Preventing Theft of Your Lightning

[ALAN BORER]

This is something to worry about.

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[ALAN BORER]

The way tech is today they can steal your truck in a matter of minutes ?

 

[Zprime29]

This ain't a Kia, I'm not worried and I live in a city were car theft is very high.

 

[Zaptor]

I believe the system uses rolling codes and certainly senses the presence of the fob (and won't drive without one); I've not heard of a single Lightning being stolen, so what is the cause for (no pun intended) alarm?

 

[9onmy6]

They only want your tail lights.
https://www.motorbiscuit.com/people-keep-stealing-ford-f-150-taillights/

 

[Heliian]

In a strange turn of events, Ram pickup trucks are being stolen like nobody's business. #1 in thefts at the moment.

 

[ChrisCon]

I’m just enjoying the fact that the original post is just photos with absolutely no additional information. I’m not sure what to do with this new found knowledge.

 

[Amps]

I’m not sure what to do with this new found knowledge.

I'll give it a shot.

• Buy fob pockets to act as a Faraday cage to prevent signal cloning.
• Boot your truck yourself. (My luck they'd use the 580 hp and 775 ft/lbs of torque to spin the boot one time and total the truck.)

 

[F150ROD]

Meh….. they’ll most likely get caught at a charging station, not worried about it….

 

[ChrisCon]

I'll give it a shot.

• Buy fob pockets to act as a Faraday cage to prevent signal cloning.
• Boot your truck yourself. (My luck they'd use the 580 hp and 775 ft/lbs of torque to spin the boot one time and total the truck.)

I would sooner sell my truck and use the proceeds to move to a better area than boot my own truck . Wow. I wish this post had more all caps. .

 

[9onmy6]

I would sooner sell my truck and use the proceeds to move to a better area than boot my own truck . Wow. I wish this post had more all caps. .

CAP lock on due to chip shortage.

 

[Shady]

Meh if they want your truck its going to get dragged onto a flatbed and driven off.

 

[sen7inel]

It would be nice if Ford gave us a PIN to drive feature. Seems like an easy to implement peace of mind for those concerned about possible vehicle theft

 

[Yellow Buddy]

If you’re really that concerned to the point where it requires a separate step the drive the car…just pull fuse 32 every time you get out of the truck.

Guaranteed a car thief isn’t going to sit there and troubleshoot it, then happen to be carrying a spare 20A. Especially true if they found it unlocked. It would spook them to no end.

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