Top 3 Ways Thieves Steal Cars 

Just pull out the engine before leaving the car, if they dont have the engine how are they gonna start the car, Think smart!

when I want to steal a car, I press triangle button.

Man... this guy stole a truck just to make a video for us! Now thats dedication, subscribed 👍

As an apprentice mechanic who has a lot of thieves in town, I thank you!! Now I can honestly tell people the pros and cons of each vehicle they have and how to prevent theft! 😊

The ultimate anti theft is to drive a PT Cruiser, thieves will just feel bad for you

Just drive a first gen Prius or a Fiat. Even thieves have standards.

Who remembers the old Viper car alarms? "Please step away from the vehicle!"

Thanks for the information . I know a machinist in Greece who removed the gearshift lever from his car and redesigned it so evertime he parked his car he just removed the lever and it was NEVERstolen or vandalized in 20 years he kept his car.

Put a fake kill switch under the steering column and hook up the fake kill switch to honk the horn and turn interior light on unless the real kill switch is on. Bonus points for making a transistor circuit that keeps the horn and lights on even when the switch is off. Also the real kill switch would be a 3 way that can disable it :)

I learned about these techniques years ago when I had cars and motorcycle stolen from me. Last night, I heard a loud repetitive banging noise at 11 PM. I went to investigate as I knew exactly what that noise was (most likely) and noticed a getaway car just idling at a stoplight while someone else was in a parked vehicle in a driveway. I called the police and was able to thwart a vehicle theft because I had the exact same thing done to me. Knowledge is power. Please use it wisely!

Thank you! To prevent your vehicle from getting stolen you must know how they are getting stolen to make it more challenging.

Garage your car to help prevent thievery. Also, add another layer of protection by having your German Shepherd sleep in the garage.

I just take the fuel pump fuse with me if I plan to park in a suspicious area for a longer period of time.

At major events like sports games and concerts, many people who arrive late park illegally and get towed away. Thieves just come in a tow truck and haul away whatever vehicle they want. If you see a plain painted tow truck, with no company name, watch out ! ! !

Very cool explanations. What caught my eye was the graph showing how car thefts had been declining through the 1990's and 2000, then was a bit of an upsurge in the next 3 years, coincidentally, Gone in 60 Seconds came out in late 2000, and Fast & Furious in 2001 :D Then they started to continue to downward trend until 2014, when Need for Speed was released.

For newer cars with a FOB, the RFI blocker, or Faradays cage, is a small metal box that blocks radio waves. Drop your keys in it when you get home. Great advice.

Now we wait for the kill switch install video

90% of the people that are watching this are probably trying to steal a car and 10% are pooping watching this

I like to use the fuel pump power for a kill switch. Let them crank it a while, with false hope.

America's most effective anti-theft system: MANUAL TRANSMISSION

Just buy manual transmission cars thevies too lazy

Buy a manual any American will be stunned by the alien wizardry

As an automotive instructor, I'm blown away by the creative ways these scumbags steal cars. Here in Seattle-Washington, it's rampant...Cover your VIN number on your dash, and install a kill switch. All cars have a visible VIN on the drivers side dash area so that police can see it through the windshield. Cover this, as I did.

The best anti-theft measure I have found, is I dont buy a car thieves wanna steal

I feel ya, man. I bought mine with a screwdriver in the ignition

if you are a car thief be so kind and voluntarily skip this video

Helpful info. You know your stuff. Thanks for the advice

Thanks man this really helped! Got a new whip today!

Just take the steering wheel with you, I learned that from Mr. Bean.

This dude is really just telling a bunch of people how to steal cars lmao

Just had my car stolen within past week and I learned a lot thank you sir

Thieves can also use a signal jammer so when you click to lock your car while walking away they can jam the signal and your car doesn't lock even though you think you locked it. So you should always press your lock button numerous times while walking away.

Im a trainee thief, thanks for the info.

