Buying guide

Vehicle Security Products

Keyless theft, steering locks, trackers, alarms and dash cams: what to look for, the free Garda advice first, and a few example models.

We pick these from published specifications and what is sold to Ireland. We have not tested them ourselves.

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Clay illustration of a small blue car parked outside a cottage at dusk, with a yellow steering lock across its wheel

Free first: the Garda advice

  • Keep keyless car keys in a Faraday bag or box, or even a biscuit tin.
  • Use a steering lock, park under streetlights or where there is CCTV, and take valuables out of the car.
  • Gardaí recorded 4,978 vehicle thefts in 2023, 21% more than in 2022. Almost 60% happened between 6pm and 4am.

Gardaí, Park Smart (Crimecall, 26 February 2024)

Before you buy

Keyless entry protection

Stop thieves copying the signal from a keyless car key.

What to look for

Read first: Stop your car being stolen

Steering wheel locks

A lock across the wheel that stops it turning, and that a thief can see.

What to look for

Read first: Stop your car being stolen
Milenco High-Security Steering Wheel Lock, maker’s photo
Image: Milenco(the maker’s page, opens in a new tab)

Milenco

Milenco High-Security Steering Wheel Lock

Good for: a bar lock that fits most car steering wheels, rated Sold Secure Gold.

For vans and motorhomes Milenco makes a separate Commercial version.

  • Sold Secure Gold (automotive)
  • 54.5 cm long; Milenco says it fits all standard car steering wheels
  • Comes with 3 keys

From Milenco’s own page and Sold Secure’s approved product list, checked 6 October 2026.

GPS trackers

A hidden tracker that shows where the car is if it is taken.

What to look for

Car alarms and immobilisers

Extra protection fitted on top of what the car came with.

What to look for

Wheel clamps and locking wheel nuts

A clamp on the wheel that stops the car being driven, or nuts that stop the wheels being taken.

What to look for

Dash cameras

A camera that records the road, for evidence if something happens.

What to look for

  • Front only, or front and rear.
  • How it is powered: from the car’s 12-volt socket, or wired in by a fitter.
  • Which memory card it takes, and whether one is included.

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