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PSA: Toyotas being stolen in RECORD numbers using this cheap tool (www.youtube.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Eyekaytee@aussie.zone to c/cars@aussie.zone

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Thought it was an informative video

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[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 2 points 6 months ago

VF commodores in Australia have a similar issue. People are shorting out the horn so the alarm does not make a sound, then using a Scantool to program new keys.

The problem is that since General Motor have liquidated Holden and abandoned their owners, so there isn’t any help on that front.

Besides killswitches and tertiary immobilisers, I have heard of people cross wiring their OBD point with a high-voltage coil which fries the thieves OBD reader.

In response to this, thieves are adding fuses to OBD extension cables.