From: "Rich Gauszka" 


"Richard B."  wrote in message
news:08j7a25g95c1g98v0ce43g84mpgf4jhm4m{at}4ax.com...
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:35:51 -0400, /m  wrote:
>
>>Now tell me, if Ford intentionally disabled their vehicles while you
>>were driving down an expressway (because, say, you missed a car
>>payment), what do you think the ramifications of that might be?
>
> Guv'nah, they do disable them to an extent with max speed limitations.
>
> - Richard

We had a local car dealership ( Mel Farr Ford that was run by the
ex-detroit Lion ) that did disable vehicles. Some while they were stopped
for a light.

http://www.autoremarketing.com/ar/newsmag/story.html?id=1280
Used primarily in the high-stakes business of buy-here, pay-here sales, the
devices give dealers a remote way to immobilize cars when their drivers
don't make payments. Dealers can send a signal to a kill-switch, and the
next time the customer tries to start the car, it won't turn over.

Then the customer has to call the dealership and in order to start the car.

"Instead of you chasing them, they're chasing you," Schwartz
said. "It eliminates the guesswork with customers, but it also gets
you talking with your customers."

Most starter-interrupt systems require a customer to call and get a code
from the dealership after each payment is made. That code will activate the
car until the next payment is due.

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