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Immobilisers only for
Hidden engine block. Nothing to see, nothing to record.
CAN BUS Immobiliser
PIN CODE Car Immobiliser LockCar CAN-IMMO – Free Fitting
£299.00 £350.00
LOCKCAR CAN-IMMO Immobiliser NO PIN. NO START Advanced CAN Bus Vehicle Immobiliser with Mobile APP
App + Tag Immobiliser
Car Immobiliser LockCar IC3262 TAG Immobiliser
£199.00 £250.00
A intelligent micro device that combines: 1 Immobiliser + Tag wireless ID + Mobile App. Can be installed on any form of transport. Supports 12/24V installation.
Immobilisers + Dashcams for
Block the theft and record what happens around the car.
Dashcam + Immobiliser + App
Dashcam + Immobiliser LockCar One – Free Fitting
£450.00 £550.00
LockCar ONE is a professional dash camera with 24/7 monitoring, SD recording, and smart immobiliser integration. Built for security, durability, and total control in the UK.
Dashcam + Immobiliser + App
Dashcam + immobiliser Lockcar Duo Rh – Free Fitting
£550.00 £650.00
Local MCU system security. Power ON 24/7. Smart parking mode. Local car status, Immobilization, Local GPS Traking, Local Cameras Front + Driver. FREE UK INSTALLATION
4G Live Dashcams + Immobilisers for
Live view and alerts from anywhere, plus the engine block.
4G + Dashcam + Immobiliser + App
Dashcam + Immobiliser + Tracker LockCar One Plus 4G- Free Fitting
£499.00 £600.00
LockCar One Plus is 4G remote access and intelligent immobiliser. Designed for modern threats, this advanced anti-theft system allows you to monitor and control your car from anywhere,…
4G + Dashcam + Immobiliser + App
4G Daschcam + Immobiliser + Tracker Lockcar Duo Rh Plus 4G – Free Fitting
£699.00 £750.00
Remote access via 4g permanently. Power ON 24/7. Smart parking mode. Real-time car status, Immobilization, Real-time GPS Traking, Live Cameras Front + Driver. FREE UK INSTALLATION
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Message us on WhatsAppGhost immobiliser alternative: an honest look at what else is out there
If you have searched for an aftermarket immobiliser in the UK, you have almost certainly landed on the Autowatch Ghost. It is the best known name in the category. It is not the only one. This page compares it with the LockCar CAN-IMMO, including the situations where you have to take the right decision for you.
One brand owns the search results, which is not the same as owning the category
Ask most UK drivers to name an aftermarket immobiliser and they will say Ghost, or they will say nothing at all. That is a genuine achievement by Autowatch and it reflects a product that works. It also means a lot of people buy the first thing they find rather than the thing that suits their car, their budget and how they actually drive.
We make a competing product, so treat this page accordingly. What we have tried to do is write the comparison we would want to read if we were the buyer: every number sourced, the places we lose stated plainly, and no attempt to talk you out of a Ghost if a Ghost is what you need. If you finish this page and book a Ghost, that is a reasonable outcome.
The CAN-IMMO is cheaper and asks nothing of you before a journey. The Ghost is TASSA verified, which matters to some insurers, and needs no phone or tag. Those are the trade offs. Everything below is detail.
Both products solve the same problem
Your car already has a factory immobiliser. It checks for a valid key signal before letting the engine start. The trouble is that a relay attack satisfies that check rather than defeating it. The thief’s equipment extends your key’s signal from inside the house, and as far as the car is concerned the correct key answered. The factory system did its job and the car still left the driveway.
A bus level immobiliser is the aftermarket’s answer. A small concealed module joins the vehicle’s own data network and holds the start condition until it recognises a second, separate authorisation that a relayed key cannot supply. The Ghost works this way. So does the CAN-IMMO. On that core mechanism there is no meaningful argument between us, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling.
Relay attack
An amplifier near your hallway, a receiver at the car. Doors open, engine starts, no damage, under a minute. Both products block it, because neither is listening for the key.
Key programming
A device at the diagnostic port writes a fresh key the car then treats as genuine. Both products block it, because the new key alone does not satisfy the second check.
Tow away
Neither product stops a flatbed. No immobiliser does. If that is a live risk for your vehicle, what you need alongside it is tracking, whoever you buy the immobiliser from.
