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teknoboy66

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So I was searching around the web looking for a fix to this whistling noise I've been getting at 60mpg and I found this page here
http://www.towman.com/carentry/lockout_1_05.html

I seriously can't believe that there's literally a "how to" explaining how to gain entry into one of our cars using that "tool" that's shown in the pictures. To make matters worse, if you click on "Archive" on the bottom of the page it takes you to a page with a list of other cars and how to gain entry into them as well.

Doesn't seem right at all
 
Maybe they mixed up the captions on the photos to confuse potential thieves? Now someone looking to steal an FX will nab a Murano instead.

I wasn't aware that the doors were similar on the two models. Interesting, since they're on different platforms.
 
About 10yrs ago I worked for a company here in Portland that was/is an on-site locksmith service that served vehicles and homes. The "tool kit" for cars was a burlap bi-folded sack containing a three ring binder full of printed instructions, two small wedges (for prying the window out) and about 15 of these wires bent into various configurations. For each call I would just look up the make/model/year and the instructions would say things like "insert L-tool 5 inches from mirror, 8 inches down, turn 15 degrees, and pull toward rear of vehicle". Not only did they teach their prospective employees how to do this in a junkyard full of cars but it was incredibly easy to get a job there because of the low pay and horrible working schedule (on call 24hrs a day. 4 days on, 3 days off). No prerequisites, no drug tests, nothing. If you have a valid DL and can pop 5 cars in the junkyard after a quick tutorial, you have a new job. Pretty disturbing in retrospect.
At the time the ONLY, and I do mean ONLY, production car safe from this technique was the latest model BMW due to their proprietary "dead-locking" system. Basically when you hit the "lock" button on the key fob the locking mechanism would completely disengage from the pin keeping the door locked. At that point breaking the window and operating the interior lock with your hand doesn't even work. BMW owners were told by the company to contact their local stealership for assistance.
I had a guy throw a fit once when I rolled up in a '68 VW bug and popped his spanking new Benz open in less than a minute with what is essentially a thick bent coat hanger. That was pretty funny to me at the time.

The moral of the story is that this is not just info available on the web. Tons of people have been and are being taught these tactics and the "tools" they use can be made by anyone with access to a closet. Remember that the next time you consider leaving your FX somewhere sketchy.
 
jbaker1121 said:
IMO it doesn't really matter if you can find this or not on the web...if somebody really wants in, there's a window to be smashed.
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The difference is the sound. So many people have ultra-sensitive car alarms that go off either for no reason or for something other than a break in that it has desensitized the general public to the sound of a car alarm. I hear them all the time and almost never even give it a second thought. However, hearing a window shatter followed by a car alarm is a much less ordinary and more "alarming" situation.
 
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