Can You Hotwire a car Like in the Movies - Hollywood Secrets Revealed
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- In this video I'll show whether the quick hot wire of a car and driving it off that you see in the movies either by a thief or a hero during and emergency is actually possible or not. To an unsuspecting eye it may look like all you have to do is find the two right wires, strip the ends, touch them together, start the car and off you go. But there's more to it than that, watch this video and find all there is to know about a car's starting system.
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I appreciate him putting his escape from prison on hold for the moment in order to teach us how to hotwire a car. Thanks
Well obviously anyone with the know how on how to actually hot wire a car like this would know that you can easily remove the plate on the bottom part of the wheel and remove the locking mechanism and pin plate to unlock the wheel and keep it from locking. but i like how he left that off the video so that he wasnt actually teaching ppl how to steal a car
Any time.. but was for educational purposes only ;)
Only Valor eh? Lol
Anyways yeah but it takes a decent amount of time to do so. So movies fail.
How many times have you seen hollywood actors do all that?
Well it's a useful thing to know, you never know when you might have to steal a car in an emergency situation.
You should always have your emergency car theft kit with you, that includes an assortment of sockets, screws and jumper cables and most important is to keep your electric impact gun charged up so you can take apart the screws with ease!
I hope this video goes viral for you buddy. Throwing in scenes beyond just repair is a lot of creativity and production effort.
Thanks, I hope so too. The beginning skit took alot of tries.
As someone who's had to move cars without keys more than a few times, I know it's possible to hotwire a car quickly, though the problem comes with breaking the steering lock if you don't have access to the lock mechanism through the steering column. If you do, it's easy to start the car and drive away. I've done it both ways. Basically anything older than 96 can be vulnerable depending on the make.
Could you make a video for educational purposes
learn to pick the key then
Yes pls i speak for the ppl n we need a video educational purposes only of course
@@franciscaramirez2342 Showing how to hotwire one kind of car is not going to help anyone. If you really want to learn, look up videos on replacing the ignition switch on various models, and do some self education on the ignition system wiring on older cars. Modern vehicles with key fobs and chips in the key are immune to the methods because the computer won't fire the spark plugs, but older cars are pretty easy when you actually put in the effort to learn how the car sends power and signal to the starter.
What about newer cars? I doubt you can hotwire in 5 seconds like they do in the movies.
still a better movie than twilight
lol
Hot wiring a car, like in the movies, only works on cars manufactured before computers and steering locks.
I thought you were gona say only works on cars in the movies...lol
lol
Well, ya, only works in the movies alright. LOL
Awww maan thats no fun Larry, but thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Haha good job man :) Funny stuff. I will have to remember if I rob a bank to get a car first!
hah yup planning is key there :-)
Ratchets And Wrenches maybe you could do a whole video on the complete bank robbing process haha
lol that would be pretty funny ..
Ratchets And Wrenches wish we could do a video together I have always enjoyed your vids and humor
I know, that would've been cool. You have an entertaining channel too man, plus I've learned a few things from watching your video's too.
You are every kind of awesome!
I know there are WAAAY easier ways to do this with older vehicles and probably with this one as well, but you do an INCREDIBLE job of explaining all of this!
Thanks for your time, buddy. I appreciate this, it's a great learning tool, and you deserve a beer for this \m/
you earned a thumbs up with the dashboard ninja!
Participate in the poll in this video, you can click on the " i " on the top right corner to see it and than to cast your vote! Or else the crooked cop is coming after you. cheers
how do i break the steering wheel lock?
Why would you want to do that?
works like a charm in zombie apocalypses
it's usually a close call, but it does work in those instances.
"new cars harder to hotwire" yes i agree, u simply hack them. easy... :P
Thank you, my friend, you have saved me from a life of crime!
the terminator made it look easy . he just ripped the plastic off with his hands and then with his mighty strength destroyed the steering lock
actualy it works
silverss onyoutube Almost anything can be achieved with brute force. Especially on 80's card cars and devices. Less computerization.
The T-800/T-1000 is good for pre-1990 models. You need the T-X for modern cars
Son of a Zombie lol
silverss onyoutube arnold can do anything
Good luck hot wiring my car after I installed a hidden battery kill switch. It's an older Porsche so doesn't need a throttle adaptation or other ECU learning stuff.but I still enjoy your videos. Damet Garm 😀
Some car's a kill switch is mandatory, eyval.
you are a life saver man, I thought I was all ready to rob that bank before I watched this video. Looks like I have done more work to do.
Congrats on 100,000 subscribers
Bruh, that opening skit made me laugh so hard. Thank you for this video.
