They're great if you don't want anyone to start your car - yourself included.
After my car got stolen, (Thursday 13th October) My next mod was definantly an immoboliser and alarm, and I had one installed a week after. I chose Black Widow because I got it discounted, at the Sydney Motor Show. It's been about 2 weeks now, and it had been working great...until this morning. Open the door, Central Locking unlocks, great. Go to start the car, and the alarm goes off, and I have about 20 minutes to get to school, as end of Year 12 tests this week. I press the button on the clicker thing, nothing. The stupid alarm is still going. I unclip the bonnet, to see if I can do anything, and bang, it stops. What the hell? I close the bonnet, and as soon as I open the (now unlocked) drivers door, it goes off again. hmmmm. Open the bonnet, it stops....this time I left the door open...so it stops, I turn the key in the ignition, the alarm goes off again. Anyway I figured out where the key manual override for the alarm is, so I turned the key and turned the alarm off. Great, So I go to try the ignition again - nothing. F%^&. Made it to school on time, only due to the promptness of Canberra Cabs, damn lucky too. So anyway i'm at school now, my car is unlocked at home with the indicators flashing, unable to be started, It wouldn't let me lock the doors, the button for the central locking didn't work, and as soon as I pressed the button on the door trim, it popped back up again.
Thing is - Same thing happened to my old boss, however it (somehow)destroyed his
ECU, costing him a cool $1500, Honda wouldn't cover it under warrenty, and according to him alot other people have had numerous problems as with them as well.
So if you're looking at an aftermarket immoboliser solution, stay clear of Black Widow, not worth the hassle.
Anyone else had any problems with them, or has any idea of how I can get my car started again so I can get it to where I had the immoboliser installed, so they can fix it?