Gadget that can unlock cars remotely
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Over the past couple of weeks 5 cars on my street have been broken into. In all 5 cases the cars were intact (i.e not smashed windows) but were all found unlocked the following morning. Mine was included in this 5. We only realised it had been broken into when we went into the boot and found something missing as we'd come out of the house and pressed the central locking so didn't realise it was already unlocked.
Now the police have investigated these and say in all the cases we "must have left the cars unlocked".
I find it hard to believe I left mine unlocked as I'm so careful to put on steering lock and check the doors but for 5 separate houses to all have left their cars unlocked is highly unlikely.
Someone said there is a gadget you can buy online (presume illegal) that can unlock any car remotely. Anyone know if that is true?
The cars were all different - VW Polo, new Beetle, new mini, Ford Focus.
Over the past couple of weeks 5 cars on my street have been broken into. In all 5 cases the cars were intact (i.e not smashed windows) but were all found unlocked the following morning. Mine was included in this 5. We only realised it had been broken into when we went into the boot and found something missing as we'd come out of the house and pressed the central locking so didn't realise it was already unlocked.
Now the police have investigated these and say in all the cases we "must have left the cars unlocked".
I find it hard to believe I left mine unlocked as I'm so careful to put on steering lock and check the doors but for 5 separate houses to all have left their cars unlocked is highly unlikely.
Someone said there is a gadget you can buy online (presume illegal) that can unlock any car remotely. Anyone know if that is true?
The cars were all different - VW Polo, new Beetle, new mini, Ford Focus.
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But I understand that most modern remote systems cycle the code so that capturing an instance of the code is no use, since the system uses a dfferent one next time.
Intriguing.
It would appear that whoever is doing this lives fairly close (as its five cars in the same street), yet they are not interested in the cars themselves, merely the contents. I suppose the short answer until you get to the bottom of it, is to leave absolutely nothing in your car when it is unattended.
Time to get some webcams set up or something, you might catch someone in the act!
They have been unlocking cars with them for ages.
There called coat hangers.
D'oh, I have just bought a complicated one, so no point in trying to unlock my car with it, I guess.
OK, full instructions below (you will need one 10mm spanner)
Park up outside house
Pop the bonnet catch
Get out of car and lock with keyfob
Go to front of car and lift bonnet
Identify where the battery is and unbolt the negative terminal with the spanner.
Remove cable from battery and place nearby
Put spanner in pocket and lower bonnet until it locks.
Job done
Urban myth.
Why not just use the key to lock the car then there is no code to grab.;)
Not any more.
In the early days of remote locking, you could use capture devices. I don't think it's that straightforward any more.
The interesting bit here is that the cars are a mixture of ages(?) and so some, logically, must have factory fitted alarms yet none went off? curious
I'm not sure any of us had alarms..perhaps the Mini but it didn't go off if they had one (will check)
Thanks for all replies.
Would doing that not disable the radio until you reprogram it?
Yes it would. Not only that but you would lose many other settings clock etc. plus it would affect the little computer which makes your engine run sweetly.
Mine has no radio, nor engine management system. (and who cares about the clock when you have a mobile phone ?)
Not very practical though is it?