Stolen Silverado

[ManyCamaroz]

A coworker and I both bought trucks about mid-May last year. I bought a HD2500 and he bought the 1500 Duramax. We were both in Houston this week for training and his (still new to him) got jacked from the hotel parking lot Thursday morning. His OnStar started sending him alerts around 4am of malfunctions for multiple systems. The Police viewed the hotel security footage and stated 2 individuals rolled up at 3:56am, both climbed out and while once went under the front end (The Police stated to supposedly cut the horn wires) while the other entered the cab. They rolled out with his truck at 4:01am (5 minutes) later.

 

Let it be known that I despise frick'n thieves...

Edited February 10, 2024 by ManyCamaroz

[newdude]

Lots of possibilities here.  His doors could have been unlocked which would have made any thief's job easy.  The ECMs are unfortunately rather easy to get to on the T1 trucks.  If they've got some sort of "hot swap" ready to use ECM, I could see them doing it in 5 minutes time.  There's been theft on the K2 generation and same thing, they access the ECM and swap in a unit that is somehow set up to power the truck.

Edited February 10, 2024 by newdude

[ManyCamaroz]

He was certain it was locked. there was an outside plastic chrome door handle left on the ground where it was pared. I think a Tundra was also jacked.

[Pryme]

Houston is not a good area. At this point in the game I just choose to stay in good areas. Getting harder and harder though. 
 

Cant onstar track the truck?

[rjgvt]

That sucks that the truck was stolen. I didn’t think it was so easy to steal a modern push start vehicle. I do know that key fobs can be made from scanning signals. 
 

I can see where my truck is located on the map on MyGMC app on my phone. 

[ManyCamaroz]

He contacted OnStar and they said his plan didn't cover tracking, although he said he was paying about $60 a month for his plan. His Chevy app still showed it at his house in Marshall, TX around 250 miles form Houston.  

[carkhz316]

20 hours ago, ManyCamaroz said:

they said his plan didn't cover tracking, although he said he was paying about $60 a month  

Worthless then. Good grief. I hope your buddy gets its all resolved in the end.

[txab]

He could always upgrade his plan retroactively

[Handy]

Sorry to hear that.  My 2005 Duramax was stolen in 2022 in a similar fashion, 5 minutes, locked in a hotel parking lot, fully loaded with a boat on top, and all my camping and fishing gear on my way home from a 1-week trip.  Never saw it again.  If I could get 1 thing back it would be the GoPro footage from my trip.  It took me a year to get a replacement long-bed gas truck which I got last July.  I subscribe to OnStar knowing they will track and slow down the stolen truck.  The plans state, including your friend's plan, "If someone tries messing with your car, we’re on it. We’ll be tracking it and working with the police* to slow it down and help recover it. Car thieves don’t stand a chance".  Apparently, the thieves are able to disable that function easily?  I assumed GM would secure the components for this reason?  In retrospect, I wish I would have pulled a fuse or relay out of my truck and maybe they would not have stolen it.  I have looked at the fuses and relays in my new 2024 truck and narrowed it down to some choices but I don't know enough about them.  Does anyone have a suggestion of what fuse or relay would be the best for removing to help prevent theft?  44, FTZM ignition.  46, engine control module ignition.  69, starter motor.  78, engine control module.  86, engine control module.  87 and 90, injectors.  Relay 70, starter motor.  Relay 77, powertrain.  Someone will suggest installing a kill switch and I am aware of that and have done it on a previous truck, but am looking for a different solution now.

2024 truck fuse block.pdf 2024 truck fuse block1.pdf 2024 truck fuse block2.pdf

[gregus73]

Sorry to hear that.

Makes me think twice about upping my subscription with OnStar now. I keep an Apple Air Tag in my truck and my Bronco, both hidden away.

 

 

 

Edited February 19, 2024 by gregus73

[ManyCamaroz]

So the latest is the truck has been recovered. Very little information other than the Police were raiding a house for another offence and stumbled upon some vehicles that had been reported stolen. The truck only had some body damage on the drivers door from them ripping off the door handle. Appears they had pulled the dashes left and right fuse block cover panels off. Maybe looking for trackers? I don't know. 

[Naughty Donkey Performance]

9 minutes ago, ManyCamaroz said:

So the latest is the truck has been recovered. Very little information other than the Police were raiding a house for another offence and stumbled upon some vehicles that had been reported stolen. The truck only had some body damage on the drivers door from them ripping off the door handle. Appears they had pulled the dashes left and right fuse block cover panels off. Maybe looking for trackers? I don't know. 

Glad he got t back, there are Faraday pouches on  Amazon and also they make a kill switch that has its own remote so that you can still us your remote start, so 2 remotes but one is killing ALL power coming out of the battery until it is activated.

Just a thought, I use the faraday pouch at home and on the go, the work, I tested it from inside the vehicle itself and NADA.

I saw on youtube the bastards went on a guys front porch and stole the signal from his remote and then used it to drive off in his rig right from his driveway.

Cheers

[Hannah02]

Hey, on the 2024 Duramax, what was the color of it in and any identifying stickers? Had a suspicious Facebook message request about a trade so I googled a stolen vehicles matching the description in this popped up.