Robbed!! All au fords have major flaws!!

[Stav]

Originally Posted by D1XR2C

I just dont get the point of posting the pictures?
This lock for some people is the last line of defence against theives.

The thieves at westfields did not want to attract attention by breaking glass.It is packed with christmas shoppers.The way these guys did it they must have had practiced this quite a bit.It must have been a quick efficient and quiet entry.

[Stav]

Originally Posted by Davo3460

why do you people whine so you can break into a BMW easier than a ford you just cant drive it away as with a ford 4 christ sake grow up it,s a hard world

Would you pay 50 k + for a car that doesnt have a real lock? Maybe I will but a padlock for my ford doors? Lock it from the outside.Sure they can get in but next well be leaving the doors open..

[Laminge]

Everyone laughed at Mr Bean and the padlock on his Mini.......

[JC]

Did you guys know that any Ford Falcon key from EB onwards, will LOCK any Ford (Falcn). ie, an EB Tibbe lock key will lock a BF. I have locked a few AUs and BAs in my time (in carparks) - and have only thought once, what if they left the keys in the car - oh well, I was doing them a favour!

As for unlocking - my XR6 drivers door lock was also attacked with a screwdriver - and now some idiot has had a go at the EL too! Dufus! It's worth more to me if they did steal it!

[JC]

Originally Posted by Laminge

Everyone laughed at Mr Bean and the padlock on his Mini.......

Not me - a very practical solution to the problem of the car not locking! Plus I don't find Mr Bean particularly funny anyway.

[Stav]

http://www.spinellis.gr/blog/20060711/bootlock.jpg

http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/res...adlock-478.jpg

heres a few recall ideas for ford.

One for a new typhoon maybe?

http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Workshop/Padlock.jpg

[StealthAu]

the second one is no good, you only have to tap the side of those padlocks to pop them open.

[blackers10]

if your battery went flat you could attach some terminals to your battery that exit underneath to allow you to jump it from underneath

if your remote battery dies.. well.. your stuffed..

[Werd.]

Btw, doors don't open with the key if you have a flat battery.
my battery died completely and it didn't open.

[Laminge]

I have a remote battery kill switch in the boot of my ts, with the electrical system completely off I am able to lock the and unlock drivers door with key

[Stav]

There is a way guys. Run a cable just like a bonnett cable into the door ,to the lock and in a hidden spot accessible outside but only known to yourselves.You could also probably run alarm sensing to the cable if it interfered with

[Eu-GenixX]

another security issue is when the door actuator dies.... my left rear is still dead.. if i lock the car.. you can still open the back door and every other door unlocks...

[protd]

Originally Posted by stockoau

why two?

becaues i have 2 cars :

or i could just leave the other car without a handle

[StealthAu]

Funny, simple things like that I just don't think of after a few drinks.

[blackers10]

i know of several cars where they have shaved teh handles etc and run it to the mirror to open the door
and have central locking as their only means of unlocking the car

the DOWNSIDE to the falcons is the fact we dont have a boot lock that is undoable with a key

[StealthAu]

One could always be installed, I've actually been thinking about this for a while. If you shave the door handles, you could install a key lock into the boot behinhd the number plate incase the battery dies.

[Werd.]

Even if the battery does die, the keys wont work.

[InfernoSR]

Looks like we need to assemble a design team here... bags being the drafter :P

[StealthAu]

Originally Posted by Werd.

Even if the battery does die, the keys wont work.

I was reffering to a manual key release for the boot lid. Nothing electronic. Relocate the battery to the boot, and also wire a central locking button in there and you hopefully wouldn't have too many drama's.

[jimt3te50]

sounds like a lot of work for a "what if?"

I've had three AU daily drivers since 1998 and have done this to all of them- I have only ever used my remote exclusively and surprisingly changed my first remote battery as a prevantative measure on the T3 a few months back. I've had flat batteries before, but never so flat they would not unlock the doors, just nowhere near enough to crank it.

honestly, I wouldn't bother with the hassle of a secret unlocking device

[StealthAu]

I didn't come up with these ideas for removing the lock, but removing all handles. Thought about shaving them all when my car goes in to get some body work (still waiting on a few items to be made yet). Think it will be a couple of months before my bonnet and kit are ready yet anyway so plenty of time to decide what and how.

[Chamelion]

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FORD-AU-BA-DO...QQcmdZViewItem

Is that the metal peice that was mentioned earlier?

[Stav]

I will dream something up and show you guys how to do it .The key design I am thinking of will be simple,effective and directly fix this issue.

[JMO]

Originally Posted by Chamelion

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/FORD-AU-BA-DO...QQcmdZViewItem

Is that the metal peice that was mentioned earlier?

That's an actuator. AU design was also a flimsy piece of crap. The plastic shafts are always breaking.

My drivers side one went on the eve of my sisters wedding, just after i parked the car under the exhibition building for the night/next day to get home. I couldn't figure it out at first and was just lucky all the other doors locked and the drivers could be manually locked.

[bingoTE50]

I might just leave the windows down...........with a big rottweiler inside!!!

[StealthAu]

If you guys are really concerned, check out this car security system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDrzMGdYWZc

[Stav]

Originally Posted by stockoau

If you guys are really concerned, check out this car security system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDrzMGdYWZc

Hope it doesnt false alarm.heheh

[Dark Horse]

Originally Posted by Racecraft

True story.. a mate went to the park to have a kick of the footy and lost his keys somewhere on the oval.. Lucky he had a spare, problem being they were inside the car.. I turned up and using nothing more than a branch i ripped from a nearby tree I was in the car in 15 seconds... And I didn't break a thing before you ask :P

I can picture that. It is so dead set simple to break into an AU without breaking the lock or leaving any marks. This would thus make a 'lockable boot lock' irrelevant for the purposes for accessing any AU.

I really have to at all the 'design team protection measures' to make your AU more secure, with the exception of jimt3te50's brilliant little piece of engineering innovation.

When I had my car keys stolen at a work site and had a replacement ignition barrell and locks installed, I could see how flimsy the lock design really was. It was far from awe inspiring to say the least.

The lock and key works REGARDLESS of any power to the vehicle or if the remote battery is flat. I had the old lock in my hand and played around with it with the old key OFF the vehicle and it turned the lock. Sweeping statements like "if you have a flat remote battery, or a flat car battery, you're stuffed" are misnomers.

At the end of the day one would really have to question whether leaving such valuable items in your car is ever going to be a wise idea ever.

[naughts]

With all this talk on how to get in, I might just leave a screw driver next to my car.
I'd get more for it from the insurance, that what it's worth. (It's a AU2).

[Davo3460]

yes guys i was a bit harsh and i apoligise but mate what r u going 2 do if they want it they will just smash a window do u see what im getting at


Davo