STOLEN from my driveway this morning! New Jeeps are crazy easy to steal apparently...

[Tar Heel Wrangler]

Yea, we are off of Creedmoor and that's just to close to home.

I'm one exit from you, Leesville Rd.

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[PlayfulBird]

This is so sad. We are looking into coming from Germany to the States, but when I see bullet holes...
Not like it is sooo much better here, just media... but the chance to get shot at are very unlikely.

We hope you got the f#ers.

Damn man

 

[SargeDiesel]

same. plus already planning to get an old fashioned club

Useless in 2022, thiefs actually pick cars with them.

 

[SargeDiesel]

They are using something different, you really can't steal the signal, (not since the 90s) only way to do that is if you yourself press the unlock button, they know what that random code in the sequence was before hand (almost impossible to guess, they don't use rolling codes anymore), they block that signal from getting to your JT, then you don't press the unlock button again so they can now use the code they just blocked because the key never sent it to the JT. Highly unlikely. Most likely using something stolen from the dealership, save that tinfoil for some brisket!

I just saw a documentary that actually states just the opposite. As fast as new tech is created, by the time its developed, there is already a hack.... they use a program on the IPad and intercept your signal, download it and creat their own fob, come back and gone. I will try to find it again for reference.

 

[SargeDiesel]

My uncle had a completely restored 66 mustang 289 hipo 4 speed, and he would remove the entire distributor if he was traveling (or coming to visit us).

Opinions on the easiest way to manually disable one of our new vehicles so scumbags, sorry, thieves with a computer (or whatever their process was) couldn’t accomplish this.

… I’m hoping ShadowsPaPa has a good idea

Maybe disable the fuel pump ?

 

[SargeDiesel]

That truck is already South of the border with all numbers scratched off! It will sell for a couple of hundred k...
I flew B-52s for many years, was an Air Liaison Officer (ALO) and travelled South of the border on special missions. I would see a lot of Harleys and F-150's with all the numbers scratched off. Even fake HD dealers selling the stolen bikes like a true HD dealer. The prices were mind-boggling.

That or to one of the desert countries

 

[SargeDiesel]

Sorry for your loss. Hope you recover from it.

I have a hood lock and a kill switch wired into the Push To Start button. The thieves may be able to start it but will not be able to drive away with it

Explanation please... first the kill switch and how can it start, but not drive ?

 

[XraytecH]

Explanation please... first the kill switch and how can it start, but not drive ?

The kill switch interrupts the process to getting the Jeep into the a drivable state.

You may be able to steal my keyfob and remote start it but you will not be able to get in gear to drive away.

 

[NachoRuby]

You may be able to steal my keyfob and remote start it but you will not be able to get in gear to drive away.

Even with the lever under the shifter bezel? The little orange pull tab thing?

 

[SargeDiesel]

It is just plain odd that you would even expect me to justify my position on this...Well, here it is:

Self defeatist attitude doesn't work for me, I have never lived my life that way. And just on principle, neither does letting thieves steel from me...Using your logic as a reason is really just an excuse to be complacent. With your POV, which of course you are welcome too, might as well leave your front door unlocked on your house (after all as folks with your POV say for justification: "can't stop a determined thief"). Put a sign up take whatever you want just don't hurt us. I'm sure you will get plenty of "friendly" thieves who will accommodate you.

Theft is one major reason why insurance is so damn high... Im not standing by either... ask any operator, the sound of a shotgun racking is a great deterrent.

 

[XraytecH]

Even with the lever under the shifter bezel? The little orange pull tab thing?

I just tried it, the engine immediately shuts off when you pull that loop.

 

[MikeyK]

Maybe disable the fuel pump ?

Pull relay K03

 

[ZoMojave]

Cops are not too interested it seems as they are slow to respond to additional video that I obtained from neighbours. Insurance insulted me as if I was behind having it stolen to pay off creditors or some BS like that. SXM Guardian found nothing after 5 days and stopped pining for it now. Basically, my Gladiator is forever gone and I have to figure out where that leaves me financially.

After all is said and done with your current insurance company, it may be time to switch companies. They are in business to protect us, not to accuse us of fraud.

 

[ZoMojave]

I’m not sure what it is about Gladiators, but mine has almost been stolen twice. Once, when it we brand new, I happened to roll up when they just got it running, but still locked and then three weeks ago in an attempted car jacking. I got away. My Jeep has bullet holes in it.

Sounds like Raleigh, NC is no longer the same place that Andy Griffith talked about.

 

[am1978]

I’m not sure what it is about Gladiators, but mine has almost been stolen twice. Once, when it we brand new, I happened to roll up when they just got it running, but still locked and then three weeks ago in an attempted car jacking. I got away. My Jeep has bullet holes in it.

Edit:
It happened three weeks ago, it’s still under investigation. I probably shouldn’t have even posted those pics.

I take it you didn’t have an opportunity to shoot back. It doesn’t always present itself. Damn. NC is as bad as DC these days.

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