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How can I disconnect my car without disconnecting the battery? Don't want my daughter taking the car when I have not approved.

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  • snoblett6430 Jun 19, 2009

    How about this -Pull the starter or fuel pump relay? Where located?

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    Pull the starter or fuel pump relay

  • Anonymous Mar 30, 2014

    My sunroof is off sequence I'm wanting to reset but don't want to take tire off to disconnect battery

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Don't have an exact location on yours but they are usually found under the hood in a group of relays. Also, if you have a starter solenoid on the fender, you can remove the ignition trigger wire (battery (+) cable runs to it and exits to the starter...should be a single small wire next to battery connection there. just remove it.

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Break the ignition supply wire under the dash and fit a rotary key switch, which can be bought from any good electronics shop.

We install them on units we do not wanted used by unauthorised staff after hours.

That way no key = no go

  • Anonymous Jun 19, 2009

    Dont want to pour cold water onto anyones ideas



    But why go to the trouble of popping the hood and reaching into a greasy or hot engine bay when you can do it from the comfort of the drivers seat.



    Relays are not switches and are not meant to be "Pulled" on a regular basis



    What happens when you want to use the car and it is dark or raining



    Also I would not be happy pulling wires off spade connectors on a regular basis as they do tend to spread

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