Originally Posted by NSC5

OnStar won't send the monthly health reports unless the vehicle is started and running on or after the normal date the info is uploaded and the report is emailed.

It needs a cellular connection to communicate and a RF clear view to the sky for the GPS to work so a shipping container or other shielded enclosure will prevent it from responding..

Originally Posted by MSG C5

Originally Posted by owc6

This is news sensationalism. There is not one verified case of a Corvette (C6 or C7) being stolen this way.

Originally Posted by eboggs_jkvl

Well, I conclude that they use a Tech 2 or the new equivilent to make the FOB but anyone can do a new FOB add to a car in 30 minutes without anything but supply a NEW FOB. You put the key in the rear trunk slot, turn it quickly 5 times and get the car into programming mode, insert the new FOB into the steering column slot and viola! You have FOB #3 programmed to the car. #3 will do everything that FOBs 1 & 2 will do except retain the memory functions for the seat and mirrors and stuff. If you want to see how to do it in your driveway or your garage, just use the Owner's manual or this: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c7-g...s-and-rke.html

I know how to do it so I don't need to refer to the owner's manual or that IF/Then table I made to do the FOB encoding. All you need is 30 minutes of "alone" time, the key to use in the trunk slot, access to the inside of the car, and you can add a new FOB. Annnnnnnnnd where do all of those parameters come together? The dealer and a person with access to the car.

Elmer

Originally Posted by evoroadster

So then a way to prevent this is to remove the key from the FOB whenever turning the car over for service.

Originally Posted by DWillys

Can the glove box in a C7 be locked?

Originally Posted by NSC5

OnStar has its own backup battery (also needed so that it is more likely to work after a severe crash that takes out the car's primary electrical system) but a thief can remove that backup or the OnStar communications module before you discovered that the car was stolen. A knowledgeable thief who has ready access to your car can pretty easily disable any standard or added system just as any normal home security system is a deterrent to the amateur/average and not dedicated thief.

I think it is highly likely that another fob was paired with your car and then the security system was quickly disabled after the car was stolen or it is currently sitting in a nice container ready for export with this metal container providing a sufficient Faraday shield to prevent any of its comms systems from working.

I suspect that if you had looked at the pairing screen after repair it would have asked you to begin pairing remote 4 indicating that three instead of the standard 2 were already paired although a more astute thief could have canceled the existing fob not left with the vehicle so that it would still look as only 2 were paired (one of those would have been the newly paired and your other existing fob wouldn't have worked).

I did some consulting work with the International group (which was the old auto theft bureau) at the National Insurance Crime Bureau in the early 1990s and I remember reading about quite a few post-repair thefts of this sort although as I recall most of these were through custom and independent shops rather than dealerships. At the same time one of the staff workers had her brand new Suburban stolen out of the NICB parking lot the day she bought it. It was scheduled to have Lo Jack installed the next day

Originally Posted by joemessman

Anytime, anyway, if a thief wants your car he'll get it. One way or the other. All we can do is make it more difficult.

Originally Posted by evoroadster

So then a way to prevent this is to remove the key from the FOB whenever turning the car over for service.

Originally Posted by Mike Mercury

A friend of mine (he is big into ham radio) has a HACKRF SDR device. He can record the transmission from a keyfob using this HACKRF device, then turn around and send it out again (the HACKRF also is a SDR transmitter.. very low power.. but it does transmit).