The StarLine S9 is a hidden digital immobilizer. It blocks the engine through your vehicle's own CAN wiring and analogue circuits, so the vehicle won't start or drive away until it recognizes you: your PIN on the factory buttons, your Bluetooth tag, or your phone. A cloned or relayed key isn't enough on its own.
We bring StarLine into Canada and install the S9 at our Markham shop. This listing includes the installation.
Two ways to buy it
With GPS and the 3-year data plan
We install a SIM card with a 3-year data plan. You can see where the vehicle is and arm, disarm and check on it from your phone, from anywhere with cell coverage. When the three years are up you can renew the plan through us. If you don't, the immobilizer keeps working normally; you only lose GPS tracking and app control.
Without the SIM
The same immobilizer and the same protection, for less. There's no SIM and no data plan, so there's no GPS tracking and no app control from a distance. You disarm with your PIN, your Bluetooth tag, or your phone when you're beside the vehicle.
Which one should you choose?
Without the SIM, the S9 stops the vehicle being driven away, and for a lot of people that's enough. With the SIM, you can also see where it is. If the vehicle is parked where you can't see it, or it's the kind that gets moved to a container, tracking earns its money. If it lives in your driveway, it probably doesn't.
What you get either way
- Digital CAN and analogue engine blocking, with nothing visible in the cabin
- PIN entry on your factory buttons, as a backup or as your main way in
- One Bluetooth tag. Most people add a spare BT-TAG from the start
- Your phone as a key, over Bluetooth
- Your factory remote start keeps working
- Installation at our Markham shop, backed by our lifetime installation warranty
- A certificate of installation for your insurer
A siren and theft alerts can be added as an upgrade. Ask us when you book.
Insurance
CAA and Co-operators recognize StarLine. TD Insurance hasn't added it to its approved list yet; if you're with TD, IGLA is recognized by TD today. Check with your broker before you book, and see what each insurer accepts.
Installation
About four hours for most vehicles, done the same day by appointment at our Markham shop. Wait with us or drop it off. Tell us your year, make and model when you book and we'll confirm the S9 suits your vehicle before you come in. Book an installation.
Already have a StarLine E9? We still look after it. See the E9 user guide.