Locking Down your Jeep so it does not get STOLEN!

[Deleted member 59498]

I was not the guy with dogs though! I love dogs though!

Jeep Cats are awesome also!

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[Jammer]

ok

 

[Deleted member 59498]

OK moving on to cat videos!

 

[Jiggs1960]

order one with a manual transmission, and 95% of people under 40 won't be able to steal it.............

 

[pfletcher229648]

I use Trunk Monkey, 100% effective.

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[acomputernerd]

Get one of these

the potential of a fire should scare anyone away from this :')

 

[Zandcwhite]

the potential of a fire should scare anyone away from this :')

Not to mention, poping a manual into neutral and rolling it onto a trailer doesn't even require the thieves to know that there's a release hiding in the center console like the autos.

 

[JeepinJason33]

Here's the question - how much is your insurance deductible? $250, $500, maybe $1000? Now, how much are you spending on those items to prevent theft? I don't know, so let's call it "X". Lastly, what is the percent chance that your Jeep get stolen?

So far, roughly 1.1 million Wrangler JLs have been sold. And, only in Hawaii does it even rank in the top 10 of vehicles stolen. But, let's say that it would be the #10 stolen vehicle in the US. That would put annual thefts at ~13,000 units, or 65,000 since 2018. That's a 6% chance of it being stolen.

Now, if you spend money on theft prevention, then there is a 100% chance you've spent that money (duh). But, if you don't then there is only a 6% chance that you will have to pay that deductible. So, which one is greater? It's a simple formula:

If X > $1000 * 6%, then you're better off not spending any more than $60 on theft prevention ($30 for a $500 deductible, $15 for a $250 deductible).

Obviously, there's some consideration that must be made for dealing with the hassle of having your car stolen. But, that's very subjective. For instance, I wouldn't mind that much. I tend to look at those things like opportunities. I once had factory chrome wheels stolen off my Firebird convertible. For the amount of money that the insurance gave me for factory replacements, I was able to buy aftermarket wheels and tires for the street . . . PLUS a set of 17x11 C5 replicas with 315/35-17 race slicks for racing!

If it is stolen and not recovered, you have to wait 30 days to get paid for the loss. If you have heavily modded out your Jeep, all of that money is down the drain as most insurance companies will not cover it. If you paid someone to do the work, it is even worse. On top of that, you get dinged for the loss and your rates go up.

 

[Zandcwhite]

If it is stolen and not recovered, you have to wait 30 days to get paid for the loss. If you have heavily modded out your Jeep, all of that money is down the drain as most insurance companies will not cover it. If you paid someone to do the work, it is even worse. On top of that, you get dinged for the loss and your rates go up.

Depends entirely on your insurance company and policy details. Our policy covers the 1st $1k in aftermarket parts, but you can add a rider for whatever value you want. Farmers insurance has no waiting period but between filing and valuations and agreeing to the total it took about 3 weeks to get paid when our 2019 was stolen last year. It still hasn’t been recovered. Our rates were unaffected as it is not an at fault loss (again depends on your insurance company). I’m not an insurance expert, but unfortunately have first hand experience here.

 

[JeepinJason33]

Depends entirely on your insurance company and policy details. Our policy covers the 1st $1k in aftermarket parts, but you can add a rider for whatever value you want. Farmers insurance has no waiting period but between filing and valuations and agreeing to the total it took about 3 weeks to get paid when our 2019 was stolen last year. It still hasn’t been recovered. Our rates were unaffected as it is not an at fault loss (again depends on your insurance company). I’m not an insurance expert, but unfortunately have first hand experience here.

I have USAA and they only cover up to 5k with no additional coverage option. Getting a separate plan would cost a lot more, so an alarm system makes sense for me and I assume a few others. I have over 35k in mods on mine so the investement is worth it...

 

[acomputernerd]

Not to mention, poping a manual into neutral and rolling it onto a trailer doesn't even require the thieves to know that there's a release hiding in the center console like the autos.

it is easier in a Manual but that option is available in all jeeps.

 

[Zandcwhite]

it is easier in a Manual but that option is available in all jeeps.

"release hiding in the center console like the autos."...

 

[acomputernerd]

"release hiding in the center console like the autos."...

Didnt know there was one, never been in an auto. I was thinking more of the other stick that you can manually put into neutral directly to the transfer case. Yes I did miss that text as well

 

[U EEDIOT]

I have USAA and they only cover up to 5k with no additional coverage option. Getting a separate plan would cost a lot more, so an alarm system makes sense for me and I assume a few others. I have over 35k in mods on mine so the investement is worth it...

What's your address?

 

[speedymart]

So I did the Faraday bag for both my remotes, seem to work great, but I was seeing thieves steal Jeep via the OBD/OBD2 port or the SWG Port, I was wondering which port they are going after OBD OR SWG? I HAVE A 2020 JEEP WILLYS.

Also seen the Taser Mini as a solution, pin number etc. but I also seen that they can just remove the device and plug there device in, unless I am reading it wrong, please let me know what you have seen.

Regards,

DR.

Behind the glovebox there are 2 star connectors. They gain access to the interior, pop the glove box out, and can program a new key in under 2 minutes. Only real solution is a kill switch, as you can't really lock those connectors up or anything. You can lock your glovebox but it's really just delaying them 20 seconds.

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