Normally I hate wasted time in videos… this one was actually a treat
I love how u give humor to your videos.
Oh yeah... the wheel lock lol. even my 1993 Escort actually required you to insert the proper key in order to disengage the wheel lock lol. I remember fiddling with it when I needed a new ignition switch.
Richard Phillips I heard that was true for American Escorts as well and my buddy said a neighbor used one to open my car door when I was away once. Luckily I kept nothing valuable in my car. Still couldn't start it though because the door key was separate from the ignition key.
Richard Phillips I've still got my old escort key, maybe I'll take it with me to the junk yard and try it out for myself lol
MAN_ON_WHEELZ u can break the steering lock with force..
old cars were easy. if you were even halfway hefty you could just snap the steering lock straight off by truning the wheel with brute force, lighter weight guys would just force a bit of tube down over the barrel and snap it off so you could turn the switch without needing a key.
These days most thieves just break into the house and steal the car keys, it's easier.
Those old Ford escort door keys worked as a bump key. All you have to do is rack the key back and forth, and it will unlock any other ford escort.
I love the setup on this one lol.
I love that beginning scene lmao “I have no choice I’m gonna hot wire a car!” Also punching the guy who complied lmao
B real
As it turns out, the wheel-lock is a joke: just grab a magnet and stick it to the lock to unlock it.
Small note: You need a relatively strong magnet and I'm not sure whether it works on all cars.
I'm happy videos like this exist to crush my dreams of grand theft auto but replaces them with some cool technical information
Thanks. We needed a good car theft primer vid!
np, glad you found it entertaining.
Going to be a whole lot of upset amature car theifs if they use this video when they discover almost all cars made since the late 90s have some sort of immobiliser.
This is the funniest video I've seen from you Señor Ratchet pretty good mang!!!
glad you mentioned newer cars because without my keys the car can't be hot wired and I totally forgot about wheel lock since I never use it(never really park on hills)
thats why i loved to watch every video u had,because it was very informative...
There's also a thing called an immobiliser which is specifically designed to stop what he did in the video from working, usually by using an electronic system to wirelessly check for a specially coded chip inside the key. Depending on the make/model ect it will either wait for a set time before disabling the engine or simply not allow the engine to start if it does not see the key.
I like your videos. Kind of the same theme as ElectroBOOM. Maybe that's why I like it. Cool videos. Keep it up man!
This guy's got a good sense of humour.
Best movie I've seen this week,lol
I used to start my 94 Chevy Corsica by pulling UP on the rod that's located under the steering column on the right side. Worked like a champ 😉.
I’ve been trying to install a momentary push button and the instructions said to cable through firewall.
My 2011 Nissan armada has trouble starting sometimes and it has 2 starter cables. Connecting those 2 didn’t work but 12v and starter1 worked like a charm. I don’t need to change the unit for $500.
Thank you thank you thank you
0:42 he sounds like Lumpy Space Princess
LOL!
OMG IKR!
Modern cars since as far back as 2003 or earlier have immobilizers so if you happen to hot wire it, it'll crank the starter all day but no fuel will get released to injectors. A chip in the key must match the the car computer before fuel gets released to start.
Beginning skit was excellent
Hmmm. Well were I come from they would just hammer a large screwdriver into the ignition and use a wrench to turn it. car started. Newer cars with imobilisers of course wont work like this or in the vid.
StealingValor I suppose in the part of the world he/she comes from, all the cars ARE from the 80's and prior. Maybe Cuba
Galacticboy2009 he could possibly mean that when he was younger, maybe in the 70s-80s-90s.
That's how GM trucks up to at least '06 are being stolen. The "security" that is in those trucks is a joke, it's all built into the ignition cylinder and as long as the cylinder is turned the trucks start. I think GM had been watching to many movies before coming up with that system...
I'm not sure how they are stealing the '07+, since there's an extra layer of securty in them, but somehow they are getting around them.
+Stealing Valor
I drive a 91 mazda and someone did exactly that to me just the other day. Fortunately, they failed to actually steal the car because the battery was dead. A need to learn about ignition systems in order to get it started is actually why I came here.
Anyways, point is that it will work with at least some early 90s cars as well.
Any car without an immobilizer a lot of 2000,s cars and older
omg. why dont prisoners that escape prison try to hotwire a car? just go to a car dealership and lease a new car. surely their credit score cant be THAT bad.
Jusonomous please tell me you're just kidding xD
Jusonomous Or test drive a car
They're criminals, they'll just take the car for a test drive and never return it.
