Re: Break-ins due to window/lock exploit
"TeGGeR®" <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in
news:Xns965C4C074CEE1tegger@207.14.113.17:
> "WooHoo2You" <no@email.com> wrote in
> news:Obcje.7533$w21.6398@newsread3.news.atl.earthl ink.net:
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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>
Of course,they might be after PARTS of your car itself,like the ECU;a part
of your car that is very valuable,and absolutely necessary to operate your
car.It will NOT run without it.
--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net
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