Try this first, before you spend on either
A fair number of people who arrive on pages like this one do not need to buy anything. Work through these before you compare prices, because if they solve your problem you have saved several hundred pounds and we would rather you found that out here than after the fact.
Put the key to sleep
Most keyless fobs made since roughly 2018 have a motion sleep function that defeats a relay attack outright. The button combination is in your handbook. Test it properly: leave the key still for a few minutes, walk to the car, and confirm the doors do not unlock.
Move the keys, move the car
Keys away from the front door and the letterbox. The higher value vehicle parked in behind the lower value one. Wheels turned into the kerb. Unglamorous, free, and it removes the easy version of the job.
Ask your insurer what they want
Before you compare any two devices, ask your insurer or broker in writing what they will actually accept and what discount, if any, follows. The answer changes which product is right for you more than anything on this page does.
Same mechanism, different front door
If both modules hold the start until they recognise you, the interesting question is how you prove who you are. That is where the two products genuinely diverge, and it is the part worth thinking about carefully, because you will live with it every day for years.
The Ghost asks for a PIN
You enter a sequence on buttons that already exist in the car, on the steering wheel or the centre console, before you drive. Nothing to carry, nothing to charge, nothing to lose. It is a clean design and there is a real argument for it.
The CAN-IMMO recognises your phone
With Trust Mode on, the system clears as you approach with a paired phone or an optional Bluetooth tag, and arms again when you walk away. There is no sequence to enter. Your installer also sets up a backup sequence on existing cabin buttons for the day your phone is flat.
A sequence before every journey sounds trivial when you are reading about it and stops being trivial in a supermarket car park in the rain. The most effective immobiliser is the one still armed in six months. Some people are fine with a PIN forever. Others quietly stop using it. You know which you are.
The two systems, compared
Every row below is either a published specification or a price we can evidence. Where a figure is not published by the manufacturer, the table says so rather than guessing.
| Consideration | Autowatch Ghost | LockCar CAN-IMMO |
|---|---|---|
| Typical price fitted | £449 to £599, commonly quoted at £499 | From £199 |
| Mechanism | Bus level, holds the start condition | Bus level, holds the start condition |
| Networks supported | CAN, with dual CAN and CAN-FD on the Ghost-III | CAN bus, LIN bus and ADC bus |
| How you authorise | PIN sequence on existing vehicle buttons | PIN CODE or phone app or optional Bluetooth tag |
| Interaction before each journey | Enter the sequence | None with Trust Mode |
| Backup route in | Emergency override code supplied at fitting | Installer set sequence on existing buttons |
| Depends on a phone or a tag | No | NO but for HANDS FREE Yes |
| Visible keypad or LED | None | None |
| Firmware updates | Supported, route depends on model | Over the air through the app |
| GPS tracking included | No | No |
| Ongoing subscription required | No | No |
| Concealed module size | Not published | 48 x 24 x 15mm |
| Moves to your next vehicle | Reprogrammable, refit chargeable | Reprogrammable, refit chargeable |
Ghost prices in this table are prices publicly advertised by independent UK installers during 2026. They are not set by Autowatch, and Autowatch has no involvement in this page. Get a current quote for your own vehicle before deciding, from us and from a Ghost installer.
Three situations Ghost or LockCar
This section exists because a comparison that never concedes anything is not a comparison, it is an advert. These are real and we are not going to argue you out of them.
Your insurer has asked for TASSA
Ghost installations are registered with TASSA and generate a certificate that some UK insurers want to see. The LockCar CAN-IMMO is not TASSA verified. If TASSA is a condition of your policy.
You do not want to depend on a phone
Trust Mode uses Bluetooth. There is a backup sequence on the cabin buttons, so a flat phone does not strand you, but if you want a system with nothing to pair, nothing to charge and nothing to lose, a PIN only device is the cleaner design for you. That is a legitimate preference and the Ghost serves it well.
Your car is very new
Autowatch built the Ghost-III specifically for dual CAN and high speed CAN-FD networks on the newest vehicles. Send us your registration and we will check honestly whether the CAN-IMMO is a good fit for your car. If it is not, we will say so rather than fit something marginal and hope.
What we would fit, and what it costs
If none of the three situations above applies to you, here is what we would put on the car. We also make relay based units for older vehicles, vans, HGVs and plant, where a bus level device is not the right answer. Which one suits you comes down to the vehicle, not to which one we would rather sell.
