Intoxalock’s earns a 1.1-star rating from 9 reviews and 344 complaints, showing that the majority of customers are dissatisfied with their ignition interlock devices.
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I totally agree with the person that wrote about someone being killed due to a "Rolling Blow" There were many times that I merged into traffic while blowing into it. It is even worse when you're driving in the snow & it does a "Rolling Blow" I would go into a panic mode :( When I was sick I could hardly breathe into it...I almost had to call the cops ...so they could give me a breathalizer so that I could go to work. I had to call the company and explain that I had a chest cold & could not hardly breathe...I had to wait 15min. then I could drive. I would go into panic mode because I didn't know If I would be able to breathe into it after work. These people give you the run around ...DO NOT LET THEM TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU! i wish I would have wrote on all their paperwork "REFUSE TO SIGN" this is how they trap you...because you signed the contract! The device tells you when to get a recallabration but when your time is up ...it does not. IF ANYONE WHO NEEDS SOMEONE TO TALK TO IN REGARDS TO THE DEVICE...JUST EMAIL ME... Put "INTOXALOCK" in the box
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Rolling requests
I was driving my vehicle the other day and I usually put the device box on the console between the drivers seat and the passenger seat. Well, I was driving my vehicle down the road when suddenly it wanted me to do a rolling request. I reached for the device box and I dropped it. My lights and horn were going off like crazy because when I dropped the device I couldn't reach it to complete the rolling request so I had to pull over to the side of the road ( I had to find someplace first because I was on a busy street ) and shut my truck off.
Now the company wants to change the way you blow into the device. Why ? What a bunch of B . S .. You shouln't have to blow, inhale and blow again. If you ask me it's just making it more difficult for the driver to concentrate on their driving. Lastly I want to bring up rolling requests. Why so many in one trip ?. That is just a bunch of nonsense. There should be one rolling request required during the time you are driving and that's it. What is the law afraid of ?. That you are going to drink while driving. You have to blow into the device anyway if you want to start you're vehicle up again. If you are going to do that you are going to fail. All of these rolling requests required, the change in the way a person blows are just making it to difficult and dangerous for the driver.
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I haven't had a drink in 6 years and I got 2 lockouts because of false rolling retest! I'm very upset with this company and its faulty device readings. I am 100% positive these units are programed to give false readings and cause lockouts to collect on the people who rely on them for accurate readings to the rmv and courts. They are playing with people's lives for their own profit and it's not wright. I have learned my lesson enough that I know longer drink and never will again. Fix these units or I can promise you law suits will be filed against this company in the future
I can't use interlock because my lungs are scarred from childhood pneumonia which left me bedridden for 6 month. I do not have enough breath to breathe into the machine until it clicks twice. I have tried the softer breath version with no luck. I am a SENIOR at 75, which means I have less strength physiologically. This machine has been a total nightmare: My husband breathes into it to set me going that I try to reach my destination asap. However, it doesn't work. I have had to call the AAA 15 times for towing, been stranded in a gas station parking space with threats of towing by the owner, who called the police. The police were unable to do anything. This happened multiple times!
I know other people have had breathing issues which prevent them from using this device and would like to hear from them. I went to UVM for respiratory capacity tests but they were inconclusive because I couldn't even blow up to the minimum level for testing!
They have the worst customer service and device. I agree with all the complaints. The device drains my battery, I have to call them at least twice a week because my car wont start and then you're on hold anywhere from 15 mins to an hour. Everything is a fee. I called today to say my car wont start and i need to have the car jumped. They said i may get a lockout fee and I should be using the power save which i do. I was then told the power save only last for 16 hours but of course that is not in their manual or on their site. I let the customer service rep know this and she checks with her manager and then says that its a "luxury" they provide and not required to be noted on their site. WTH? If you tell people the power save only last for 16 hours and you need to start your car before then it would be helpful. Why should i have to pay a lockout fee for your defective device! I can't wait to have this device removed. I'm even more pissed because I had the device installed 7 mths earlier than needed to based on information given by my attorney. Intoxalock wants me to have it uninstalled and reinstalled. We all know how costly that is. I feel like this is all a scam!
I have had it detect alcohol when I haven't been drinking. I had already passed 5 mins prior. Had to wait a few mins and it passed - 0.00. Also, the unit is so faulty that during an attempt at about 10 rolling retests it kept stating, 'blow harder' as I was getting quite flustered and nervous while on the freeway. I had to pull over and park in a not so safe area in Los Angeles worrying I might have to get my car towed for a lockout. I call customer service and wait on hold forever as usual. Had to take out the screws on bottom of device and then blow into the device differently then I had been (3 beeps exhale/2 beeps inhale/2 beeps exhale). That ended up fixing it luckily. The next day it did the same thing except my new way of blowing into the device wasn't working. I then had to call again and tech support says too much air is getting into the device and to cover the hole on bottom halfway! Wtf! Super stressful and very unsafe. One more thing. I've sent in paperwork for a rebate through mail twice now and email 3 times and they claim they are not receiving it. Been a nightmare.