@@eldafint the tank isn't filled all the way so they wouldn't get very far. but they could always ditch the car when the tank empties and find a different way to escape
If you have SMA's attention you've done well! I really enjoyed seeing this done. It was a first for me.
An SMA saw this and put out a memorandum lol
I want to see a speedrun, where you have the things you need and see how fast you can hot wire it, drive it around a parking lot and park in the same spot.
my car doesn't usually start with the key, so if you hotwire it, then good work!
"Don't be afraid Sir, I'm a police officer. I need your car" "Okay officer, you can have it......(*gets punched*) OW! WHY YOU DO THAT!?? DON'T HURRRT MEEE...." lol
Did you know? The steering column lock is not required for the US. Manufacturers put them on back in the days, but a lot of them don't have it for the mainstream brands now.
a small hint for remote starter kits too thanks very useful
Yay your 100,000th sub 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
You can break the steering lock fairly easily. Hot wiring a car is fairly old school anyway. It was a lot easier on older cars. Same theory. Supply power to ignition and then temporary power to the starter. Only 4 wires went to the key barrel.
These days you hijack a car. Much easier.
On some older cars, bypassing the steering lock is real easy...
You brute force it, snap the locking pin and you can steer freely.
Thanks for showing me how to do this procedure.
movies will never be the same again :(
No, Hollywood is always right. Like the dude flying 10 meters away after getting hit by a 9mm bullet.
lol
thanx that's was so much useful for me as a car thief
I don't need to watch this video to know the answer is yes, some ignition locks are so bad it just takes a screwdriver to start the car, not my skill but I've see it done. And it is a skill.
or if its an old GM, drop the steering column, unbolt the ignition switch, slide it with your hand and bob's your uncle.
Matt's Garage - TakeiT most GM columns 80's ish and newer have the locking plate behind the steering wheel. I have seen people get past these by bringing a whole other column and swap them out. If you know what you are doing its under 5 mins easy.
Buddy of mine bought an 87 trans am a few months ago for the engine, the key was broken so thats what we did to move it, no locking plates or anything on that one.
Then to steer he did a burnout while I pushed the rear (bought it off the shop beside us, gravel lot)
Matt's Garage - TakeiT Or if its an 88 ford, just turn the ignition as hard as you can to break the lock and it will start
Who told you about bob ?!?
I had to hotwire a car once when the owner dropped and lost the key. It didn't have an immobiliser. On modern cars with immobilisers, you can get really cheap dongles that you can just plug into the OBD-II connector to disable it and then hotwire as before.
It's like a comedy sketch, so much longer and more complex than any movie shows
awesome video.
Subbed
“Ok officer you can have it 🙂” OW OWWW
Thanks. This is going to be useful. :D
Thanks for the video. I was looking for a way to crank the engine by myself so I could do things such as check for spark and test fuel pressure by myself. My starter is buried underneath the engine, so I cannot just hook up one of those switches that they sell for that.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 the punch for no reason is so point on lmaoooooo😂😂
um.. worked with a mechanic.. he needed to start a newer 2001 Mercedes. took him 5 minutes to disengage the steering lock and 30 seconds to start the car.... but he has been a mechanic for over 30 years.
hammer + chissel that steering lock thing off.
Ive owned two cars in the past that weren't sold with keys. The keyfob id is also easy enough to bypass, just go to the wreckers and find a key + ring off any car by the same manufacturer. The key is coded to the key-ring sensor, not the ECU.
nicely done.
I wouldn't try hot wiring a car while running from the cops as this takes time I'd be busted for sure lmao GS 👍🏾
I have never had the opertunity to test it, but I heard that if you put some muscle behind you can break the steering lock by turning the wheel
Nice video m8.
In the movies: they make it looks too simple...they don't even use any tools: screw driver or anything...they just bend below the steering wheel & boom they got two wires in their hands & start up the engine & drive right away lol
Same goes with video games, like for example GTA IV lol
*gets chased by cops - hops into random car - 3.5 seconds later manages to start car* wtf?
wyheee cause it's fast. You wouldn't want them wasting 3minutes undoing everything. That would be a bad movie.
And the exact wires you need are just hanging there perfectly stripped.
Omg! The keys are in the car!
Good stuff. Glad u didn't show off breaking the steering lock. Goes to show Hotwire is no picnic, how long u take ? 20 mins? By then you'd b got by cops, in prison and then released again.
You are awesome!!!!!!!!
put your feet on the side of the trans tunnel and pull against the lower part of steering wheel. Will usually break the steering lock easier than you think.
