Has anyone installed a killswitch??

So this morning im sitting in class and my girlfriend texts me and tells me that her truck has been stolen. So after leaving class early i get back to the apartment complex to find my gf giving her statement to the policemen. After thats done the officer informs us that this is the third breakin this week for this particular truck. Apparently Ford 150's (hers was an 01) are being stolen and then driven to the boarder and sold.

The cop went on to say that with that model of ford all you have to do is jam a screwdriver into the key hole twist it and bam the door is open.

So after dealing with this all day I got to thinking about putting on a kill switch in my truck so this doesnt happen to me. The bad part is i dont know how to put one on my truck.

So if anyone has or knows how to put one on a tacoma let me know please so i dont lose my beautiful truck .

Thanks in advance for your help.
Brett

 

It depends on what kinda Tacoma you have. If you have power doors then your key should have a chip. My truck doesnt have it, but my dads truck does.

 

You could always Hide a switch somewhere inside the cab. I have a fuel cut off on my integra. well since they are like 8 of the 10 most stolen cars in america. Basically find the wire that turns the fuel pump on, splice it and put a switch in. walla fuel cut off. Hide it somewhere, dont tell anyone. And a truck with no fuel going to the engine means no start.

 

Alarm?

 

I have a 06 Tacoma SR5 (your's is 07) and it came with the engine immobilizer, if your's also has the immobilizer (it's a factory installed kill switch) you don't need a kill switch. Just keep your keys in a safe place and hope the thieves don't have a flat bed wrecker.

 

I put a toggle switch under the dash that is the main. No Main. No juce.The ignition bypasses the Elkectro Lock now. So key or not, I can get to my racked long guns. And start the unit with a door bell. Stuff can happen. They do have a cuff key over ride.
It is not that big a deal. Most have their own weapons. They have no reason to take mine.

 

Also if they want it bad enough they will get it. These things just slow them down a little bit.

 

I was always told locks were for honest people.

 

I was going threw a chevelle forum I am a member of and this is what a guy was doing.
There had been alot of car thefts in his negibhorhood and he didn't want to have is 67 chevelle stolen so he let his 95lbs pit bull sleep in the car for a few days. Hows that for theft deterant.

 

Just get full coverage insurance and when some joker steals it, you get a new truck! I wish someone would steal my taco.... I would get a check from AAA and be at the dealer ordering my 09 Taco the next day!!!

 

I'm with you!

 

Oh I forgot. I have a fuel switch for other tanks, And I run the carb dry at 1800 RPM On Off. . I have a boost pump.