Key Fob Warning
Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2022
Posts: 1,031
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From: Nappytown MD
To test your insight of not wanting the C5, come to Baltimore City or any high crime city and park your C5 on a back street overnight and leave it locked. Most of the car thefts in Baltimore are done by young teens that very savvy on stealing particular makes since they know they will not get jail time if caught. They steal the cars not because of the value, but use then for racing areas for bragging rights. Then the cars get trashed.
Racer
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 437
Likes: 182
From: Renton WA
If you use the key fob to lock/unlock your vehicles, by using it, it could ‘open the doors’ to someone breaking in and stealing the car with no alarms going off. My son had his pride and joy ride, 2014 Q60 Infinity Convertible, stolen from the front of his home. The doorbell camera clearly shows a car pulling up behind his car at 3:00 a.m., a person exiting the passenger side and then unlocks the door (car lights flash) without touching the vehicle. The car starts and both vehicles drive away. The police suspect his car was targeted by the thieves that had previously followed him until he used his key fob to lock or unlock the car. Using a key fob reader that can be purchased on line, the entry and starting the car was a snap. Although our C5’s do not have OME electronic keys like the Q60 had, I suspect a car thief could have a work around the key issue once inside.
