Elite Car Security is a TASSA registered installer, member number 0009. That’s the short version. This page explains what it means in practice, why it should matter to you, and how to check it for yourself rather than taking our word for it.
What TASSA is
TASSA is the Tracking and Aftermarket Security System Association, an independent verification body for the aftermarket vehicle security industry. It was established in 2018 by VSST Ltd to set standards for security products and the people who install them, at a point when Thatcham had stepped back from certifying aftermarket immobilisers and there was no independent standard left for that kind of kit.
TASSA works with insurers, police and manufacturers. In its own words, it exists to “independently verify vehicle security products, services and installations, helping consumers and industry identify trusted solutions with confidence”. Its website is tassa.pro, and its About page sets out the full detail.
What being a TASSA installer involves
Registration is not a logo you pay for and put on a van. Three things sit behind it.
- Verified products only. The immobilisers we fit under the TASSA badge are ones that have passed TASSA’s own verification against standards built on product testing and current vehicle crime trends. That’s the Autowatch Ghost II and Ghost Pro, and the Track Manager Nitro and Nitro Pro.
- Installer competency checks. TASSA checks the companies and technicians it registers, and carries out compliance monitoring over the installations they do. An installer can lose registration, which is exactly how it should work.
- Every job on the database. Each installation we carry out is logged on the TASSA database, creating an audit trail of what was fitted to which vehicle and by whom. It’s the record that backs up an insurance declaration or a private sale.
Why it matters to you
Insurers recognise it. TASSA verification is what a growing number of insurers look for on an aftermarket immobiliser. Toyota Insurance Services, for example, approves the immobilisers on the TASSA verified list when they’re “installed by a TASSA registered installer”. We can’t promise what your insurer will do, and you should ask them directly, but a TASSA-registered installation is the version an underwriter is most likely to accept.
It stops the car-park fitters. A CAN-bus immobiliser is only as good as where it’s hidden and how it’s wired. Independent checks on the installer are the closest thing you have to a guarantee that the unit isn’t sitting behind a loose trim panel waiting to be found.
It’s proof, not a claim. When you sell the car or make a claim, a TASSA-logged installation is a record someone can look up. “It’s got a Ghost” is not.
Check us before you book
We’d rather you verified this than believed it. TASSA runs a public installer search at tassa.pro/find-tassa-installers. Look for Elite Car Security, Cheshunt, member 0009. The full list of verified products is at tassa.pro/marketplace.
Apply the same test to anyone else you’re considering. If a company says it’s TASSA approved and you can’t find it on that search, that tells you everything you need to know.
TASSA and Thatcham: not the same thing
You’ll see both names on this site, and they cover different things. Thatcham Research is funded by the UK motor insurance industry and remains the standard for trackers, which is why our S5 and S7 trackers carry Thatcham approval. TASSA is the standard for aftermarket immobilisers and the installers who fit them. A properly protected car in 2026 usually has both: a TASSA-verified immobiliser to stop the theft, and a Thatcham tracker in case anything ever gets past it.
Talk to us
Call Elite Car Security on 03330 129 028, request a quote, or get in touch here. We cover Essex, Hertfordshire and North London from our base in Cheshunt, with over thirty years in the trade and TASSA approval, member number 0009.