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DadWagon13

Discussion Starter · 23 d ago

Well, literally I'm a few days away from getting an IGLA installed and my DD392 got jacked form the airport in DFW.

UConnect Guardian sent me an email at 4:40 am this morning that the theft alarm got triggered. I called police and they confirmed that the SUV left the airport at 4:50 AM. That's 5 min to get it started then the 5 min it takes to drive out.

Police do have a picture of the suspect that stole it (Plus side of it being in an airport).

So have MOPAR owners talked to a lawyer about this? This is ridiculous. I know I'm not the first one who has posted about this.

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Chase300

· #2 · 23 d ago

Years ago people installed kill switches to thwart theft of old school key vehicles....looks like things haven't progressed with electronic push button start switches.

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va-terps4

· #3 · 23 d ago

That sucks, dude. Hope it somehow works out for you.

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DadWagon13

Discussion Starter · #4 · 23 d ago

va-terps4 said:
That sucks, dude. Hope it somehow works out for you.

Thanks, I'm hopeful I can have a vehicle when I get back. I'm currently out of town for business and I get back tomorrow.....Stolen 24hrs before I get home lol....I'm just glad I didn't find out about it tomorrow when I'm in the terminal parking lot trying to find my car lol

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StuckOnDurango

· #5 · 23 d ago

Horrible... sorry to hear.... Was the car in a parking garage or open air lot? Wonder if the thieves had the audacity to pay your parking receipt, probably had to in order to get thru gated lot?
I've mentioned before, they way that 'Uconnect' and everything is inter-related now... I cannot fathom it being difficult at all for Dodge to develop the programming to have in the car to enter a multiple digit pin to lock/unlock the ignition.... or to even upgrade and release an update to the vehicles to cover that, pitiful...

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cambo

· #6 · 23 d ago

Sorry to hear that there must be a sub forum of info out there of how to steal certain vehicles. I know that kia had issues and it was from a viral tic toc post

looks pretty simple not sure what they did but it was fast

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This guy looks like he had a steering wheel lock and they cut the steering wheel, but whats the red cord thing a security device it says 3rd time they tried

One Michigan police department, in fact, reported that more than 1,000 Charger thefts were being investigated in Southeast Michigan in 2020 alone

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DadWagon13

Discussion Starter · #7 · 23 d ago

StuckOnDurango said:
Horrible... sorry to hear.... Was the car in a parking garage or open air lot? Wonder if the thieves had the audacity to pay your parking receipt, probably had to in order to get thru gated lot?
I've mentioned before, they way that 'Uconnect' and everything is inter-related now... I cannot fathom it being difficult at all for Dodge to develop the programming to have in the car to enter a multiple digit pin to lock/unlock the ignition.... or to even upgrade and release an update to the vehicles to cover that, pitiful...

It really is pitiful

It was in a covered parking garage by the terminal, my tolltag pays the fee

Duh-rango

· #8 · 23 d ago

Too bad they don't make a manual trans version for the durango. Not too long ago there were two news articles in which stolen challengers were left in the street because apparently the thieves could not drive stick. On the CT forum we joked about manuals only being good for anti-theft but we were surprised to see it was the case in at least two reported thefts.

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6104696

· #9 · 23 d ago

DadWagon13 said:
So have MOPAR owners talked to a lawyer about this? This is ridiculous. I know I'm not the first one who has posted about this.

Do you have insurance?

A lawyer? You wanna sue Stellantis because your car got stolen? Or maybe DFW?

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Chase300

· #10 · 23 d ago

Apparently they have an electronic reader and if your key is close enough to the front door/window they can pick up the signal and they'll use that to gain access to your vehicle and start it.
You need to install a kill switch.

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Chase300

· #11 · 23 d ago

Chase300

· #12 · 23 d ago

Durango kill switch

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JC Hemi

· #13 · 22 d ago

Sorry to hear about your loss... I am curious with all the CCTVs at an Airport the Police could not get more info on the suspects? You have time and date, that makes it super simple to review footage...

Either way, car thieves will always find a way to circumvent the factory anti-theft systems... Kill switch's, audile alarms, Lojack, etc... are all good countermeasures, but the if they really want it bad enough, they will come with a flatbed and haul it away.

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DadWagon13

Discussion Starter · #14 · 22 d ago

JC Hemi said:
Sorry to hear about your loss... I am curious with all the CCTVs at an Airport the Police could not get more info on the suspects? You have time and date, that makes it super simple to review footage...

Either way, car thieves will always find a way to circumvent the factory anti-theft systems... Kill switch's, audile alarms, Lojack, etc... are all good countermeasures, but the if they really want it bad enough, they will come with a flatbed and haul it away.

they do have footage, they have the suspects face as he was leaving the airport exit. I’m sure they have more. But they were about 5-6 hours head start by the time I notified police that the cam Guardian alarm was triggered.

JC Hemi

· #15 · 22 d ago

Seems like Dodge/Chrysler and Khai are having a high number of thefts... I do not hear much about Ford or Chevys?

Some insurance companies are not insuring Khai's...

I think I will put my 80lb bull dog to sleep in the DD... They will get a vicious surprise!

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blurredgta

· #16 · 22 d ago

JC Hemi said:
Seems like Dodge/Chrysler and Khai are having a high number of thefts... I do not hear much about Ford or Chevys?

Some insurance companies are not insuring Khai's...

I think I will put my 80lb bull dog to sleep in the DD... They will get a vicious surprise!

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JC Hemi

· #17 · 22 d ago

I am very surprised wow!

powerfreak

· #18 · 22 d ago

6104696 said:
Do you have insurance?

A lawyer? You wanna sue Stellantis because your car got stolen? Or maybe DFW?

There is a known security issue on the Durango that Stallantis hasn't fixed. Thieves literally can plug into the car and create their own key fob with hardware that's easily obtainable and drive off in under 5 mins without the alarm going off. Might sound funny to sue them, but the city of Rochester NY is sueing Kia for the exact same issue.

JC Hemi

· #19 · 22 d ago

I keep reading on this forum and seeing videos on line of SRT and HC getting stollen so easily that’s it makes me wonder why the factory has not been more proactive in preventing this… with all the technology built into these new cars a simple 4 digit personal pin before initial start up would be an easy solution.

Obviously if the thieves want the vehicle they will come with a tow truck, but the rest will have to figure out another way to start it.

63gearhead

· #20 · 21 d ago (Edited)

DadWagon13 said:
Well, literally I'm a few days away from getting an IGLA installed and my DD392 got jacked form the airport in DFW.

UConnect Guardian sent me an email at 4:40 am this morning that the theft alarm got triggered. I called police and they confirmed that the SUV left the airport at 4:50 AM. That's 5 min to get it started then the 5 min it takes to drive out.

Police do have a picture of the suspect that stole it (Plus side of it being in an airport).

So have MOPAR owners talked to a lawyer about this? This is ridiculous. I know I'm not the first one who has posted about this.

That sucks. Hopefully when your rig is recovered you can still arrange the IGLA install promptly. While my DD is not an SRT or HC, I have read about thieves stealing other DD models, so I decided to go Ravelco theft deterrent. Once the theft deterrent is installed you will have piece of mind that your rig will be where you parked it, unless of course the schmucks flat bed it away, but I will take those odds.

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