How'd they steal this truck??

[dodger22]

An acquaintance of mine had his 1999 Ram 1500 stolen from his workplace. It was no more than 20 yards from his window. There was no broken glass so I guess they jimmied the lock or used a slim jim to get in. Does this model year have any kind of factory installed anti-theft device? I know that on my 2001 CTD if the door is locked and the window down if I reach in and pull up on the lock the alarm will sound.



According to the cops this is the 3rd Ram stolen in a fairly short time. Time to get a Boomerang tracking system installed.



Richard

 

[Rob Thomas]

Thats another downfall to these trucks, anyone with a coat hanger and a few seconds of time can get into them. My '99 had a remote keyless entry, but no anti-theft device, unlike my '01 which has a factory alarm (not sure if it's worth a hoot though). A self installed kill switch would be a good idea, IMO





Rob

 

[RGuzzo]

30 amp in-line switch toggle type with pilot light . wire in-line shut down sol. red wire on my 97 10 or 12 ga. the biggest of the 3 wires. solder all conn. and mount in a convienent place for yourself but out of sight eh!

 

[Sojourner]

Being stupid I locked the keys in the ignition, engine running, at my old workplace. One of the mechanics came out with a coat hanger and had the passenger door open in about 3 seconds..... seriously, 3 seconds.

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I'm going to start putting my Autolock on everytime I get out and leave it running with the doors locked. 3 seconds!!! CRAP!!!

 

[CarlJensen]

ANY car thief worth a darn can get into ANY car or truck in under a minute!!! Wire in a kill switch and get LOJAC!

 

[DaveN]

yep, same thing here, locked my keys in it running, went inside to call my wife, and one of the mechanics at work said - waitaminit, we have a slimjim. Went out to the truck and about five seconds later, I was in. So yeah, with that and a set of stolen master keys from the dealer (yes there are only maybe twenty different keys made for your truck... . ) they are less than a minute away from driving away... .

 

[JyRO]

I try to keep valuables out of it and pay my insurance premiums. I'm lucky, where I live is pretty safe plus I have a poochie-poochie alarm. Now if I drive it to work, well it could get gone fairly easy. I've always thought of putting a hidden toggle inline with the clutch start switch. Toggle it off, and it won't crank. 'Course that wouldn't help if I had left it running.



- JyRO