TRANSIT TIPPER STOLEN COVENTRY

[TIMON]

One of our tippers got nicked today. White transit 14 plate crew cab.
Theives must be operating at some level of sophistication to get past the immobiliser and get into it without noise or breaking glass.
Watch out in the Coventry area!

[tree-fancier123]

4 minutes ago, TIMON said:

Theives must be operating at some level of sophistication

or at least they are willing to buy boxes of tricks -

not sure an OBD blocker would have deterred them, but it shows the port is one vulnerable point

[eggsarascal]

Ford Transits are the easiest vans to nick. Reading the motor home/ campervan forums some of the insurance companies won't touch them any more.

 

Edit: And they are easily split and sold for parts.

Edited December 28, 2018 by eggsarascal

[Conor Wright]

One of our tippers got nicked today. White transit 14 plate crew cab.
Theives must be operating at some level of sophistication to get past the immobiliser and get into it without noise or breaking glass.
Watch out in the Coventry area!

Good chance it will be broken for parts, there was a gardai raid on a "chop shop" in longford a couple months back.. seems as if they were stripping jeeps and vans overnight to sell on.. wouldn't surprise me if that's what's happened.. very hard to trace parts.. check any private cctv you can find from people local to you.. never know, you might see something. A lot of folk have cameras on their front gates now.. Any distinguishing features? Custom toolbox etc? Plaster pics of it on car and classified sites and social media. Let them know you're looking for it. Make em sweat. It's a proper blow and I hope you either find it or get it's value back through your insurance.

[Mark J]

32 minutes ago, eggsarascal said:

Ford Transits are the easiest vans to nick. Reading the motor home/ campervan forums some of the insurance companies won't touch them any more.

 

Edit: And they are easily split and sold for parts.

If you have a transit, it's a good idea to change the locks/immobiliser to a non factory ones.

 

Hope yours turns up Timon.