Exeo broken into with no damage

irvtheswerv

Guest
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[:@]
 
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ather`s

EXEO Sport & mk2 IBIZA
Sep 7, 2008
2,059
0
mansfield, notts
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

semiskimmed cupra R
Dec 30, 2008
1,425
5
Doncaster
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

Active Member
Jan 25, 2011
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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

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

blindplaat.jpg
 

jinidos

Active Member
Sep 10, 2010
51
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dendermonde (Belgium)
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.
 

Dark Andrew

Active Member
Jan 25, 2011
324
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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

VAG techie
Apr 22, 2011
487
2
south yorkshire
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

New Exeo owner
Nov 26, 2011
50
0
Gloucestershire, UK
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.
 

Derbian

Active Member
Aug 12, 2013
92
2
Derby
Hi

Just had the same thing happen but fortunatly there was nothing valuble in the car unlike a couple of neighbours who lost Sat Navs and in car DVD players.

There were 4 other cars (2 BMW's) in the avenue opened up on the same night, all without the alarms going off so it's unlikely that anybody had scanned the cars whilst the keyfobs were being used remotely and then opened them up by recreating the key codes.

All were models where you only have a mechanical lock on the drivers side and there wasn't any sign of damage to the lock on the drivers door.

PCSO who came round apparently said something about WD40 being sprayed into the locks but she left before I was able to talk to her. I know the locks are supposed to open if the car is immersed in water but this sounds a bit dubious and it wouldn't explain why the passenger doors were opened.

Quite a few conversations about this sort of thing on US sites but nothing very helpful.

Any ideas how it could have been done ?

Afterwards I decided to check the alarm so opened up the car with the key but didn't then put it into the ign. Got a not very loud alarm from the luggage area (it's an ST) I'd had the alarm go off earlier in the summer when I was on a CalMac ferry and the weather was a bit rough and the alarm sounded much louder.

Could the alarm have been damaged during the break in or is this the way it's meant to happen ?
 

Derbian

Active Member
Aug 12, 2013
92
2
Derby
Thanks but it was locked as I checked the door handles.

Talking with neighbours this evening and a number of cars in adjoining street were also opened up on Friday.

Looks as if somebody has found a way of opening a variety of cars with some sort of electronics from outside. Police sergeant specialising in car thefts is due to see some of neighbours whose cars were broken into tomorrow so may learn more.
 

PeeJay

Active Member
Jan 22, 2014
63
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Bloody hell, a few weeks ago I was doing a few miles from home, installing PCs and such, after I finished I got back in he car and the dash said the boot was open, it baffled me as I was absolutely sure I closed it, thankfully it was completely empty - this has got me thinking - it would be a nightmare if I lost stock, I can carry thousands in IT equipment at times.
 

Derbian

Active Member
Aug 12, 2013
92
2
Derby
Thanks for the suggestions but it turns out that over a dozen cars have been done in the area over the last week so it's unlikely that a key jammer was used. We don't work or shop in the same places and I can't see anybody hanging around in the street for hours on end just on the off chance somebody would use their key fob

Mine hadn't even been used for two days as we were using the wife's car. Police sergeant wasn't a lot of help but said it's not just a local issue and that manufacturers are being a bit cagey about it

When I had a company car we all had to have aftermarket alarms fitted if we carried valuables
 
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