The Puget Sound Auto Theft Task Force (PSATT), which serves King and Pierce counties, has issued an alert to all 1999-2007 Ford Super Duty Truck (F250-F550) owners that their trucks’ ignitions and door locks are especially susceptible to manipulation causing truck thieves to get access to the trucks in seconds and without keys.
The alert does not specify any techniques being used
by the truck thieves. In an email, PSATT notes that the thieves are not using
high tech techniques. This implies that the locks and ignitions of the Super
Duty trucks are exceptionally easy to manipulate with traditional techniques
such as shaved keys. The alert focuses on 1999 to 2007 models. Older vehicles do
not have the more modern security measures, such as key fobs, that newer vehicles
have.
Ford pickup trucks have been on the top 10 most stolen
vehicle list compiled by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) for several
years, along with Chevrolet and Dodge pickup trucks.
The reason so many Ford pickups are stolen, besides
being exceptionally easy to steal, is that there is a lot of them on the
streets. A stolen Ford pickup can be used to part out in addition to use as
transportation to commit another crime.
PSATT recommends that owners of Super Duty trucks,
·
Lock the truck.
·
Remove all valuables from view.
·
Activate a vehicle alarm system.
In addition, PSATT recommends the following extra
precautions,
·
Install a hidden GPS to track your
truck if it is stolen.
·
Install a hidden kill switch
so that the truck cannot be started even if the ignition is defeated.
Puget Sound Auto Theft Task Force:
National Insurance Crime Bureau:
https://www.nicb.org/HotWheels2019
Canadian Underwriter:
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