LockCar CAN-IMMO
Our bus level immobiliser. Controlled from your phone, with an optional hands free tag and a backup sequence on existing buttons.
- CAN bus, LIN bus and ADC bus support
- Concealed module, 48 x 24 x 15mm
- Trust Mode, arms and clears automatically
- Over the air firmware updates through the app
- Service and valet mode, anti hijack
- 12 month hardware warranty
LockCar tag immobilisers
For vehicles where a bus level unit is not the right answer. A physical relay interrupts an engine circuit, with no data network connection at all.
- Universal on 12V and 24V
- Suits older cars, vans, HGVs, motorhomes and plant
- Proximity tag or trust device disarming
- Anti hijack and valet mode
Check your vehicle first
Compatibility is confirmed before booking, not discovered on the driveway. Send the registration and we will tell you which units your car actually supports.
- Known theft method for your model
- Which unit we would fit, and why
- Fitted price and nearest slot
- An honest no if that is the answer
The CAN-IMMO is an immobiliser only. It has no GPS, no 4G and no camera, and the same is true of the Ghost. If you want tracking and live view in the same unit, that is the LockCar ONE Plus or another system from the 4G dashcam range.
Who you are dealing with
We wrote this comparison, so you should know who we are and be able to check us. Do the same with whoever quotes you for a Ghost.
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A registered company
LockCar trades as a company registered in England and Wales, company number 14346129. Our terms are published in full in our terms and conditions.
Mobile fitting, at your address
Installation happens where the car already is, so it never sits overnight somewhere you cannot see it. Fitted prices for the West Midlands are on the Birmingham page.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a cheaper alternative to the Ghost immobiliser?
Yes. The LockCar CAN-IMMO starts at £199 against a Ghost commonly advertised at around £499 fitted by independent UK installers. Both are bus level immobilisers that hold the engine start until a second authorisation is given.
Is LockCar the same thing as a Ghost, or a copy of one?
No. LockCar is a separate company with its own product. Ghost is a product of Autowatch Ltd and we have no connection with them, no licence from them, and no involvement of any kind. The CAN-IMMO is not a clone, a replica or a rebadge of a Ghost. It is a different device that addresses the same problem in a different way.
Will my insurer accept an immobiliser that is not TASSA verified?
Some will, some will not, and it varies by insurer, vehicle and postcode. This is genuinely not a question we can answer for you, and you should not take either manufacturer’s word for it. Ask your insurer or broker directly, in writing, what they will accept and what difference it makes to your premium. If they insist on TASSA, buy a TASSA verified product.
Which is better, a PIN sequence or a proximity tag?
Neither is better in the abstract. A PIN needs nothing carried or charged, but it needs doing every journey. A tag or phone needs nothing done, but something has to be present and charged. The failure mode differs: a PIN can be forgotten, a phone can go flat. Both products have a backup route in for that reason. Pick the one you will still be using in a year.
Do I even need an aftermarket immobiliser?
Possibly not. If your car is not keyless, is not high on the theft tables, and lives in a locked garage, your money may be better spent elsewhere. Put the key to sleep, test that it works, and see whether that settles the problem. We would rather tell you to keep your money than sell you a device you do not need.
Will fitting one affect my manufacturer’s warranty?
Terms vary between manufacturers and this is a question for your dealer, not for us or for anyone selling you a device. If the car is still under warranty, ask them before you book. We will tell you exactly what we intend to connect to on your vehicle so you can put a specific question rather than a general one.
Can the CAN-IMMO be moved to my next car?
Yes, the unit is reprogrammable for a different vehicle. Removal and refitting is charged separately and depends on both cars, so ask when you book and we will price it before you commit.
Trade mark and comparison notice
Ghost and Autowatch are trade marks of Autowatch Ltd. LockCar is not affiliated with, authorised by, endorsed by or sponsored by Autowatch Ltd, and Autowatch has no involvement in this page. References to the Ghost are made solely to identify that product for the purpose of comparison.
Comparisons on this page are based on information published by each manufacturer and on prices publicly advertised by independent UK installers, current as at 2026. Ghost prices are set by installers, vehicle and specification. Prices and specifications change. Confirm current details directly with each supplier before you buy anything, and get a written quote for your own vehicle from both.
Send the registration, get a straight answer
Make, model, year and where you park. You get back which unit we would fit, why, the price and the nearest slot. If the honest answer is that a Ghost suits you better, we will say that instead.
