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Car Forum / Honda Cars / August 2006parking brake bypasses civic secure key system?
Interest article in current Wired magazine alleges than recent Honda Civics bypass the RFID "secure keys" by jiggling the parking brake in a specific way. Is this an urban myth or fact? http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.08/carkey.html Scary if true. > Interest article in current Wired magazine alleges than recent Honda > Civics > bypass the RFID "secure keys" by jiggling the parking brake in a > specific way. > Is this an urban myth or fact? Wow, crazy story. I believe that it's true. I found this guide (ilco is a legitimate key company): http://www.kaba-ilco.com/key_systems/pdf/SDD_Guide_%5B09-05%5D.pdf >> Interest article in current Wired magazine alleges than recent Honda >> Civics [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > http://www.kaba-ilco.com/key_systems/pdf/SDD_Guide_%5B09-05%5D.pdf I see it requires obtaining a Brake Code from Honda to make it work though. Sounds very much like the hoops you would jump through to get the radio code. It also appears the same applies to pretty much every make of car and within Honda it isn't specific to the Civic, only the "chicken dance" is different. At any rate, there are much easier ways of stealing a car. Great link. Mike > I see it requires obtaining a Brake Code from Honda to make it work though. Article says the code can be derived from the VIN. Time get paranoid :-) >>I see it requires obtaining a Brake Code from Honda to make it work though. > > Article says the code can be derived from the VIN. > Time get paranoid :-) Time to go old-school and add you own hidden ignition-kill switch! >> I see it requires obtaining a Brake Code from Honda to make it work >> though. > > Article says the code can be derived from the VIN. > Time get paranoid :-) Not derived by the customer - the VIN is needed to access the code through manufacturer's support system, as described in Bucky's excellent link. The very same process would be used to get an actual working copy of a key for the vehicle; see http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/vin.asp for the skinny on that route. Even with the code, a correct "dumb" key is required, so a thief would find this a very cumbersome and high exposure route to stealing a car. If you can get a working key the same way, why would anybody bother with the less effective approach? Don't lose sleep over this one. 'Wired' has always favored sensation over enlightenment, and they continue the practice here. Mike > At any rate, there are much easier ways of stealing a car. But not as cool as doing a cheat code with the parking brake! =) |
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