but the original iteration had an important distinction from Safety Connect and the like:

Safety Connect relies on the car to figure out where it is using GPS and cellular signals, and then it can send that position info via cellular data to a server somewhere for readback. So you'd better hope that the theft and storage locations were within coverage areas, and that it got its position correct etc. Lots of chances for trouble.

LoJack, at least in its original implementation, just blasted out its own loud radio signal on 173.075MHz, so somebody with the right receiver could figure out where the signal was coming from by using ordinary radio direction-finding techniques. The LoJack company deployed many receivers and made sure that many local police departments had their cruisers equipped.