New Car Stolen - Beware Keyless Entry UPDATE post 37

[Rac20]

I have no advice about keyless entry but I do have advice about the footballs. Remove them from the boot of your car.👍🏻 DH is a football coach and his car absolutely stinks because of the footballs.🤢 They are banned from the house and from being placed anywhere near my car.

On a more serious note, I hope that when you get your car back that it’s like new and you have no further issues. 👍🏻

[thepricefamily]

Originally Posted by Rac20

I have no advice about keyless entry but I do have advice about the footballs. Remove them from the boot of your car.👍🏻 DH is a football coach and his car absolutely stinks because of the footballs.🤢 They are banned from the house and from being placed anywhere near my car.

On a more serious note, I hope that when you get your car back that it’s like new and you have no further issues. 👍🏻

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Hi, the footballs weren’t ours, the thieves had left them in there which was very bizarre! The police have removed them, together with football boots, goalie gloves and a bedsheet, none of which were ours!

[YorkshireT]

Originally Posted by novocastrian

makes you wonder why they still make these keyless systems if they are so easily compromised

seems a lot of hassle to keep your keys in special box all the time.. what if you where for example at a restaurant with the car parked outside..? keep the key in a box on the table

personally i wouldnt buy a car with this system fitted

imo of course

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The manufacturers are moving to put accelerometers in them so if your key is not moved, the signal switches off. Relay theft will then be a thing of the past.

However, there is a mistaken belief that it must be relay theft. It often is not. I saw an Audi A5 being stolen on CCTV only a few weeks ago and relay theft was assumed beforehand, but it was not- an electronic device was used to open the car door, and then what looks like an OBD port programmer was used to reprogramme the car, start it up and drive away. Nothing to do with the key signal being relayed.

[Moorlandman]

I work in the Insurance industry and car crime has rocketed since certain "features" were added to cars.

For some cars it is almost as bad as it was in the late 80's and early 90's!

I can't believe we are back to having steering wheel locks on cars!

in 2019 the most stolen car was the Range Rover Sport

Range Rover Sport
BMW X5
Mercedes-Benz C-Class
Range Rover Vogue
Land Rover Discovery
BMW X6
Range Rover Evoque
BMW 3 Series
Range Rover Autobiography
Mercedes-Benz E-Class

[Stitch & Smudge]

Originally Posted by thepricefamily

UPDATE:
Firstly, thank you everyone for your supportive comments.
Well, my car has been found. I got a phone call at 1.30 yesterday morning from the police to say it had been chased and abandoned down a farm track. They were with the car and the dogs were chasing the scumbags - unfortunately they didn’t get them.
The car was recovered and I had to take the keys yesterday, but as expected they didn’t work as it’s been reprogrammed. I couldn’t see it as it was in the forensics bay, but once CSI had done their thing she rang me to say car could be released. Apparently the only obvious damage is on the drivers front wing, but we’ll know more once it’s been assessed properly.
Must say that Direct Line have been great so far, they’ve arranged for it to be collected from the recovery location today and taken to a specialist garage. That garage have in turn rung me to clarify what will happen and to assure me as long as it’s repairable it’ll be like new when I get it back. Direct Line have confirmed that as it’s so new they’ll just replace with a new one if it’s written off. Feel like a weights been lifted!
Amongst other bits, there were 2 Disney face masks in the car that have been stolen, although they have left a big net full of footballs in the boot! Bizarre!

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I wonder if they’ll test the face masks and gloves for dna? Glad to hear about a recovery.

[YorkshireT]

Originally Posted by Moorlandman

I work in the Insurance industry and car crime has rocketed since certain "features" were added to cars.

For some cars it is almost as bad as it was in the late 80's and early 90's!

I can't believe we are back to having steering wheel locks on cars!

in 2019 the most stolen car was the Range Rover Sport

Range Rover Sport
BMW X5
Mercedes-Benz C-Class
Range Rover Vogue
Land Rover Discovery
BMW X6
Range Rover Evoque
BMW 3 Series
Range Rover Autobiography
Mercedes-Benz E-Class

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New Range Rovers have the accelerometer keys so thankfully are now much harder to steal.

Thefts have increased substantially. We had the relay thefts, and increased fraud which meant that pre Covid, many insurers were saying profits were being badly hit by first party theft claims.

Then Covid which has resulted in more thefts both genuine and fraudulent. We will see even more fraud when economic times get harder.

Insurers have also been caught napping with fraud to also commit GAP fraud.

Also you’ll see more laundering on high value vehicles- often bought cash supposedly, then stolen, often by people with no visible forms of income. Proof of funds? Don’t rely on the FOS to back you up always.