I am at least happy that so many people agree that this is one of the most dangerous and distracting things you could do to ANY driver. I know I got caught and so now I must accept the punishment. Why should that endanger everyone else on the road though? I also agree that is it just a matter of time before this whole system gets pushed under the rug. Lawyers are now finally starting to question the accuracy of these types of units. If you need to punish me for longer for my offence, so be it. Punish me, make me wait longer to regain my driving rights. Putting everyone else on the road at risk by distracting me is not the correct solution. I would have happily worn a BAC anklet or any other monitoring device rather than drive distracted. I am seriously considering contacting a few news outlets and see if they would be interested in doing an expose on intoxalock as a shoddy business with shoddy customer service and worse of all, a crappy product that gives false positives, zero reliability, and continues to distract every driver using it. This unit is dangerous and it is only a matter of time before enough people die from being distracted from it. If a drunk driver kills someone, that is awful. If a distracted driver kills someone, how is that "less" awful? Well, I'm off to go talk to Fox news and or anyone who will listen.
I feel so sorry for you drunk people that still drink and trying to drive your car I've had the intoxalock for almost 1 year now I've only had one problem and in the winter the battery does die my alternator was s*** maybe maintain your car a little better and you would know that so tomorrow I will turn my car on after two hundred and seventy eight dollars and I will be able to drive and to all you stupid f**** again like me don't drink and drive if you didn't get the ticket you wouldn't be in the situation plain and simple
I agree that the ROLLING RETESTS are very dangerous and that some innocent person is going to get klilled. Exactly, if its against law to talk on a cell phone while driving then it is surely should be illegal to be messing with these the intoxolock units especilly whrn they malfunction all the time
I have an Intoxilock unit on my truck and have had a number of problems with rolling retests. I almost passed out twice for not blowing hard enough. Twice, I was in the middle of an intersection trying to turn, and the horn starts going off. People got mad and flipped me the bird. This distracted everyone. I'm 60 years old and have had only 1 accident. I have had almost had 2 since this was installed. I don't condone driving while under the influence, but this device and the way it operates under the law poses, a serious threat. I wonder how many accidents this device has caused? Now I have a panic attack when I hear it go off. Either the law should be changed or a different device should be available. The cost is also a big rip-off! I'm on my 3rd unit in 3 months. If I want to do maintenance on my truck and have to disconnect the battery more than a few minutes, I have to notify them. I did that and they still tried to charge me $70.00 for a new unit. I had to spend 45 minutes on the phone talking to a supervisor to get the charges dropped. I still had to pay to get the unit replaced, as it went into a lockout mode.
Between the dangerous distraction this causes and the cost, I'm sure there is a better way. This is my first OWI. {I have a mechanic who will not even work on my vehicle, because he can't blow in it right. Other people can't use my truck because of the problems associated with this device}.
I have been using the Intoxalock for close to 6 months. I agree that this product is very stressful for the driver. The alarm is too loud and embarrassing, the unit doesn't allow you to miss a rolling re-test like they claim if your in a bad spot to take your attention of the road. It has almost caused several accidents for me. But also the emergency service is not there for you. I have called multiple times and cannot get through and the call back is over an hr. I have had a few freaky experiences with the rolling re-test . It calculated alcohol 8 min after I was driving and made me retest 3 times. Then got stuck and the word blowing was registered in the readout screen for a while, then a few numbers came up which I had no clue what was happening. Tried calling Intoxalock with no response for an hr. I was stressing my ride home. Never would recommend this product for anyone. I cannot understand how I could have an alcohol reading after passing two blows and of course not having anything at all to drink or eat during the ride! UNJUSTIFIED. Wrongfully accused. And their response is " it's in the air" how can I help you. I don't see anything wrong with the unit.
