Stolen MK7 in 6 mins

[grembo]

How are they starting these vans
my MK7 LWB 2.2 FWD was stolen last night
I have both keys here and I know there are no other keys programmed
they came and took it of my drive in about 6 mis flat

how are they starting them with he imoblizer etc

gutted my van and tools all gone
van found burned out later in day

[Mike]

Do a search, massive amount of info here about the subject.

[gt_addict]

They get in with a tibbe lock pick, then plug into the OBD and program in a new key. Hence why I have changed the door locks for hykee ones, fitted deadlocks and secured my OBD port.

[MattD]

6 minutes?? Must have been beginners. It's crazy easy to steal Transits using the method described above. That's why upgraded door locks and an moving or disabling the OBD port are recommended. The newer ones aren't any more difficult as someone always finds a way to get round standard security.

[Altransit]

Yep, I watched them on CCTV playback when they tried to steal mine off the drive. They messed about with the Hykee lock for a couple of minutes before giving up and walking away. Had they actually managed to get in, they wouldn't have found the real OBD port, just the "correctly" wired dummy
I haven't relied on standard security on my vans, since the seventies when they broke into my Mini van.

[andz327]

Bastardos I'd cut their fookin hands off
What part of the country did this happen??

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[KevofCov]

They get in with a tibbe lock pick, then plug into the OBD and program in a new key. Hence why I have changed the door locks for hykee ones, fitted deadlocks and secured my OBD port.

I can see how they programme a new key but how do they get this new key to work in the ignition barrel to release the steering lock? Asking for a friend.

[bambi mk 1]

They get in with a tibbe lock pick, then plug into the OBD and program in a new key. Hence why I have changed the door locks for hykee ones, fitted deadlocks and secured my OBD port.

I can see how they programme a new key but how do they get this new key to work in the ignition barrel to release the steering lock? Asking for a friend.

The forum is not a Sunday school for van thieving scum wannabes

[walt1984]

When mine was broken into without damage police showed me what people use to get in.
One of them where it only illegal if you are caught using it getting into someone else's van at 2am.

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[MattD]

I have secured my OBD port too and the minibus is blocked in every night by 2 other cars. It was probably harder to steal a car back in the 90's!

[bambi mk 1]

I have secured my OBD port too and the minibus is blocked in every night by 2 other cars. It was probably harder to steal a car back in the 90's!

So you bring two cars with you every time you go out in the bus, that's handy

[ben1ben1ben]

New to the forum (and now have a transit AWD L3H3) whats the best recommendation for security? something like this https://garrisonlocks.co.uk/van-locks-s ... pack-p2762?

[Brettbear63]

A guy in a porsch got locked out nr me , offered £50 to anyone to get in , AA man did it with no damage in 3 mins.

[Mike]

It was probably harder to steal a car back in the 90's!

Yeah that’s why it was so cheap to insure a Sierra Cosworth.

[Altransit]

It was probably harder to steal a car back in the 90's!

Yeah that’s why it was so cheap to insure a Sierra Cosworth.

They used to smash a window and use a screwdriver to raise the pop-up lock button. At least they can't do that now with modern deadlocks, unless someone forgets to set them
Chipped keys weren't very common then, either.