Land Cruisers are easily stolen.

[bgeorger]

In a WILD turn of events they have located my vehicle. I just got home to Buffalo, NY and received a call that they found my car in Toronto. So, I am going back to Canada tomorrow.

 

[spateld]

A simple thing that my Tesla had I always used was a PIN code to drive mainly had this to prevent car jacking even if I hand over my keys and run away. Doors unlock the same but to actually drive you need the PIN code. I don't know why car companies have not implement this. I Use my phone only for my Land Cruiser.

 

[bgeorger]

The rear driver window was blown out. Does anyone have a part number for that? I’m gonna try and get it ordered and installed ASAP.

 

[D-Train]

Awesome news! Hopefully that's the only damage!

 

[EOD Guy]

None of these AirTag suggestions will help. Vehicle theft in Toronto/Ontario is due to organized crime (I lived there for ten years). They target vehicles that can be stripped for parts and most end up overseas. Motorcycle theft was extremely bad there too.

Faraday pouches, ODB2 port locks, encrypted CAN-BUSes, steering wheel locks, etc help eliminate the dumbest criminals.

Canada's theft rate is high but still better than the US'

Motor vehicle theft - Wikipedia (and more data from How Canada became a car theft capital of the world)
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I agree an air tag won't prevent a vehicle from being stolen. It will however assist in tracking the tag as long as the tag in the vicinity of an I-phone. If it was taken to a chop shop, the tags location can be tracked, same with taken to a container......"last seen in the vicinity of" will come up on the I-phone tracker.

 

[msenske]

In a WILD turn of events they have located my vehicle. I just got home to Buffalo, NY and received a call that they found my car in Toronto. So, I am going back to Canada tomorrow.

Hopefully you will find the vehicle in the same condition that you left it, sans the broken window.

 

[D-Train]

I agree an air tag won't prevent a vehicle from being stolen. It will however assist in tracking the tag as long as the tag in the vicinity of an I-phone. If it was taken to a chop shop, the tags location can be tracked, same with taken to a container......"last seen in the vicinity of" will come up on the I-phone tracker.

Pro tip: Disable the AirTag speaker before hiding it. Takes 30 seconds.

 

[spateld]

So it wasn't towed. I wonder how they started it up. Or was it towed and they broke the glass to get inside.

 

[bgeorger]

It wasn’t towed as far as I know. They broke the glass in the hotel lot and drove it away. I’m still trying to get access to the video.

 

[LCOceans]

Happy for you that they found your truck and the scumbags didn't make off with it.
Now the big question is how did they steal it. So much for the theories that they had scanned your fob or towed it. Appears to be old fashioned break glass and hot wire, but I am sure with modern technologies there must be another way.
So without the fob they smashed a window....how did they drive it? No alarm? My alarm went off once and it was deafening. Or did people just ignore the screaming alarm and let the thieves do their work as we see so often today? And is it easy to jump start this vehicle somehow?

 

[Colorado]

In a WILD turn of events they have located my vehicle. I just got home to Buffalo, NY and received a call that they found my car in Toronto. So, I am going back to Canada tomorrow.

That is GREAT news! I'm smiling ear to ear.

Let's hope the broken window is the only blip.

I hope they got the guy who did this . . . or got his fingerprints and know who he is. He deserves to be punished.

 

[bgeorger]

I just texted the officer that was investigating asking if he saw the video and how they took it. From what I gather the alarm was ignored because the hotel employees were in on it.

 

[bgeorger]

That is GREAT news! I'm smiling ear to ear.

Let's hope the broken window is the only blip.

I hope they got the guy who did this . . . or got his fingerprints and know who he is. He deserves to be punished.

They didn't catch them and I doubt they dusted the car. We will see when I pick it up.