How to Prevent Your Teens Car From Starting:Disable a Car

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This article is for parents who want to learn how to quickly stop their teenagers car from starting. I was approached by a good customer of mine one day who wanted to know how to prevent a car from starting with out causing any damage to the vehicle. I told him this was a strange request but I would help him out on this subject just one time. He told me his teen age daughter started hanging out with questionable looking people after he bought her a car for her sixteenth birthday. He wanted to know what was the easiest and quickest way to disable a car and to prevent it from starting without her knowing it. I had to chuckle a bit about his request but here is what I told him to do when trying to prevent a car from starting.

I told him to locate the owner’s manual and to find the location and fuse type of the electric fuel pump. I advised him to remember where the fuel pump fuse was located for easy and quick access later. When ever his teenaged daughter was going to disappear into the night again with her questionable looking friends, he could go out to the car and remove the fuel pump fuse within seconds and this will stop his teenagers car from starting. I am a father of a seven year old boy who does not have to worry about these kind of problems yet and am not really looking forward to it. I then told this gentleman if his teenaged daughter ever got suspicious of this fuse and wanted to prevent her car from starting he could then scramble under the car and just unplug the fuel pump 3 wire connector.

If your teenager has a pre 1986 car and you want to know how to stop the teenagers car from starting, quickly you can just remove the coil wire. If you are not familiar with car engines then look for the distributor cap and locate the coil ignition wire which is normally the spark plug wire in the middle of the distributor cap. Removing the lone coil wire will prevent a car from starting. This is a pretty easy and quick method because you only have one wire to remove and replace when its time to start the car. Below I will list a few more ideas for you to remember when its time to learn how to stop your teenagers car from starting.

1. Locate and pull out the fuse marked ECM or PCM
2. Locate and disconnect the crankshaft position sensor
3. Have a professional automotive technician install a toggle switch for you
4. Locate and trip the fuel pump shut off switch (reset when you want the car to start)

 I hope this article will help you with your teenagers car situations when ever you want to prevent a car from starting. These methods are meant to keep them safe and at home when ever you get that gut feeling something bad might happen to them. It may help you to get the owners manual of the teenagers car and study its components locations which I have mentioned above. You can also ask your family mechanic to show you where these fuses and connectors are located. “How to stop your teenagers car from starting-prevent a car from starting fuses and connectors” should be used by every parent who wants to protect their teenager from driving and disappearing into the night. For more car care information please visit my car blog at, “Auto Repair Savings And my Special Links

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