What fuse to pull to make car not start

The company I work for wants me to go work at one of its stores in a different location for the next four weeks. The store is located in a pretty crime heavy area. I want to know is there a fuse I can pull under my hood that will prevent my car from starting, without damaging my car? This isn't some permanent anti theft solution...i just don't have money to buy an alarm or anything and im really paranoid about my car getting messed with in this area. I thought the car couldn't be started without the ECU, but I pulled out that fuse and the car was still able to start fine so are there any others? A detailed description of where the fuse is located or how its labled would be helpful...this is on a 6th gen civic.

starter relay fuse in the passenger compartment in the fuse box.

starter relay fuse in the passenger compartment in the fuse box.

I looked in the fuse box and I found no fuse that was labled speciflcally "starter relay" What I found though were two similar ones, one named "rr def relay" and "p/w relay, s/r relay"

i tried pulling the one labled "p/w relay, s/r relay" but the car still started

one of those is the power window relay fuse, the other i'm not sure of, check under there and see if any are label'd started realy, if not, check the under hood fuse box.

one of those is the power window relay fuse, the other i'm not sure of, check under there and see if any are label'd started realy, if not, check the under hood fuse box.

Would pulling the fuse labled "fuel pump, srs unit" give the same effect? I would think the car couldn't run without the fuel pump...or would this damage my car by not having this fuse in?

well it certainly won't start without fuel, but let me see if i can find something better first before you try taht.

well it certainly won't start without fuel, but let me see if i can find something better first before you try taht.

I tried starting it without the fuel pump fuse and the car wouldnt start.

now my question is, could this cause anything bad to happen by pulling this fuse out for 8 hrs and putting it back in, 20 times?

well i couldn't find anything else, as for causing something bad, i'm not sure honestly.

No Nothing Bad Will Happen By Removeing The Fuse For 8hrs But Before U Turn The Ignitiong To On Or Run Make Sure U Put It Back In .

My car was recently stolen in the middle of the night, and I just bought a replacement. I'd like a simple, cheap way of disabling the vehicle, and I was thinking of doing something like just pulling the fuel pump fuse out every night.

However, I ran across this comment in another post:

I'd also rather not pull the fuel pump fuse or relay, because that seems like a recipe for coming back to a dead battery should the car be targeted.

Is there some fundamental problem with leaving the fuel pump fuse out over night, or is it just an issue of the potential thief cranking and cranking the engine in a futile attempt to start it and draining the battery?

If it matters, it's a 1.6L 1999 Nissan Almera.

As a side note, my car apparently doesn't have a fuel pump fuse, so in the mean time I'm pulling the starter fuse.

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11-14-2002, 01:42 AM

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hidden engine kill switch? pull a fuse?

Would it be as simple as pulling the rear seat and adding a switch to the fuel pump leads? Is there something else I should tap? Or as a temporary fix is there a fuse I could pull that wont let the engine start or run, but allow the alarm to still function? Getting ready to go skiing for the first time and the factory alarm just dosen't cut and would like that added security of making sure the car couldn't be started.

and for those of you anal retentive people who need to change your tampon.... I have already done a search on different word combos and came up with NADA.

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11-14-2002, 08:19 AM

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How about the "starting without disengaging clutch" mod?

http://www.scoobymods.com/forums/sho...p?threadid=994

Easy starter kill without the mess of goofing with the fuel system. I personally use a spade tongue and bend one of the prongs 90 degrees and it fits into the connector easily. It's not fool-proof, but show me a thief smart enough to tinker around your footwell in search of a disconnected clutch switch.

11-14-2002, 09:54 PM

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do a search under " Kill switch" and you'll find what you need. Their are two relays behind the passengers kick panel. One is the ECU, I believe, and one is just the fuel pump. then choose your favorite place to mount a hidden toggle switch to shut them off.

11-14-2002, 10:00 PM

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If you had a UTEC you could just put it in security mode... you'll never get the car to run in that mode. I'd expect only a WRX owner with a UTEC to know how to bypass it.

-Nathan

11-15-2002, 02:46 AM

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already did a search for 'kill switch' the topics that came up didn't really offer much on a workable solutions.

just 'possible' things that were a vague on the how to.

11-19-2002, 03:39 AM

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For your temporary soultion: Under the Hood in the main fuse box, pull the 50A fuse(SBF-4) under the Horn Relay. This is the Ignition fuse. Note there are 2 other 50A fuses in there. They are the master fuses for the main fuse box. A smart thief can swap one of those for the ignition fuse and start the car. They wouldn't have ABS, Fog Lights, and blower, or heated mirrors and the stop lamp, depending on which one they used, but they could still drive away. Now if you take out all 3 50A fuses, and take them with you, they would have to use a jumper wire (which all the pro thieves would have) but we are getting into that "too much time to not be caught" zone. It would suck if you busted your fuses carrying them around though.

You can also pull the clutch switch as mentioned before, do both and the smart thief will move on.

11-19-2002, 04:16 AM

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Also, in the Fuse and Relay Box under the steering wheel, Fuse 11, a 15A one, is the Ignition Coil, ECU, and Fuel Pump Relay fuse. Pulling just this fuse will allow the car to crank but not start. Pulling this fuse and the 50A Ignition fuse is a great way to prevent starting of the car and inhibit the would be thief.

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