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sik33 Enthusiast

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Well some scumbag managed to break into my truck lastnight, no damage no alarm wtf. Back door was opened tools stolen. How the hell is this

possible? was definitely locked and I have the upgraded alarm. so pissed right now.

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Tony Bianco Enthusiast

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Does the alarm manufacturer have some type of protection warranty in case the alarm doesn't work properly? Covers costs of the break-in?

sik33 Enthusiast

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I believe so it's KARR. currently on phone with onstar ripping them a new one. $50000 truck that can easily be unlocked is not good...

Tony Bianco Enthusiast

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One thing you might want to take a look at is the top frame of the door that was left open. See if it's bent out from the truck body. If it is then whomever broke may have used an air bag to pry the door back enough to use something to flip the lock.

 

Had this happen a while back on one of my vehicles. They didn't get in (I think they may have seen me. Me not knowing what was going on). but the inner door handle had mild scratches and the paint on the pillar was scratched from a coat hangar or whatever they were using to flip the lock.

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No damage at all, police were out already. They somehow unlocked and bypassed alarm electronically with a dongle or device. onstar has no records of alarm going off. Officer said this was the 5th silverado recently broken into with no forced entry or alarm.....

sik33 Enthusiast

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Just be cautious and aware your alarm/and fob is basically worthless now only useful as a remote lock. These trucks are no longer "secure".

chuckl1218 Senior Enthusiast

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Well some scumbag managed to break into my truck lastnight, no damage no alarm wtf. Back door was opened tools stolen. How the hell is this

possible? was definitely locked and I have the upgraded alarm. so pissed right now.

Trying to follow this and understand what "upgraded alarm" is. Do you have an upgrade to the standard alarm system or aftermarket alarm? I've never heard of "upgraded alarm".

 

Just be cautious and aware your alarm/and fob is basically worthless now only useful as a remote lock. These trucks are no longer "secure".

 

Very concerned about this!

amxguy1970 Senior Enthusiast

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Though I would think a good portion of the petty thieves stealing tools aren't capable of bypassing two alarms and entering a vehicle unforced, it is possible. What I think is more possible is either you forgot to lock it or thought you did and it didn't by it not entirely having the button pushed or some other weird factor, happens all the time. That is why I watch to make sure my garage is fully closed, seen it go back up on its own once in a blue moon. Sorry and that sucks, any way to park it inside?

 

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Did you purchase it new? 1 thing that I have witnessed 1st hand, is that onstar is very slow to remove permissions from a previous owner's onstar app. They can use their remote link app to unlock a truck that they no longer own for quite a long time before onstar deactivates it.

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Brand new 2015 bought oct 31st. I have a dealer installed "KARR" alarm installed that has disable and shock sensor. It was definitely locked check it before going to bed every night. Knuckleheads have some sort of device that acts as fob apparently.

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If you're going to get robbed anyway, at least they didn't damage your truck in the process.

 

Hopefully they haven't figured out how to remote hack into our trucks.

sik33 Enthusiast

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Yeah I agree about the no damage, I am extremely relieved for that. I am saying though that they have figured out a bypass/hack to gain entry into these trucks with some sort of

scanner. I checked my truck at 12pm and it was locked went to get into it at 5:30 and door was opened. Neighbors bedroom window open and 15 ft away from truck heard no alarm or ruckuss. Also parked on a high traffic main road not a side street.

chuckl1218 Senior Enthusiast

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Thanks for the clarification, although not good overall. Glad there was no damage. I do remember a problem with OnStar's App where it could be hacked, but they quickly released a new version which supposedly fixed it. So what's next...tires and wheels with locks stolen...now our alarm isn't really that good...

amxguy1970 Senior Enthusiast

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Thanks for the clarification, although not good overall. Glad there was no damage. I do remember a problem with OnStar's App where it could be hacked, but they quickly released a new version which supposedly fixed it. So what's next...tires and wheels with locks stolen...now our alarm isn't really that good...

 

Let's not jump to conclusions, it was one incident that may or may not have occurred...

 

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