Guest esky Guests Posted 22/10/03 03:31 AM Share Posted 22/10/03 03:31 AM XRSICKT said: Just tried tried my key in a BA Futura and it wouldn't unlock, it would turn all the way to the right but not the left.I know what will open any car. try a brick on your 10 BAs at your work. Let us know how you go. Quote As a fun side gag at the old dealership we used to set all the key pads on the new cars to one keypad and get the 1st year apprentice to go get the next car! Poor boys used to walk out and push the remote button to find all of about 10 to 20 cars unlock at the same time pepending on the range! Very funny! used to always reprogram the remotes after that but! :holiday: poor 1sy year... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/6789-the-guy-unlocked-my-car-with-his-key/page/4/#findComment-59318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRSICKT Member 1,032 Member For: 22y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 22/10/03 08:18 AM Share Posted 22/10/03 08:18 AM esky said: XRSICKT said: Just tried tried my key in a BA Futura and it wouldn't unlock, it would turn all the way to the right but not the left.I know what will open any car. try a brick on your 10 BAs at your work. Let us know how you go. Thanks esky :banghead: I tried than got the brick shoved up my a** :( Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/6789-the-guy-unlocked-my-car-with-his-key/page/4/#findComment-59402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennAUII Former XT pilot Lifetime Members 4,791 Member For: 21y 10m 30d Gender: Male Location: The Womb Posted 22/10/03 08:52 AM Share Posted 22/10/03 08:52 AM Velvet Glove said: GlennXR6T said: I heard that if you smash the 2 rear lights and the interior dome light in an au, it stuffs the imobiliser and you can steal it. And I tried the ltd key on our au2 and it didn't unlock it, BUT... I was able to lock the car using the ltd key. And in the manual, you can train your keypad to any AU2 or 3! how crazy is that? you put the ignition in position I, press the demister 3 times, the car will lock and then unlock, and you then have to press all buttons on the keypad, turn the ignition off and then it'll work!Talk about low security huh?Sorry my friend but the smashing part is absolute rubbish. I know it has happened in the past, but I cant recall the last time a car with an immobiliser was stolen in the ACT, without the thief having access to the keys. It just doesnt happen, well not enough to rate anyway oh ok, I was only goin off mums friend who had his au2 xr8 stolen with a similar method used. It was driven a few k's up the road and then burnt out completely. :tears: :( Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/6789-the-guy-unlocked-my-car-with-his-key/page/4/#findComment-59413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA_Turbs Member 836 Member For: 21y 10m 2d Gender: Male Posted 22/10/03 09:57 AM Share Posted 22/10/03 09:57 AM GlennXR6T said: oh ok, I was only goin off mums friend who had his au2 xr8 stolen with a similar method used. It was driven a few k's up the road and then burnt out completely. :tears: :(Not many car thieves actually go to the trouble of burning a car. Think about it from a car thieves point of view, you have the car, why risk hurting yourself for no gain? Also, a burning 1600kg car in the middle of a street may just be noticed by someone who will ring the constabulary, therefore greatly incresing the rick of actually being caught. A bloke just parking a car and getting out of it however... Who is going ot ring 000 for that?My point being, without wanting to sound too rude, is your mum's friend of reputable character? (I.e. did the insurance company pay out? or did they suspect an inside job?) That or he may have been a little confused with how the car was stolen. Plenty of late model cars get stolen, and not just through people burging houses and stealing the keys. And when/if recovered, they are rarely burned out shells.The method your mum's friend speaks of sounds like the rumour that the E36 (or whatever it was) BMW could be oppened by kicking the back of it. A safety feature unlocked the doors in the event of a crash, or the one about the series I VTs where allegedly two wires behind the front left indicator could be conected to override the immobiliser and central locking.All sounds a little dubious... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/6789-the-guy-unlocked-my-car-with-his-key/page/4/#findComment-59446 Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronmihe Upstanding Member Member 759 Member For: 21y 9m 18d Location: Canberra - ACT Posted 22/10/03 10:47 AM Share Posted 22/10/03 10:47 AM My Sisters Mirage got stolen from her garage in Cootamundra using the keys that were stolen from her desk while she was upstairs in bed. Car got driven to Robertson in the NSW Southern Highlands ... It was then burnt.....So it does happen.... I'm still trying to work out why Robertson... The Grammaphone Museum ain't that great Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/6789-the-guy-unlocked-my-car-with-his-key/page/4/#findComment-59474 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BA_Turbs Member 836 Member For: 21y 10m 2d Gender: Male Posted 22/10/03 10:52 AM Share Posted 22/10/03 10:52 AM Yes it DOES happen, just not very often. In the local police reponse zone comfortably 90% of all cars reported stolen are recovered. The remaining %age are presumably burnt, re-birthed or can't be identified when they are recovered (and that IS a problem with some of the old shi**ers out there!).Anyway, I think I'm far enough off the original thread now... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/6789-the-guy-unlocked-my-car-with-his-key/page/4/#findComment-59476 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest esky Guests Posted 22/10/03 09:45 PM Share Posted 22/10/03 09:45 PM XRSICKT said: Thanks esky I tried than got the brick shoved up my a** :( hahahaha I hope you didn't find that enjoyable. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/6789-the-guy-unlocked-my-car-with-his-key/page/4/#findComment-59568 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford_Power Member 798 Member For: 22y 2m 22d Posted 24/10/03 12:44 PM Share Posted 24/10/03 12:44 PM I agree with BA_Turbs. I majorly doubt that smashing the rear lights and dome lamp allow u to override smartlock In an EB-AU vehicle. In FACT if at worst u smash the dome lamp which is incidentally connected to the courtesly lamp fuse and u short it and blow the fuse the car will fail to start even with the correct key!The smarltock sources its power through the courtesy lamp fuse.I think its possible your friend was confused as to how the car was stolen. The reason I say this is because if the car was completely burnt out, then how much conclusive evidence could really be found? If they were hooliganistic enough to burn it, then I can easily see how they may have possibly had some fun and smashed the lights too.As for the keypads being low security?!?!? read BlueXR6Turbo's reply a couple of posts up!Ross Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/6789-the-guy-unlocked-my-car-with-his-key/page/4/#findComment-60016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennAUII Former XT pilot Lifetime Members 4,791 Member For: 21y 10m 30d Gender: Male Location: The Womb Posted 25/10/03 08:41 AM Share Posted 25/10/03 08:41 AM yeah I spose, he was clueless as well, but this is what the police said when he asked how it was stolen, I don't know the full story. And I though about it and the retraining of keypads ain't that low security, you'd have to be pretty sneaky to get the original keys! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/6789-the-guy-unlocked-my-car-with-his-key/page/4/#findComment-60102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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