I usually just leave the keys in the car. Sadly ,No one has stolen my car

Excellent information for my academic research. Thanks man.

There are many things you missed about how car thieves steal cars. Especially on the older vehicles and the stearing lock. On older vehicles you do not have to use the wires to start the vehicle. I'm a former car thief who helps people secure their property. Got to give props for you recommending a kill switch. I think that is the best way to avoid your vehicle being stolen. Great video brother.

The best way to protect your car overally cheaply based on my fathers recommendation who works in a company developing and rating car security systems: 1. A cheap kills switch installment 2. Independent alarm installment 3. Cheap GPS installment Everything explained below: 1. The most important: a kill switch.. Super cheap installment of a standard electrical switch with cables, the switch will cut power to either ignition or battery power or the best option imo a power that goes to a fuel pump, however its very important to perfectly hide this switch where it cant be easily seen, only reached with finger/s.. This is a must have especially for keyless entry cars but works perfectly on any other car as thieves will either have to find the switch what you should make impossible by hiding it perfectly or by disassembling the floor looking for the additional connections, yeah... neither one of these is going to happen, thieves are usually in a hurry, they dont want to get caught.. 2. A independent car alarm.. A bit more pricey like few hundred of dollars max but worth it.. The type of alarm that when silently triggered upong car entry you have 10/20 seconds to disarm it by for example an RFID chip that you normally carry on your keyring or w/e, and if you fail to disarm it within the time, the alarm goes off honking or even powering up a siren if you additionally buy one.. The best thing is going to be the independence, as thieves might think they got inside the car the legit way, the independent car alarm wont actually give a f*ck thus making a lot of noise bringing attention to thieves what will make them run for sure.. 3. Cheap GPS module that use GPS and GSM to communicate, perfectly hidden inside the car, (make it as hard to get to as possible, powering it on 12V in your car).. These normally communicate withing SMS about more than just their GPS location, some can even send info like when the car was started.. More expensive ones can even communicate thru the internet data so you can check where your car is any time with your smartphone.. Its recommended to have more of these cheap ones as when thieves would find one, they might think theres no more, however we should assume they wont find any as you should make it as hard to get to as possible, they wont have time to strip the whole car looking for these devices.. To best protect from any regular car thief there is out there, just install all of these 3 things mentioned above and their chances of stealing your car will drop almost to zero.. Just note that none of these might help against professional car thieves..If they cant find the switch or start the car they might just return later towing your car away, if they notice independent car alarm they might just pop the hood and kill your honkers and siren in like 10 seconds.. If they think that there are GPS modules in your car they might use GSM blocking devices or devices that point out the GSM traffic thus easily finding these modules... You wont have a chance if professional car thieves target your car, however chances that they will are insanely low as this kind of people usually target the most expensive super cars for example.. Well thats it.. I hope this helps someone.. Have a nice day and please upvote so more people can effectively protect their cars

I can speak personally the value of a kill switch! Someone broke into my F150 truck and broke/took out the ignition lock cylinder, but even though it appears the thief spent a lot of time on it, he had no luck, due to the kill switch!

Forgot some steps I had to come back to this video mid robbery. Hope i get away Edit: I got away 👍

Back in the 1980s I put kill switches on both my old VWs. They got broken into but never stolen. Chipped keys are the best to thwart thieves, better yet a chipped key with a manual transmission. Also with the keyless entry: thieves can sit in parking lots with scanners and pick up the signal from a nearby car when the driver parks and leaves to go into the building. That makes the scanner the 'keyless entry' device and the thief simply walks up, unlocks the car, and drives away.

Some use a tow truck. Who's going to question a tow truck hauling away a car. Most of us are going to think that the car was either parked illegally or was not operable and the owner requested the tow truck.

I always remove the driveshaft from my truck every time I park it.... jokes on them when they get it running :)

A lot of info in less than 9 minutes. Good job!

Great info mate. Thank you.

