No tag, no start
The Automatic Driver Recognition tag is not just for the control centre's benefit. Without it present, the vehicle will not start at all.
ScorpionTrack S5+
Driver recognition, monitored tracking, and the car will not start without the tag
Thatcham S5 tracking, with immobilisation built in
The S5-VTS with one addition that matters: the car will not start unless the Automatic Driver Recognition tag is present. Monitored tracking and prevention from the same unit, rather than the tracker doing recovery alone.
- Thatcham S5
- Auto immobilisation
- GPS tracking
- 24/7 UK monitoring
- Geo-fencing
- App and web portal
- Fitted at your home or work
- No subcontractors, ever
- Thatcham S5 approved
What the S5+ actually does
The S5+ starts from the same place as the S5-VTS, Thatcham category S5 tracking with an Automatic Driver Recognition tag, and adds the one thing that plain tracking cannot do: it stops the car being driven at all without that tag present. Carry it and the vehicle behaves exactly as normal. Leave it behind and the vehicle will not start, so the protection is not waiting for a control centre to notice something has already gone wrong.
That does not replace the monitoring, it sits alongside it. If the vehicle is moved without the tag detected, an alert reaches the 24/7 UK control centre, who contact you to rule out the obvious before anything else happens. If a theft is confirmed, their Vehicle Recovery Specialists can also send a remote immobilisation command, working with the police while the vehicle is still moving rather than at the roadside.
Day to day it is the app: live location, journey history, geo-fenced areas, transport and garage modes for when the car is legitimately away from you, and Touch ID or PIN login to keep it to yourself. It is a heavier piece of security than a plain tracker, and the right choice when you want the immobilisation living in the same box as the recovery rather than as a second separate system.
What can the S5+ do?
They can act as well as watch
Confirm a theft with the control centre and their Vehicle Recovery Specialists can send a remote immobilisation command, working with the police while the vehicle is still moving.
Made and monitored in the UK
A staffed control centre, day and night, all year, run from Scorpion's own UK facility.
Every journey on a map
Live location and journey history in the app, useful if you lend the car out or run it as a van somebody else drives.
Tell me if it leaves here
Set a geo-fenced area and be told when the vehicle enters or leaves it.
Modes for real life
Transport and garage modes for when the vehicle is legitimately being moved or serviced, so an honest event does not read as a theft.
Is the S5+ right for you?
Worth it for
Anybody who wants the immobilisation and the monitored tracking living in one system rather than two, and anybody whose insurer or a manufacturer-approved scheme names Scorpion specifically.
Probably not for
Anybody already fitting a separate alarm or immobiliser such as the Storm or a Ghost. You would be paying for a second prevention layer on top of one you already have, and the plain S5-VTS covers the tracking side for less.
Not sure which side of that you fall on? Tell us the make, model and year and what you are actually worried about, and we will tell you straight, including when the cheaper option is the right answer.
Ask us about your carFull specification
Everything the S5+ is capable of. Ask us which parts actually matter on your vehicle, and what your insurer has asked for.
Approval and monitoring
- Thatcham category S5 GPS vehicle tracker
- Made and monitored in the UK, 24 hours a day, every day of the year
- Control centre liaison with the police during a recovery
- Subscription required for monitoring
Immobilisation
- Automatic Driver Recognition tag required to start the vehicle
- Remote immobilisation available from the control centre once a theft is confirmed
- Immobilisation controlled through the app
Detection and alerts
- Movement without the Automatic Driver Recognition tag present
- Geo-fence breach alerts
- Configurable alert types in the app
The app
- Live vehicle location and directions to the car
- Journey history
- Custom geo-fenced zones
- Touch ID or PIN login
- Transport and garage modes
Specification per the manufacturer. Hardware and app features vary between revisions, so we will confirm what applies to yours before fitting.
Professionally installed by Securacar
The S5+ is only as good as the install
The box is the same wherever you buy it. What changes is where it ends up in the car and how cleanly it is wired in, and that is the part a thief actually has to beat. It is most of what you are paying us for, so it is worth saying plainly.
On the ScorpionTrack S5+: the unit and its aerial need a position with enough sky to work reliably and enough awkwardness that somebody sweeping the vehicle does not find it in the first minute, the same balancing act as any tracker. The Automatic Driver Recognition tag then has to be handed over and set up with you before we consider the job finished.
Fitted where you are
At your home or your workplace, across the North West. You hand the keys over at the start and get on with your day.
Hidden properly
The first thing a thief does is look for the unit. Where it goes is decided on your car, on the day, not copied from a diagram.
Shown how it works
Before we leave, you use it yourself with us stood there. Nobody drives off unsure which button does what.
TASSA approved
We are TASSA approved installers, which is a check on the people doing the work rather than on the box. It is the accreditation that exists precisely because a good system fitted badly is not a good system.
We are here afterwards
Questions a week later, or a year later, get answered. You are dealing with the person who fitted it, not a call centre.
