Hi all,
Sad news - my 2022 Ram Limited that I special ordered last year and had to wait 3 months to get got stolen. I have it on video. It took the thief about 15-20 minutes of sitting in the car to take it. I can see the computer turning on and off multiple times, so my guess is he plugged a computer into the OBD port and made a new key.
So now I have to get another one. Here's my question: I'm going to disable the OBD port in the car and have a separate one hidden away that works for when I need it. I'm wondering, what would happen if I wired the dummy OBD in the dash such that the 12V from the car was going to the ground pin (4) and the ground was going to the 12V pin (16)? So that when the next thief plugs their computer into it, the computer will see 12V instead of ground, and ground instead of 12V. Would that hurt the car, or would it hurt (intentionally) their computer system?
Thanks,
Darren
Sad news - my 2022 Ram Limited that I special ordered last year and had to wait 3 months to get got stolen. I have it on video. It took the thief about 15-20 minutes of sitting in the car to take it. I can see the computer turning on and off multiple times, so my guess is he plugged a computer into the OBD port and made a new key.
So now I have to get another one. Here's my question: I'm going to disable the OBD port in the car and have a separate one hidden away that works for when I need it. I'm wondering, what would happen if I wired the dummy OBD in the dash such that the 12V from the car was going to the ground pin (4) and the ground was going to the 12V pin (16)? So that when the next thief plugs their computer into it, the computer will see 12V instead of ground, and ground instead of 12V. Would that hurt the car, or would it hurt (intentionally) their computer system?
Thanks,
Darren