I just leave the keys in my door with a note “ please torch beyond recognition so i can collect in insurance more than i bought my car for “ thankyou kind thief 😎

They used to hang horse thieves.

i definitely found that informative and very well presented. don't understand how someone could announce to the world that they dislike something just for the sake of it. oh well...FUGGEM! much appreciated Homie! NEW SUBSCRIBER

A very helpful video. Thanks

Best way to stop vehicle theft? Buy a piece of shit car and fix it up when needed, but don't make it look good.

So is this a tutorial? Thx btw i got my first job

Thanks for the tips!

very informative thanks!

I have an older truck but it comes with a simple theft prevention device. It is called a stick shift manual transmission.

These are tips to prevent car theft Me:*stealing a car* aw...

Very informative thanks you great vid btw

RU-vid has everything!!!! Thanks for helping me we’ve gotta plan before we steal one!!!!

Thieves see this video. "Ooooh so that's what I need to do instead".

I bought a car at an auction (Copart) and it did not come with a key. They (the dealer) said that standard procedure is for the owner of the car (with the title and registration in his name) to come and ask for a key, but since I had a receipt from Copart saying that I bought it, they went ahead and made the key for me. It makes me wonder, what if I had of printed out a counterfeit auction receipt and went to the dealer with that? The receipt wasn't any sort of fancy paper, it was ordinary 8.5 X 11 paper that you get from Wal-mart. I didn't think of that until this video.

Good Stuff, Great Tips😃👍🏿

Thanks for the info.

Having been in the life as a youngster (eventually did time), if I really wanted your car, I'd have it. Wether I busted your ignition, or Ran Up on you with a thing in my hand. No way out. To be honest, one of the best methods to prevent your car being stolen is an alarm system. 9/10 times we won't touch your car of we see the blinking alarm system. No one wants to do time for a Honda civic.

I have a 1995 honda civic ex and after it was stolen twice ( should've learned my lesson I know ) I decided to write a note on my window saying " Take it again and your ASS will pay for it " So I placed needles facing upward on the car seat. probably about 25 something of them. I left another note on the ceiling saying " I told you " and it worked out because I approached my car one time several days after only to find the door unlocked, some blood on the pavement and a small dent on my ceiling. I'm assuming my plan worked and once he sat down he/she jumped in pain, hit the ceiling and bled outside.

thanks for explaining how the RF is picked up and the keys transmit it continuously. I am glad I didnt buy the keyless entry feature and I have to just press a button to open the doors which I think is more safe.

Well made video thank you.

In here Canada, most cars got stolen because car owners turned on the car and walk away and let it warm up.

I usually just take the whole engine apart every time I park, works like a charm!

Install a switch that shuts off power to the fuel pump. If you really want to get sneaky, use one of the switches on the dash.( For example, the airbag on/off for passenger seat)

I just want to say thank you, I lost my keys and I replaced the ignition but the ati theft still went on and I love been trying with no success to disengage it , but after watching your video I was finally able to disengage ati theft so once again thank you

I had one stolen, a Toyota FJ. They just came with a tow truck.

Hey man. I really miss your videos. Please come back to RU-vid. You are one of the best mechanics on the internet.

My old friend had a kill switch so the car would only start if you pushed down a certain power window buttons.. it was only about 40 bucks. I just pop my hood every time & remove my starter relay and the fuel pump also. Gives me a little peace of mind.🤙

Great video subject thank you

Leave the key tumbler out and dangle some wires so it looks like somebody already tried to steal it. Then install a remote starter or on/off switch. Maybe a pair of cut off handcuffs and empty 9mm casings on the floor? Wire your low gas light so it's always on?

yes officer, this video right here.....

Wow, beautiful location. 0:17. High up on a hill. Mountains in the distance and they actually look lower than the mountain we are on. Nice greenery. I wanna move there.

