Broken into - Brand New Audi A3
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Walked out onto the drive this morning to find the drivers door ajar, glove box and centre console all over the front seat but nothing taken and absolutely no damage! The car is a 13 plate, arrived in May.
Is this likely to be somesort of intercept of the key when I open the car? Is this a widespread problem? Anything Audi can do, re-programme the key?
I've left a message for the local dealer to call me back! Rang Audi UK and they were very helpful..."it doesn't matter how good our security is they will always find a way in"
The one thing I can't understand, they left it so I'd know and didn't take anything. Though the only thing to take was an umbrella and a pair of sunglasses but they didn't even take those!
Have they been able to do something so they can drive off at a later date?
Very annoyed....
Is this likely to be somesort of intercept of the key when I open the car? Is this a widespread problem? Anything Audi can do, re-programme the key?
I've left a message for the local dealer to call me back! Rang Audi UK and they were very helpful..."it doesn't matter how good our security is they will always find a way in"
The one thing I can't understand, they left it so I'd know and didn't take anything. Though the only thing to take was an umbrella and a pair of sunglasses but they didn't even take those!
Have they been able to do something so they can drive off at a later date?
Very annoyed....
kapiteinlangzaam said:
Be careful.... You might find it gone in a few weeks.....
A mate of mine had his Scirocco R broken in to..... Nothing stolen but the interior was made to look messed up etc.
Two weeks later they came back and drove it away with a key they had managed to cut from info they gleaned from the OBD port on the 1st break in.
Local Police said it was becoming quite common with VAG group cars
I thought that once the OBD port was accessed a new key could be coded in a minute or two. Why come back later?A mate of mine had his Scirocco R broken in to..... Nothing stolen but the interior was made to look messed up etc.
Two weeks later they came back and drove it away with a key they had managed to cut from info they gleaned from the OBD port on the 1st break in.
Local Police said it was becoming quite common with VAG group cars
This is very weird, pretty much the exact same thing happened to me a few months ago. GF found the passenger door ajar, glovebox open but nothing missing other than a packet of minstrels.
Car is A3 sport back 2005.
No damage to interior or exterior.
I went to the dealer to see if they'd had any other similar cases locally, but it was a Sunday so I just got the rather useless weekend sales boy shrug his shoulders at me!
I wonder if there is some kind of kit thats fallen into the wrong hands and allows them access to any Audi?
Car is A3 sport back 2005.
No damage to interior or exterior.
I went to the dealer to see if they'd had any other similar cases locally, but it was a Sunday so I just got the rather useless weekend sales boy shrug his shoulders at me!
I wonder if there is some kind of kit thats fallen into the wrong hands and allows them access to any Audi?
goingonholiday said:
Is this likely to be somesort of intercept of the key when I open the car? Is this a widespread problem? Anything Audi can do, re-programme the key?
it could be a jammer - you press the remote, but car never receives the signal because it is too weak compared to the jammer.Someone suggested they had heard the low life had moved on to Audi here and the VAG group took an injuction out to stop people publishing details of a hack to their remote locking (link in thread)
The other option, happened to me a couple of times, I sat/stood on key and unlocked car (and wound down windows) from indoors (or door wasn't properly shut and car didn't lock)
goingonholiday said:
The one thing I can't understand, they left it so I'd know and didn't take anything. Though the only thing to take was an umbrella and a pair of sunglasses but they didn't even take those!
If there is nothing taken and no damage, most people will doubt they locked it and not report it. - so no one will warn them that perhaps will be another visit to steal the car (if they think someone got in car. they'd assume they were distrubed so had a lucky esscape not to loose anything)
d, lucky you got a shoulder shrug not a knuckle sandwich.eldar said:
I thought that once the OBD port was accessed a new key could be coded in a minute or two. Why come back later?
Because by coming back later you are cutting down the risk (time on crime) of being caught or disturbed by about half using your two minutes to program a key. Pro thieves think about this sort of thing. Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff