Vats vehicle anti theft system came out from gm on the 1986 corvette because corvette became the number one target of car thieves.
What is vats on a car.
If the buyer is vat registered they may be able to claim back the vat following their purchase depending on the type of vehicle and vat scheme.
When a vehicle is bought as new vat must be paid to customs excise by the dealer.
Corvette thefts decreased drastically from vats.
Gm started putting vats on buick cadillac chevys and pontiac oldsmobile vehicles.
Vats stands for vehicle anti theft system.
To confirm a 2 wheeled vehicle is a bike.
The vehicle is now deemed to be vat qualifying.
General information the pass key pass key ii or vats as it s called in earlier gm vehicles uses a resistor mounted in the key blank to confirm that the correct ignition key is being used to start the engine.
The following are not cars.
A car is manufactured primarily for carrying passengers has rear windows or space for them and a roof behind the driver.
Many people call the resistor pellet a chip due to the common misconception that it is some sophisticated digital circuit to identify the key to the car.
The vats acronym stands for vehicle anti theft system and is also known as pass key or personal automotive security system.
These resisters are often referred to as a resister pellet vats pellet or vats chip.
First introduced vats in 1985 on the chevrolet corvette and after proving successful was later.
A van for vat purposes is a vehicle with 3 or more wheels that is not a car.
Each vats key has a resistor embedded in the key blade and each resistor has 1 of 15 possible resistance values.
Later versions include passkeyii passkeyiii and passlock which uses no resistor pellet.