Thx for the info bro

I was expecting Divorce to be #1 on that list 🤣

Thanks for the Tutorial. Let me go try it out x)

Thanks for the tutorial

Thanks for the help

Good info. I had a car stolen exactly as described in method 1, they used a big screwdriver to punch out the door lock, then same again to smash the steering lock and ignition. I saw the thieves later in town but could not prove it was them. I then got one of those through the steering wheel bars, a pain to put on but better than having another car smashed up. That method 3 looks like poo, a fob always emitting RF!? stoopid.

Great video brother. I knew the way to secure the older vehicles with the switch but I had no idea about how thieves were stealing newer vehicles. I grew up in projects housing in south Florida and people would steal or try and steal our rides all the time in the 80's and early 90's that didn't have the chip in the key. So we always had alarms on our rides not just to keep car thieves from stealing our ride but so crackheads would most of the time be scared off from breaking in and ripping our stereo systems. By the way I appreciate all your other videos. I've been rebuilding old rides my whole life and finally went to school and got a degree in automotive engineering, rebuild, transmission rebuild, electrical and automotive fundamentals. For me electrical class for newer cars was not my best subject in all the classes so when I have an electrical issue I can't figure out you're the first channel on RU-vid I go to. Thanks again for all the help and the videos! When you do read this I do have an electrical issue I'm having with my 92 isuzu pickup 2.3l 5 speed. No one has been about to figure it out and I'd like to know if I let you know the issue could you possibly give me your best opinion or advice or things to test other than all the things I've tested already. I'll just let you know now it's an electrical charging system issue. If you have the time at some point if you read this could you either respond on here that you can try to help with some advice or possibly email me and I'll email you the issue and what I've tested already. It has me and a lot of people confused on what it could be. Thank you. And if you don't have time I'll understand. But if you can help and think it's a good subject to do a video on after I let you know the issue and can help figure it out that would be great. I'm hoping it's something simple lol. Ok thanks again. I'm not sure if my email is on here or not or if I'm allowed to post it on here or not? Sorry for the long post. Hope you get around to reading it. Have a great weekend.

Wow, this new car is super smooth. Thx man 😌

Thanks for letting me know about this. So best is to buy a faraday wallet that shields the transmitting signal. We all enjoy keyless entry and i dont want that feature gone. Also make sure you have full insurance. Your car will just end up in Nigeria.

Disconnect your drive shaft and thieves won't be able to drive your car.

Install an extra fuel pump and switch, run a hose into the seat poking through just above the head rest. On the same switch install an electric bbq igniter next to the hose. Just dont forget to turn off the switch when you drive.

Thanks for the tutorial bro💚 Im bout to steal a whip rn💯

thanks, ill make sure to use these

plotwist : he is a thief

thank you this was much needed!!! as I am getting my first car tomorrow, feeling excited

Thank you cuddie you just helped the whole hood out 😂😂😂

Great advice, also a small steering wheel to brake pedal lock sorta helps. And a fuel shut of switch is Handy too.

lmao this mans is out here livestreaming “how to steal cars”😂

One piece of advice that I have given to many other RU-vidrs is that if somebody gets to your channel and is viewing your videos for the very first time you should really give them a chance to actually watch your video and see what your content is about before they subscribe to your Channel or like the video that's like buying something before you even know what it is it doesn't work that way

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Very educational and very interesting great video brother good information now

Good presentation. Thank you. My friend's 2019 Jeep Rubicon was stolen. After a few days the cops chased the guys. The jeep came to a cul-da-sac , drove the jeep onto a front yard, then the guys run off. All caught on tape.

I just picked up a Chameleon XLE. I no longer worry about theft.

Great Video thanks! On a brand new pick up truck, should you be installing the kill switch yourself? or bring it to a shop to do if for you? Doing it this way I'm skeptical as they will have your address on file etc and I want to make sure I trust them. How would you attempt this?

In addition to the kill switch. Install a push button that looks like a racecar start button,but wire it to the horn. Install just under the steering column like you are trying to hide it.