Honda Car Forum

hey there,

The imobilizer is a factory feature. It would have been installed by Honda, your dealership should have been able to tell you this.

Security is something you have to decide on what level of security you want to put in this vehicle. the harder you make it for the criminals the more likely tehy will pass your car and go to an easier target, but if they really want the vehicle well even the best security systems can be beaten.

I would replace the stereo with an aftermarket unit just based on price alone. The stock Honda unit is ok but you can have a CD player with MP3 features for the same or less price of a stock Honda cd player.

If you would like to get more info on changing the cluster I would either talk to your local honda dealer or you can check out the forums at www.7thgencivic.com , this is a great place for information on your Honda

Hope this all helps you out, and enjoy your Honda Civic.


Just purchased a low mileage 2001 Civic 5 speed for daughter near
graduating. Car did not have owner manual or service manual, but I spoke
with previous owner and verified regular service at her Honda dealership.
Also received positive report from an independent Honda garage at
pre-purchase inspection.

Car has manual locks and manual windows, no remote lock.

Driver and passenger windows have stickers "Immobilizer Anti Theft System"
with an icon of a padlock over the engine, and the rear seat windows both
have stickers "Vehicle Equipped with Traceable Identification Codes" and an
No-Theft icon. I don't know if these stickers are from factory, dealer, or
aftermarket. I don't see any immobilizer system, so it may have been
removed, or is so transparent that I don't see it.

The radio is the base am/fm/cassette, with a CD button, but no CD player or
changer.

This is our family's first Honda, so I don't have any expertise with this
model. I've ordered an owner's manual, and watching ebay auctions for a
good price on the expensive Dealer Service Manual. After these arrive, I
should have a little more knowledge (sometimes a good thing, sometimes a
dangerous thing .

Questions:
1. Is the immobilizer a factory feature, a dealer option, or aftermarket?
2. What security add-ons do you recommend (remember, this car does not have
keyless entry, just plain old manual locks)? If you have specific
brand/product name and where to buy, please include, and whether it needs
professional install or not. Since this car is in the top 3 most popular
theft targets, it will make sense for me to protect it as much as possible.
3. Does it make better sense to buy a used Honda CD player that fits in the
pocket right below the radio, or just completely remove the Honda radio and
replace it with a standard sized radio/CD player. I'm not looking for a
super sound system, just the easiest to install with basically decent
ability, but daughter has to have a CD player. We are not very fond of the
mega CD cartridge gadgets that usually are mounted in the trunk.
4. I believe this is a DX model, since it is no frills. The instrument
cluster has a 5 inch speedometer/odometer gauge, and a small temp gauge and
small fuel gauge, both bunched inside the 5 inch gauge outline just left of
the speedo gauge. Both of the far left and far right 2 inch gauge outlines
are empty. No tachometer or other gauge. Can I pull an instrument cluster
from another junked Honda that includes a tach and install on this '01
Civic? Does this Civic have the wire leads/plug to drive the tach, or will
I need to run new wiring? What other models/years are interchangeable?

Thanks in advance for any and all recommendations and answers.

Proud Dad





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