![]() ![]() On an older car you would still have to remove the panel below the steering column (several screws) and even then the wires from the key lock and other controls are tightly molded together in bundles requiring a razor knife to separate and strip them. Only a manufacturer's program (or a black market version) through the scan tool connector could bypass this. Beginning in the mid nineties with the introduction of 2nd generation on board diagnostics (OBD II) all cars have theft protection that requires electronic input from the key or the computer will either shut down the fuel injection or not allow the starter motor to engage. '24' deserves to be a model on which all future TV suspense thrillers can be compared to.Many times Jack and others are seen stealing a car by quickly reaching under the dashboard to yank down some wires and intermittently sparking them together to make the engine start. Keifer Sutherland has never been better as the flawed hero. When a show gets 99% of everything right, it's very hard to quibble. The show is so well done that you can easily forgive the very few plot devices that seem a little weak. Truly gripping, heart-stopping suspense from one hour to the next. This show definitely has re-written the book on intelligent and credible suspense on TV.Įxtremely well acted, written and directed. You would then have to connect constant power to the ignition (distributor or coil pack) and then hold the wire to the starter motor together with power for the entire time the engine needs to crank to start until releasing it, not just arcing it a couple of times. ![]() ![]() Goofs Many times Jack and others are seen stealing a car by quickly reaching under the dashboard to yank down some wires and intermittently sparking them together to make the engine start. ![]()
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