Just imagine a movie showing the thief taking his time to carefully take out the plastic underneath then splitting the wires and connecting them lol
Perfect. Except the steering lock is easier to do than the hot wiring 😂
Protip: If the title of a video contains a question, then the answer is always NO.
If MythBusters should try it because many movies, the answer will clearly it's not possible. Here you have the answer for it. Don't forget movies are for ease and amusement, everything must works and going well. Pull out wires, sparkles, engine start and ride away. That is what movies want: easy and quick.
all the way from NZ this is my mums account lol i was on the piss last night and lost my key this video is the bomb lol
It was a good idea for you to leave out the step of shimming the wheel lock pin so that you can actually steer a hotwired car.
Wtf?!😆
Driver: ok u can have it.
Him:😳😎👊💥👊💥🚙💨
maaaan on gta all you gotta do is go up to a car an hit Triangle , problem solved
That's sadly another lie displayed by greedy coorporations. I learned this the first time I tried to steal a car. No matter how hard I pressed that damn triangle the only thing that I did was turn on the damn hazard lights!
When the police turned up they shot me and I suddenly appeared outside the hospital. At least some parts of the games are true to real life! :D
real shit i feel you bro!
Bruh I couldn't even get in the sucker! I pressed *X* but I still didnt know how to even pick the lock, and stood there till I ran out of time.
I wish days lasted longer than 3 minutes.
I think you're searching for the term "transponder key" at the end of your video.
All modern cars have them, I think from about 1997 or something. It contains, as you said, a chip that sends a signal to the engine management computer when you turn the key. If that signal matches the one recorded in the engine management, the engine wil start. Without a matching chip, you can connect all the wires you want, but the car won't start.
the streering lock is no problemo. You can break with a good grip and a twist.
I pretty sure that I know that car... haha
You are the best
You get a crow bar and out it in the holes of the steering wheel and bust the pins holding it from moving right to left
I always used to think about three things regarding hot wiring cars growing up watching movies from the 80's/90's and very early 2000's:
1) Is it actually even possible to hot wire a car in real life?
2) And if so is it really as easy as it is in films to do it?
3) If it is indeed possible then why don't car manufacturers put things in place to prevent it? Like you would think at the very least if you were building a car then you would make the wires inaccessible to criminals, wouldn't you?
Before I watch this I'm taking a guess
Yes you can do it but it takes a few minutes and you need tools…so it might be worth trying sometimes
When’s your movie going to come out?! I wanted to see what happened next!LOL
If you knew in advance what car you were going to "hotwire" You could get the switch end of the connector from the junk yard and have it prewired with the connections that you need. Sounds like a lot of work though either way.
just put a flat screwdriver in the steering lock and twist, it should open btw nice video
Davidge does not work like that
it worked for me
Not for newer cars that use a chipped key.
Davidge you steal cars
Doesn't work that easily, you have to use a hammer on the end of the screwdriver to break all the lock pins out.
NICE TO KNOW THAT ITS NOT THAT EASY ! JUST DON'T FORGET YOUR KEYS IN THE IGNITION .
my uncle had an old micra which was stolen and then recovered. it had to wires which he touched together at it would spark and start
So, my car is a push to start, so is there power constantly flowing through, since turning the key on a standard ignition is what brings the power?
Seems easier to just use a screwdriver in place of the key on an older car.
would it work for a 2002 windstar. has transponder key
@@JohnDoe-mp1zk if it has a chip you cannot break the ignition lock and use a screwdriver.
haha i was gonna day good guys dont hotwire cars.... glad i waited a bit to watch more lol
I took me about 20 min to so it on my 1993 Nissan NX with only basic electrical understanding. All I had to remove was the top plastic panel of the column, which only used snaps, no screws.
What about Taking out or replacing the key cylinder to take out the steering lock
this does work, I did it on a car that was previously broken into and had no keys.
or what about turning it really violently side to side till the cylinder gives away and breaks off... you might have no power steering or maybe have power steering but hey you can turn the wheel :D
With some cars all you need is some brute force to pop the steering lock.
If you are going to hotwire, do it to a motorcycle. Even the top end ones have no anti hotwire systems from factory.
You are so fun !!
I hope this doesn't come out as bragging. but, my 16 year old Merc has some box somewhere that cuts either fuel or spark when it can't authenticate with the chip in the key fob
Ali Abdallah GM has had a similar anti-theft system for nearly 26 years now (not to brag)
Ali Abdallah my dad's 17 year old Astra has that too and so does my grandfather's 20 year old Renault Clio that became standard around 1996/1997