Patent ID: 7359773

Claim:
A system for disabling a vehicle, the vehicle including a critical system, the system comprising: a vehicle disablement device including a wireless transmitter, the vehicle disablement device configured to disable the critical system of the vehicle if a payment is not made on the vehicle prior to a payment due date; a tamper transmitter configured to periodically transmit a tamper signal; and a tamper receiver configured to disable the critical system when the tamper signal is not received from the tamper transmitter for a predetermined period of time; wherein a disablement of the critical system prevents operation of the vehicle by transmitting a first wireless disablement signal to a relay in a power control panel, and the tamper receiver disables the critical system by transmitting a second wireless disablement signal to the relay in the power control panel, the relay disabling power to the critical system in response to either the first or second wireless disablement signal.