Land Cruisers are easily stolen.

[bgeorger]

I got her back!

Nothing major outside of the window on the driver’s side and none of the electronics are working correctly. They disabled GPS, remote connect, WiFi, mics, etc. it doesn’t look like anything in the car was clipped. So, I’m not sure how they did it.

The cool box tray was still there!

 

[jnsplace]

They disabled anything that could remotely access her. To me, this wasn't a simple job. Considering you got her mostly intact, I wonder how she was found.

 

[bgeorger]

Toronto PD scans plates as they drive by them and mine came up as stolen so they towed it away.

I’m feeling very fortunate that it was found.

 

[Don]

They disabled anything that could remotely access her. To me, this wasn't a simple job. Considering you got her mostly intact, I wonder how she was found.

The car may have been in transition.

As a master thief, I'm training young guys to hack the cars and drop them at a predetermined locations. No way I'm connecting my fancy chop shop/ vehicle transport operation directly to the theft and the knucklehead doing the theft.

Gig workers everywhere.

 

[bgeorger]

Can someone post pictures of their relay boxes on driver and passenger side. According to the diagram it seems I am missing a few.

 

[laughnpup]

So sorry to hear this.

 

[Colin_MKV]

Toronto PD scans plates as they drive by them and mine came up as stolen so they towed it away.

I’m feeling very fortunate that it was found.

That's great to hear. To think they went through all that work to disable every possible way to track the car but left the stolen plate on

 

[BigE'sLC]

wow so glad to hear you are getting it back! that is crazy

 

[chris_in_phx]

Really glad you got it back

 

[Marinna]

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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Not trying to make Canadian feels bad, but I keep reading that in 2023 at least the Ontario car theft rate goes up 40-50%. I’ve noticed many people reporting their heartbroken incident actually happens at Missisauga area. I supposed it is right outside Toronto airport so people come and go and they rarely pay attention to their surrounding.

I feel the bad thing for Ontario is that it is really close to the harbor, and government working are general way too bureaucratic. So it is too easy to get out of country. This would probably be comparable to some of the U.S. southern border.

I supposed there is no effective measure that can protection our car against organized criminals. They have means to workaround any protection we put in the car

 

[D-Train]

That's great to hear. To think they went through all that work to disable every possible way to track the car but left the stolen plate on

You know they came out and were like... 'SOMEONE STOLE MY STOLEN LANDCRUISER!!!! THOSE BASTARDS!!!'

 

[JoT.]

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.

This is terrible.. I’m so glad you got it back.
I took mine to get quote for Ceramic coating - when it came to the part where I would need to leave it overnight for it to cure the anxiety was so incredibly high that someone would steal it. Be it an employee or just an average Joe off the street. I was unable to leave it. I said no thank you I think I’m just gonna pass on this.

So now I’m doing all the research and collecting all of the products I’m going to just do it myself. I couldnt imagine leaving it somewhere overnight. Now this story is on my nightmares .. I am so glad for all of the advice that people are giving on here because now I will be looking into all antitheft and tracking and fob protection, etc., etc. etc..

 

[ultane]

Dummy OBDii ports are selling on ebay.
Hidden fuel pump kill switch is easily done via the relay trigger wire.

If I was smart like you, I’d do it.

 

[berry802]

Can someone post pictures of their relay boxes on driver and passenger side. According to the diagram it seems I am missing a few.

First pic driver side, 2nd pic passenger.

 

[Bluey]

Can someone post pictures of their relay boxes on driver and passenger side. According to the diagram it seems I am missing a few.

Is that how they disabled those features? By removing the relays?

 

[24LC]

When we insured ours recently, it was relatively expensive versus our other vehicles and the insurer gave the excuse that it was because it was higher theft risk. I assumed that was just a Toronto excuse. Sorry for your loss. Hope it was well insured

My premium when down about $80 per month.

 

[EOD Guy]

Can someone post pictures of their relay boxes on driver and passenger side. According to the diagram it seems I am missing a few.

Here they are from when I was doing some installs. (disregard the wire taps, they go to empty slots.

 

[EOD Guy]

The thieves probably have a TIS computer-lite, very easy to disable everything and add a new key fob.

 

[EOD Guy]

If I was smart like you, I’d do it.

Eventually, I'll add a disabler. My fully functional OBDii port dummy is on it's way. When you plug in a diagnostic computer, it will appear to work but never connect to the CAN buss which prevents any changes. I have already fabricated a solution to "Don's" concern about thieves tracing wires. and connecting to the orig port.

 

[EOD Guy]

Argh. I'm so angry for you. It's probably on a ship bound for Nigeria. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/auto-theft-canada-1.6953242

You should really read the posts, the police recovered it and he has it home.