Thacham Categories

Aug 11, 2006 4 Replies
W

Hi,



I'm in the UK and have changed my car insurance company and the new insurer is insisting I have a Thatcham Category 2 immobiliser on my car.



I have a 2003 A4 - can anyone advise what Thatcham category the standard immobiliser is on the A4? I think it is at least a category



2 but need to be sure.

Thanks,



Steve


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I suggest checking with your local dealer, but think that it'll probably be a category 1. You might find it helpful to check the Thatcham web site

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, which includescategorised lists of security devices in pdf. The category 1 listappears to support my thinking. Peter.

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W

Thanks Peter - this page:

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confirms the standard fit immobiliser on my vehicle is indeed Thatcham Cat 2.

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P

It doesn't matter, but that sounds odd to me: it means no alarm, just an immobiliser.

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A4, all models, from March 01on have a Category 1 system. Do youreally only have an Audi Immobiliser (category 2) rather than AudiSecurity System I (category 1)? (Category 1 is better than category 2,so you meet your insurer's requirements either way.) As a matter of curiosity, which insurer is it? I'm a bit surprised that they didn't require category 1. Last time I used an insurer that needed me to check the category, they required me to have a category 1 system. (I did - that was on a '98 BMW 3 Series.) When I bought my A4 and switched to my present insurer, they didn't ask, presumably because they already knew what I had as standard and were satisfied with it.

Peter.

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The required category of alarm depends on the car being insured, how desirable it is to thiefs, how often they go missing, and how strong the factory system is, a lot of the latest subaru's for eg not only need cat1 but tracker too, my Golf GTI just needed a cat2 fitted.

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