keep in mind do not park in a garage or lot where there are attendants who will move your vehicle after you have exited the vehicle. I had the event of the unit requesting a rolling retest while the vehicle was being parked by another driver the attendant then upon my return to the vehicle 8 hours later the lock out countdown was on and I called intoxalock and they cleared it after I gave then each time frame the unit went off earlier that morning...No one said they were going to debit my bank account the money was withdrawn within days for 80 dollars.I told the lady I wasnt even in the vehicle it had to be parked by a lot attendant .said to wait for the next test to signal blow and then release the car to the attendant that vehicle must be parked immediately. It is also worse than being on the cellphone I am a 74 mile each way highway driver and this unit will signal at the worst moment when split decision thinking and distractions going on at the same time I griped this to probation the answer out of there was pull off the highway then and blow dont think so when I am 68 mph and then some and barreling down on the car in front of me and the guy in the far right lane is moving next door to me in to the center lane .. a great time to be pulling the unit from my console area getting it up to my mouth to blow.. without causing a massive wreck and carnage ...it may keep us from alcohol but now im going to take you out for my being sober and distracted so that some tech guy in Iowa can watch me on his screen probably laughing at the chaos inside my vehicle ..you know who we are.. our inside cab glows red in the dark ..so get the hell out of my way when you see me in a red glare I am definately not looking at you I am looking at my intoxalock and the intoxalock people are looking at me
Failed reading no alcohol on breath
I was driving to pick up my daughter from school and had to complete a rolling test, while providing this test it had said failed. Prior to providing the test I had put a pinch of Cope in and it had failed. I do believe that this had something to do with the fail. I redid the test with/out the after three minutes and passed the test. Either the product is faulty or the tabacco has something to do with the failure.
These intoxilock devices are for the money nothing else!
The company told me that eating pizza made mine fail...needless to say they charged me $75 to recalibrate and another $25 to install. They would not budge!
Hidden fees
On Aug.30th 2010 an Intoxalock device was installed in my vehicle. Today is Dec.12th. Since the first day of installtion I have had 5 of the devices installed in my vehicle. I pay a leasing fee of $65 dollars each month and each time they send me a new device they expect me to pay aprox. $92.00 for the new device and not to mention a $15.00 sevice dollar...
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I have had it in my car for over 365 days, but when I asked the service center to schedule my removal they said they wouldn't do it until intoxalock informed them that it was ok to remove. I have had nothing but problems for the whole year. I am totally fed up with this thing. I'm going to give them one week and then I'll remove it myself. if you have any info on someone I can talk to concerning this, please email me at bretsatterthwaite77@gmail.com.
what a nightmare and daily reminder of your inept, stupid and thoughtless idea to drive a car after drinking. On Monday, I am going to go and have SMART START put one in.
INTOXALOCK has already drained my entire car battery and had to buy a whole new battery. Infuriating, senseless and with big letters that say SCAM.
I wonder if anyone else has gotten an upper respiratory infection as well.
What a piece of junk that probably only costs about 11.00 to buy on Electric Avenue in Taiwan. I'm getting rid of this Monday morning.
Anyone else feel this way about this cheap piece of junk?
Too bad that whiz kid Stanford dropout Theranos fraudster is in the slammer.
She could probably invent something that would be essentially free.
Almost seems facetious?
Keeping house.
I got their device installed after my DUI because the paper work I was given upon release from jail said I had to to use one for 90 days in order to maintain my driving privilege... I went with Intoxalock because they were the only provider in town. I should've shopped around- now I'd gladly drive the extra 60 miles to deal with a reputable company.
I was able to have the device installed and maintained for 2 months and 3 weeks before I had any problems. Due to the way they schedule the recalibrations, they ensure you pay extra because you can't go the full month without having it done. Anyway, to make sure I'm complying with the 90 day maintenence of the device, I go in to have it recalibrated for the last time. There's a problem at the shop and they tell me I have to call Intoxalock. When I get them on the horn they tell me they can't send the work order because I haven't mailed them my signed lease agreement contract. I ask them to reconsider because I am about to be locked out of driving my car, and they still insist I need to sign a 6 month lease. I refuse to do so because there is no court order against me to even have this inatalled in the first place. I then call up my state's dept of revenue and learn that I've essentially been throwing my money away. Money I don't have, by the way, since I lost my CDL and subsequently my job after my arrest.
I call Intoxalock back to schedule removal of the device(yes, you actually have to do this). I get a time set and then I'm told I owe them for a final calibration and an "early termination fee." More than another $300 just to be done with it! I am not liable for either of these things. I dont need it to be recalibrated, i don't need any info sent to the DOR because they told me I didnt need to have the device! I don't owe for "early termination" because that would imply there was a "termination" of a lease set forth in a contract that doesn't exist! I never signed anything, I never verbally agreed that the term would be 6 months or any length of time for that matter. How can they try to pull this [censored] on me?! I just want this damned thing out of my car, so I can sell my car to pay my legal fees.
I've read reviews of this fraudulent company online, and while I did see many others with valid complaints that are clearly the signs of a crooked company with no oversight taking advantage of its customers, I didn't see my situation described- clearly this company is up to new tricks, trying to exploit us from every angle to make a buck. I haven't been so disgusted with a company EVER. I can't fathom how they have not been shut down already. Maybe lawmakers see them as a necessary evil, but we who have gotten DUIs are still citizens and consumers with the same protected rights.
I sure wish I would have read these reviews before I went with this horrible company! Not to mention the many times I have issues with starting my car because of this horrible system they have installed in my vehicle! I wish for my complaint and all these complaints to go viral and for this company to be shut down.
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