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- noun Plural form of
immobilizer .
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Examples
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In fact, some automobile "immobilizers" use a similar challenge / password / authentication type of exchange between electronic control modules to determine if the vehicle should be allowed to start.
eHam.net News 2009
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Conversely, the number of stolen SUVs and upscale cars has conspicuously dropped, reflecting the widespread use of antitheft devices, such as immobilizers, on these vehicles.
Japan Probe 2008
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The Cadillac Escalade gets the top spot despite engine immobilizers being standard equipment.
Grander theft auto: IIHS report shows car snatchers favor upscale rides 2010
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The Cadillac Escalade gets the top spot despite engine immobilizers being standard equipment.
Grander theft auto: IIHS report shows car snatchers favor upscale rides 2010
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One of the measures adopted by Manitoba Public Insurance was to provide free installation of immobilizers for high risk autos, resulting in a dramatic drop in payments for stolen cars.
Sheldon Filger: Government Health Insurance? What About Public Auto Insurance 2009
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Those things have immobilizers, and leaving them unlocked doesn't make them much easier to steal.
HEROES: A Disappointment of Super Proportions | the TV addict 2007
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Better locks, immobilizers, ignitions, radios that only work with RFID keys, and interior steel safes attached to the chassis, so that burglars require a tow truck to steal your car.
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We – it seems – have to be constantly ‘upgrading our security’: burglar alarms, window locks, security lighting and so forth on our homes; car alarms, immobilizers, removable – or theft-proof - satnav and car stereos in our cars.
Archive 2008-01-01 David Hadley 2008
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Better locks, immobilizers, ignitions, radios that only work with RFID keys, and interior steel safes attached to the chassis, so that burglars require a tow truck to steal your car.
Archive 2008-05-01 2008
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A determined thief can cut through certain steering immobilizers or shut off a simple alarm.
How To Buy & Sell just about Everything Jeff Wuorio 2003
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