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Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette
New information from the RCMP.
Thieves are now taking a picture of your VIN through the windshield, then they call a buddy at a dealership and get a key cut. From there they have full access to the interior without breaking anything. They then use an OBD2 programmer and are gone in under 30 seconds.
If they key is not chipped they open the door with the key and are gone.
Put a piece of paper over your VIN and this problem goes away.
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I do believe that making the anti theft system as unique as possible is the best one can do to prevent theft or at least slow them down enough.
Where I live, people(?) just steal trucks to joyride them and then dump them on the way home. No consequences even if they get caught. As braindead as they are (often infused with meth) taking the starter relay out will likely prevent their screwdriver method to work and would just leave the truck behind.
Still, that's not a comfortable solution as I'd like to remote start it in the cold winter days.