Car stolen without key

Bebop

My car was stolen last night, it was sitting in my driveway and the thieves broke the car window, how did they start it without the key? It's a Black Toyota Auris diesel automatic 12D
Maybe it's time to bring back the old steering locks or better still a lock and chain

Kimbot

Bebop wrote: »

My car was stolen last night, it was sitting in my driveway and the thieves broke the car window, how did they start it without the key? It's a Black Toyota Auris diesel automatic 12D
Maybe it's time to bring back the old steering locks or better still a lock and chain

They could have dropped the handbrake and put it on a flatbed?

Atlantic Dawn

Does it have a keycard or key to start? Have you had the car from new?

Cee-Jay-Cee

Steering locks are still fitted to cars, had you yours engaged?

Bebop

It's a standard key in the ignition type start and yes, we have it from new,

Bebop

The steering lock would have engaged if it was moved, it had to be turned a bit to get past my wife's car

Cee-Jay-Cee

Steering locks are quite easily broken so its not really a deterrent.

Atlantic Dawn

Is the car an original Irish/UK registered car from new or Japanese import?

Bebop

Owned from new, not an import

Henry Ford III

Bebop wrote: »

My car was stolen last night, it was sitting in my driveway and the thieves broke the car window, how did they start it without the key? It's a Black Toyota Auris diesel automatic 12D
Maybe it's time to bring back the old steering locks or better still a lock and chain

The D plate may have made it too tempting for the thief?

Bebop

Bebop wrote: »

My car was stolen last night, it was sitting in my driveway and the thieves broke the car window, how did they start it without the key? It's a Black Toyota Auris diesel automatic 12D
Maybe it's time to bring back the old steering locks or better still a lock and chain

jonnycivic wrote: »

They could have dropped the handbrake and put it on a flatbed?

Automatic so would be in PARK

Wibbs

Bebop wrote: »

Maybe it's time to bring back the old steering locks or better still a lock and chain

Neither are much use really. The only one that would serve as a deterrent are the ones that cover the entire steering wheel. The others are easily bypassed, simply by cutting through the steering wheel itself. A hacksaw will go through the majority like a hot knife through butter, as steering wheels are meant to bend under forces in car crashes for example.

I'd have said that they just cloned the key via the OBD port. Common enough these days and again easily enough done with most cars with one. Security systems on cars have not kept up with the technology of security in other household items like computers. They're mostly mired in the early noughties. They needed to break the window to gain access to it. Done carefully the factory internal alarm sensors won't trigger(they set them quite low, so they don't get complaints about false alarms).

Murt102

Have you got a copy of the key cut recently?

Kimbot

Augeo wrote: »

Automatic so would be in PARK

Surely they could change it out of park to move it?

Wibbs

Murt102 wrote: »

Have you got a copy of the key cut recently?

If they'd had a key they wouldn't have needed to smash the window I'd have thought?

Kimbot

Wibbs wrote: »

If they'd had a key they wouldn't have needed to smash the window I'd have thought?

Yeah but we know how dumb some criminals are in fairness.

death1234567

jonnycivic wrote: »

Yeah but we know how dumb some criminals are in fairness.

Not dumb enough to break a window to get into a car when they have the key in their hand I would suggest.

bazz26

Just a thought but was the car recently in for a valet or service? Long shot but it's possible that the key was cloned while it was there without you knowing it if it was a place you were not familiar with using.

jonnycivic

jonnycivic wrote: »

Surely they could change it out of park to move it?

Ever tried that without a key in an automatic?
It's as easy to start the car in most cases without the key as get it out of park in modern stuff.

biko

I assume you assume they broke the car window because there was glass on the driveway?

If you (or others) live in a risk area or have a desirable car then consider a bollard.

ION08

What car was it? .. BMW?

Edit: sorry just re-read the OP

Guy:Incognito

biko wrote: »

I assume you assume they broke the car window because there was glass on the driveway?

If you (or others) live in a risk area or have a desirable car then consider a bollard[/IMG]

That particular one looks absolutely useless. There's space around it to do donuts

Bebop

Toyota Multi-mode Automatic does not have a park position but you can leave it in gear, it cannot be moved into neutral without the igition on

zilog_jones

I wonder is there some hidden manual way of getting these cars into neutral, e.g. if the battery's dead and it needs to be towed?

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Steering locks are still fitted to cars, had you yours engaged?

My '12 Prius doesn't have a steering lock, so it's possible other automatic Toyotas don't either.

rgood

Bebop wrote: »

My car was stolen last night, it was sitting in my driveway and the thieves broke the car window, how did they start it without the key? It's a Black Toyota Auris diesel automatic 12D
Maybe it's time to bring back the old steering locks or better still a lock and chain

My car Toyota Auris Black Tourer stolen from drive nearly 2 weeks ago no keys and window smashed. Very hard to roll out from Cul De Sac

rgood

My car Toyota Auris Black Tourer stolen from drive nearly 2 weeks ago no keys and window smashed. Very hard to roll out from Cul De Sac. Did you get Car back

Bebop

rgood wrote: »

My car Toyota Auris Black Tourer stolen from drive nearly 2 weeks ago no keys and window smashed. Very hard to roll out from Cul De Sac. Did you get Car back

Sounds like the same gang that took mine..I am presuming that there were several people involved and they pushed it out and towed it away, I could not say for certain that it was in gear, if it was they would have needed to switch on the ignition in order to put it into neutral..(MM automatic gearbox)

rgood

I wonder I am in a cul de sac within a cul de sac with alarm. still broke window so Ihave no idea how they do it.

SCOOP 64

biko wrote: »

I assume you assume they broke the car window because there was glass on the driveway?

If you (or others) live in a risk area or have a desirable car then consider a bollard.

Looks like you could reverse round that.

DesperateDan

3 months ago I, who live in the absolute middle of nowhere in Longford, was working from home. Knock on the door midday from a startled gentleman with a white van clearly not expecting an answer. The question he managed to stumble out was something along the lines of "Oh, eh, how are you doing, ummm I was just wondering if your car around the back there was an Auris for sale." To which I said, no, it's a Corsa and no it's not for sale.

He then went on his merry way. Bet he was on the lookout for an Auris himself