Booking it
What happens if you go ahead
Four steps, no showroom visit and no deposit taken over the internet. Most people are booked in within a couple of minutes of picking up the phone.
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Tell us the car
Make, model and year, by phone, WhatsApp or the form below. We confirm the S5+ is right for your vehicle before anything is booked, and we will say so if it is not.
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We price it for your car
No two vehicles are the same job, so you get a price for yours rather than a figure off a list. It is the price you pay, and nothing is booked until you are happy with it.
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We come to you
At your home or your workplace, at a time that suits you, anywhere across the North West. You hand the keys over at the start and get on with your day.
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You use it before we leave
We set it up with you, then watch you use it yourself. Nobody drives away unsure which button does what, and we are still here a year later if you have a question.
S5+: worth knowing
The detail, if you want it
How is the automatic immobilisation different from a Ghost or a Storm?+
Mechanically similar in spirit, tag present or the car does not start, but this one lives inside a Thatcham S5 tracker rather than as its own separate product. If a theft goes ahead anyway, the control centre can also immobilise the vehicle remotely once they have confirmed it with you, which a standalone immobiliser cannot do because it has no monitoring centre behind it.
What does the Automatic Driver Recognition tag actually control?+
Two things at once. It is what the vehicle checks for before it will start, and it is what the control centre checks for when deciding whether movement is normal or worth an alert. Carry it and the car behaves as usual. Leave it behind and the car will not start, and if it somehow does move, that alone is flagged.
Can the control centre really stop the car remotely?+
Once a theft is confirmed with you, yes, their Vehicle Recovery Specialists can send a remote immobilisation command. This happens in coordination with the police rather than at the roadside, and it will not cut the engine at speed. Anybody describing that as an instant kill switch is describing something that does not exist and should not.
Is the S5+ overkill if I am already having an alarm or immobiliser fitted?+
Sometimes, and we will say so. If you are fitting a Storm or a Ghost as well, you already have prevention, and the S5+'s own immobilisation is doing a similar job to that. The case for the S5+ over the plain S5-VTS is the belt and braces of automatic immobilisation living inside the tracker itself, not a reason to fit two prevention layers you will never need both of. Our guide sets out how the categories actually stack.
ScorpionTrack S5+ questions
What is the actual difference between the S5+ and the plain S5-VTS?+
Immobilisation. Both are Thatcham S5, both carry an Automatic Driver Recognition tag, and both are monitored around the clock. The S5+ additionally will not let the vehicle start without that tag present. If you only want tracking and driver recognition, the S5-VTS does that for less.
Does this replace the need for an alarm or immobiliser?+
It can, for the specific job of stopping the car being driven off. It has no siren and no sensors though, so if you also want to be told when somebody leans on the car or tries a door, that is still a job for an alarm rather than a tracker.
What happens if I lose the tag?+
Tell us and we will sort a replacement. Until then the vehicle will not start without it, which is the entire point, so it is worth treating it the way you would a spare key.
Can the control centre stop the car while it is being driven?+
No, and nobody should tell you otherwise. Remote immobilisation is sent once a theft is confirmed with you, and it is coordinated with the police rather than used to cut the engine at speed.
Is there a subscription with the S5+?+
Yes, and there has to be. The subscription pays for the staffed control room watching the vehicle and the recovery service behind it, not for the box itself. We will tell you what it costs before you commit to anything, and we will tell you honestly if a monitored system is more than you actually need.
Will the S5+ fit my vehicle?+
Almost certainly. Trackers are far less fussy about make and model than an alarm is, because they are not talking to the car's own systems in the same way. Send us the make, model and year and we will confirm before you commit to anything.
Where do you fit it?+
At your home or your workplace, anywhere across the North West. You hand over the keys at the start, we show you how the app works at the end, and you get on with your day in between.
Arrange a callback
Tell us what you drive, where you are, and what your insurer has asked for. We will come back to you the same day where we can.
Thanks, that is with us
We will ring you back shortly. If it is urgent, give us a call and we will pick up.
More on trackers
- Meta Trak S5 VTSThe one insurers ask for by name
- Meta Trak S5 Deadlock ProIt gets the car back, and stops it going in the first place
- ScorpionTrack S7Monitored recovery, without paying for what you will not use
- Meta Trak S7Monitored recovery, with an app built around how the car is actually driven
- ScorpionTrack S5-VTSDriver recognition and UK monitoring, from Scorpion
- ScorpionTrack S7 + X-Series ImmobiliserS7 tracking for recovery, the X-Series immobiliser for prevention
- Meta Trak S5 DeadlockNo tag, no start, without paying for the OBD port protection you may not need
- What a tracker is, and is notThe plain English version, before you choose a unit
We fit the S5+ across Liverpool, Manchester, Wirral, Cheshire, Warrington, Chester and the rest of the North West. Call 07841 331441 or message us on WhatsApp.