Fiesta MK7 Theft

dlockers · 19 Sep 2024 at 11:20

Chaps,

My mum is down with me at the moment and we have just had a call her Fiesta is gone. Does anybody know if these are easy to take without the keys? Or are we expecting the house to be ransacked too?

Edit: this is a non keyless, 2017 model. Seems they do suffer from OBD port. I'm not sure if the car has an alarm at all - it does have an immobiliser though.

dlockers · 19 Sep 2024 at 12:08

Stolen without keys. Thank god.

dlockers · 19 Sep 2024 at 12:11

Armageus said:
If it's got power fold mirrors, then I believe the wiring for them can be exploited to open the doors.

Yes it did. Rip ecoboom

dlockers · 19 Sep 2024 at 12:38

Conscript said:
I've seen a few of posts on local Facebook groups lately about Fiestas being stolen, but I couldn't quite work out why as it was all just run-of-the-mill models, not STs or anything. Not that a normal Fiesta is a bad car, but it's not particularly exotic so I didn't think it would be much of a target...is it purely because they are relatively easy to steal that they get targeted?

Must be. It was a minter too - 2017 with 14k miles.

dlockers · 19 Sep 2024 at 20:52

lordrobs said:
Sucks that the car is gone but someone entering your home is a whole world of difference when it comes to the mental anxiety of a car getting stolen.

Cars are replaceable, your home is your home and you don't want that being violated in any way.

10000%. I was properly anxious for her (and me). Time to reassess security again. Sucks.

dlockers · 19 Sep 2024 at 21:18

Begbie said:
Friends for stolen, watched the video he had of it being stolen. In through the boot, cut the steering wheel to get the lock off. Must've been less than 5 minutes.

Quite common for people to disable the boot handle on them because of this, loads of people remove the odb port etc too. Sadly very very easy to steal.

For some reason going via the boot doesn't trigger the alarm.

I did wonder about the steering lock but I assume it is easily snapped.

dlockers · 20 Sep 2024 at 14:12

D-Ranged said:
Weren't they worth more second hand than new during COVID?

Yeah judging my auto trader we are getting back what I paid for it in 2017. Nuts

dlockers · 20 Sep 2024 at 14:20

D-Ranged said:
It is absolutely nuts, but in this case, kind of worked in your favour I hope!

The blessing is I had deferred some maintenance that was on the MOT for the last 4 years (leaky shock, bushes), and need two tyres. It's also the wet belt ecoboom so was due cambelt at some point...