It must be really easy to steal Toyota Highlanders ...
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From: MoPar Man on 25 Nov 2009 23:28 Just saw this story being reported on my 11 pm news. Looked it up on the net (see below). These cars seem to have a push-button ignition, but probably you still have to have the right key-fob close enough to the car to disable the theft system and unlock the doors. It appears that these cars can be stolen by simulating a key-fob code with a laptop computer connected to appropriate transmitter / tranceiver. I thought there was supposed to be a rolling-code scheme where you can't use the same code sequence twice. I've read where the only way to foil a rolling-code mechanism is to bring your own ignition computer and wire it up in place of the car's original computer if you want to drive it away. And not needing a physical key to start the car once you've fooled the ignition computer with a fake code is another shortcoming of the system. Another explanation is an inside job - someone at a local dealership was able to make copies of the fobs, and knows where the vehicles live. Could easily be done any time the vehicles are brought in for regular maintainence - just add an extra fob code to the vehicle's computer. Once they had done that to enough vehicles, they hit them all in one night. I'd be looking for a recently-hired Toyota dealership service tech - possibly one who is suddenly no longer showing up for work. ----------------- TORONTO � The Canadian Press Published on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 2:50PM EST Last updated on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 2:55PM EST Police say thieves stole six Toyota Highlander SUVs in a Toronto neighbourhood overnight. Owners reported the vehicles were stolen from driveways around the Leaside neighbourhood (in the Bayview and Eglinton Avenues area). Investigators call the concentrated thefts of a single-style vehicle �highly unusual.� Authorities say they are still trying to determine if an organized crime ring is behind the thefts. They are also trying to determine if the thieves used �proximity keys� to steal electric codes from lock systems � a new technology available on the Toyota Highlander. One man told CTV he still has both sets of keys to his stolen vehicle, and police advised him thieves can use a laptop computer to compromise the vehicle's keyless operational system. (CTV)
From: john on 26 Nov 2009 12:20 Why would anyone in the right mind want to steal a Highlander? ;) On Nov 25, 8:28 pm, MoPar Man <Mo...(a)Man.com> wrote: > Just saw this story being reported on my 11 pm news. Looked it up on > the net (see below).
From: in2dadark on 26 Nov 2009 16:40 On Nov 26, 12:20 pm, john <johngd...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Why would anyone in the right mind want to steal a Highlander? ;) > > On Nov 25, 8:28 pm, MoPar Man <Mo...(a)Man.com> wrote: > > > > > Just saw this story being reported on my 11 pm news. Looked it up on > > the net (see below).- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - If they own a mopar they would..
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 26 Nov 2009 17:01 On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:40:49 -0800, in2dadark wrote: > On Nov 26, 12:20 pm, john <johngd...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> Why would anyone in the right mind want to steal a Highlander? ;) >> >> On Nov 25, 8:28 pm, MoPar Man <Mo...(a)Man.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Just saw this story being reported on my 11 pm news. Looked it up on >> > the net (see below).- Hide quoted text - >> >> - Show quoted text - > > If they own a mopar they would.. In2, he said "anybody in their *RIGHT* mind..." Hey...wait a minute...I've had a '94 LHS, a '92 Caravan, 2 Grand V'gers and now have another Grand Caravan...
From: in2dadark on 27 Nov 2009 05:41
I rest my case. :0) It's funny how some of the top stolen cars are late 80's and early 90's toyotas and hondas. http://editorial.autos.msn.com/article.aspx?cp-documentid=434545 I'm thinking the reason is they're most likely the ones most readliy available in the neighborhoods where car theft is high. Hachiroku $B%O%A%m%/(B wrote: > On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:40:49 -0800, in2dadark wrote: > > > On Nov 26, 12:20 pm, john <johngd...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Why would anyone in the right mind want to steal a Highlander? ;) > >> > >> On Nov 25, 8:28 pm, MoPar Man <Mo...(a)Man.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > Just saw this story being reported on my 11 pm news. Looked it up on > >> > the net (see below).- Hide quoted text - > >> > >> - Show quoted text - > > > > If they own a mopar they would.. > > In2, he said "anybody in their *RIGHT* mind..." > > Hey...wait a minute...I've had a '94 LHS, a '92 Caravan, 2 Grand V'gers > and now have another Grand Caravan... |