View Single Post
  #7 (permalink)  
Old 20 May 2005, 06:28 am
TeGGeR®
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default Re: Break-ins due to window/lock exploit

"WooHoo2You" <no@email.com> wrote in
news:Obcje.7533$w21.6398@newsread3.news.atl.earthl ink.net:

> I have a 96 Honda Civic with manual door locks. I have had my car
> broken in to three times is the last ten months.(two times in the last
> three days.) I live in a apartment complex nice enough to attract
> thieves, however not nice enough to have overnight security. The
> break-ins were done in large waves. All the cars broken into on these
> nights were Hondas that cover the whole of the complex. In all three
> instances the police told me that Hondas are easily broken into due to
> an "exploit" in the windows/door locks.
>
> Is there a manufacture recall or a way to fix this problem?
>
> Thanks for any help you can offer.




One workaround that is apparently common in Britain, which also has very
high auto break-in rates, is simply to leave the doors UNLOCKED, and ALL
valuables removed.

The crooks can enter without causing damage, look around, and hopefully
leave emptyhanded.


--
TeGGeR®

The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ
www.tegger.com/hondafaq/
Reply With Quote