FITTING A SCORPION ALARM AND IMOBILISER

[john newby]

BMW X5 50E TAKING DELIVERY NEXT MONTH I NEED TO FIT A TRACKER AND IMOBILISER WOULD THIS EFFECT WARRANTY, IS THE SCORPION THE BEST OR IS THERE ANYTHING BETTER ON THE MARKET

 

REGARDS JRN

[Greydog]

Morning John

Welcome to the Forum

My Insurers insisted on a Tracker being fitted when I brought the E53 4.6is 2003 I used their recommended supplier and it didn't cause any Warranty issues with BMW.

Dave

[X5smw]

I have one of those cheap Chinese things with a free SIM card in it and it’s great for tracking the car. 
it’s not insurance approved but it records speed and stuff. I can set it up so I can kill the fuel pumps if it moves outside of a boundary when armed… all sorts of parameters can be set to alert me.

i always had thatcham approved trackers etc fitted in my cars, but I have never had to use them for theft. 
 

[DDONNY]

Greydog. I posted about 41 minutes ago at "BMW 318i boot locked can't get into". It was the only post that I could find that was remotely close to my post. 

[DDONNY]

Oh. I forgot to mention that I have the State Farm "Beacon", Drive Safe & Save. Is it possible that the Beacon could shut down my '92 BMW 325i?

Are there any other posts that deal with BMW shutting down a near perfect car that doesn't belong to them?

[Greydog]

Morning Donald

I have never heard the "State Farm Beacon Drive Safe and Save" to me it sounds like an Insurance backed system to monitor use and charge accordingly. In which case it could very well be the cause of issues and is nothing to do with BMW as far as I know.

Dave