Exeo broken into with no damage

[irvtheswerv]

Foolishly I left my golf clubs and an electric trolley in the car overnight.

Get up, go to work see the boot open indicator on. Get out, have a look, lift boot clubs and trolley are gone. No damage to the car, no tool marks anywhere.

There's nothing for scenes of crime, no marks anywhere. Ring and report to the cops, then just got off the phone to scenes of crime officer.

Been told it's common place, tools can be bought off t'interweb that allow criminals to access any car that has a remote key fob.

Don't leave anything of any value in your car, you've been warned

[ather`s]

got to admit that ive come back to my car on 2-3 occasions and found it to be unlocked when ive purposely made a point of locking it.

[Steely]

Originally Posted by irvtheswerv

Foolishly I left my golf clubs and an electric trolley in the car overnight.

Get up, go to work see the boot open indicator on. Get out, have a look, lift boot clubs and trolley are gone. No damage to the car, no tool marks anywhere.

There's nothing for scenes of crime, no marks anywhere. Ring and report to the cops, then just got off the phone to scenes of crime officer.

Been told it's common place, tools can be bought off t'interweb that allow criminals to access any car that has a remote key fob.

Don't leave anything of any value in your car, you've been warned

Keyless entry & keyless start are the hot topic for thieves, BMW 1 series seem to be the latest for thieves

you're better of with a battery isolator switch somewhere only you know of (sealed & under a wheel arch etc) lock the car, switch it off, bingo, bit of a pain for radio codes & ecu memory but its one idea..


sorry to hear about the golf clubs! hopefully the cretins face will one day be on the receiving end of a nice composite driver!

[Dark Andrew]

I remember reading about this when I bought my first car back in the 90's, I'd assumed that with encription and so on they'd got this sorted by now. I also remember reading somewhere more recently (I think it may have been What Car?) that the Exeo came 2nd overall in security tests, beaten only by the current A4.

[mcdonald]

They might have broken in through the drivers door using a Polenschluessel (Polish key):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS_X9cpuf_c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlX0CuYIYO4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrveTnTmM10

[MarkWales]

Those look dangerous

[mcdonald]

There are for some VAG cars blind plates available, but I don't think similar are available for the Exeo.
See here [dutch]

[jinidos]

Would the blind plates for an a4 b7 fit our exeo's???
Seeing the vids it's pissing me off how easy it is!

I'm glad i have a garage where i can put atleast 2 cars in.

[mcdonald]

Don't know if blind plates for an a4 b7 exist, but it should be possible to replace the trim plate for the door handle at the drivers side by one similar to the other doors that will cover the lock.

[Dark Andrew]

Originally Posted by mcdonald

Don't know if blind plates for an a4 b7 exist, but it should be possible to replace the trim plate for the door handle at the drivers side by one similar to the other doors that will cover the lock.

Doesn't the Exeo have the handles from the Audi A6?

[big rich]

They normally have a little fob that blocks the locking signal when you lock the car with your fob,leaving the car open ,when you think its locked, locking alarm chirp is good for this as if it doesnt chirp you know somethings up.

[MasterKey]

Originally Posted by big rich

They normally have a little fob that blocks the locking signal when you lock the car with your fob,leaving the car open ,when you think its locked, locking alarm chirp is good for this as if it doesnt chirp you know somethings up.

I look for the indicators to flash as a similar (but less noisy) sign. Then again, I've found the range of the Exeo's fob is much less than that of my previous 2 cars so I tend to be right next to the car when I lock it and can usually hear the clunk of the locks.