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Doors that lock themselves on the school run: the car security device designed around real life with small children

Protection that works entirely by itself

A car with a baby seat in the back is never just a car. It’s the school run, the nursery dash, the 3am drive that finally gets a teething baby to sleep. Pandora Car Alarms has designed its next-generation Microbot immobiliser around exactly that reality — protection that works entirely by itself, because no parent needs one more thing to remember.

Fitted concealed in the car by a certified engineer — at home, typically within 72 hours of ordering — the Microbot quietly takes over three jobs:

  • It locks the doors the moment you pull away. Every trip, automatically — so no one can open a door at the lights, at a junction or in slow traffic while the children are in the back. The windows lift automatically when the car locks, too.
  • It makes the car impossible to drive off without you. The car only starts and drives when your radio tag is in your bag or pocket. The keyless “relay box” trick that empties driveways in under a minute simply doesn’t work — which means the family car is still on the drive in the morning.
  • It steps in if the worst ever happens. Anti-hijack means that even if someone takes the car with you or the children inside, it safely brings itself to a stop soon after. The car only ever goes where you take it.

Crucially, it does all of this without tracking anyone. The Microbot is not a tracker and has no app: it never records where the car has been, there is no account to hack and no monthly fee. It protects the driver without ever watching her.

A spokesperson for Pandora Car Alarms said: “Almost every safety product aimed at parents comes with an app, a login and a subscription — one more thing to charge, check and pay for. We went the other way. You drive exactly as you always have. The Microbot just makes sure the doors are locked, the car can’t be stolen, and nobody — including us — knows where you’ve been.”

The Pandora Microbot comes with free mobile installation at home anywhere in the UK. Book a fitting at pandoracaralarms.co.uk/getthemicrobot.


About the Pandora Microbot

The Pandora Microbot is a next-generation immobiliser, professionally fitted and concealed in the vehicle loom. The vehicle only starts and drives when the owner’s radio tag is present (or a PIN is entered on the car’s own controls), blocking keyless/relay theft, key cloning and ECU-swap attacks. Anti-hijack and automatic door locking on drive-away are built in. No app, no subscription, no tracking. Supplied and fitted nationwide by approved installers.

About Pandora Car Alarms

Pandora is one of Europe’s leading vehicle security manufacturers, with its UK operation supplying and supporting a nationwide network of approved professional installers.

Press contact: press@pandoracaralarms.co.uk · 0121 281 6565

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