Bobby Singh

Hi all,

Do these scanner work on Golf Mk4? Im pretty sure I locked my car last night however this morning I've noticed my headunit has gone with no other damage??
Are after market alarm systems the only way or can these be grabbered / scanned aswell?

Thanks Bobby

panelbeater

anything that recieves a remote signal can be scanned

GUZZLER

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pisses me off when it leaves you unsure

i'm thinking whats the chances of the 1 night you don't lock it that someone checks it..... but if its on a busy road then theres every chance.

seems a bit extreme having a code grabber to nick head units, maybe they are in to other thing aswell? Any damage to the ignition lock?

Bobby Singh

No other damage mate in fact my tool box was in the boot and they even looked there and did not take it. There was also about £4 in the ashtray - so its making me think if all they wanted was drug money there was lose change directly in front of them.

Time for cheapo head unit i think.

Fast Guy

Decent alarms change the code each time, so even if it is grabbed it can't be used again as it's already been used once.

It's not the car where a tennis ball over the key hole can open them is it?

Nath

That's what I thought. Haven't most of them been like that for a few years now?

I had it happen to me a few times on my smokestone 4x4 and then caught them on camera unlocking it. It's a good job I had a problem with the ignition barrel and changed it, otherwise that would of been gone

Can't you cctv where the cars parked?

Turbosystems

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you sure it hadn't passive armed and all you did when you pressed the remote to arm it was disarm the passive arming
i always check the door on my evo because of this

CossieRob

The key to my Girlfriends Golf Mk4 GTi unlocks and locks my Polo GTi when you press the button, has always bothered me as mine key used to unlock hers but now it doesn't? Is it just a coincidence or could it be a VW problem - although the cars is unlocked on the button the key won't fit/start the car, i have to always lock the car again after she goes cos of this!

Turbosystems

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i had 2 saph cossies in years ago and the keys for each car would both start and unlock each other
don't the vw's have central locking issues ,lock you in ,lock you out,lock your keys in the ignition,don't lock

Bobby Singh

CCTV is the next option I think.
Tony -basically locks itself if its be opened via the remote and the doors dont open within a minute or so.

I've actually enabled the alarm chirp on the car so im thinking i should have heard that if someone did disarm the system via a scanner or a grabber - but when your deep in sleep you dont hear anything nevermind a chirp.

Bobby Singh

Mate i think you might be on to something - my wife has a passat and so does my inlaws and my inlaws remote use to unlock my wifes car - i used VAG COM to cancel all programmed remotes and then readded them.

FFS

Turbosystems

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sounds like vw have invented an all in one remote for their alarms bob

Bobby Singh

Tony your right mate in my wifes passat if the car is running and you open the boot, on closing the boot ALL the doors lock meaning you end up locking your keys in with the car running.

I've already had to smash the glass once.

Turbosystems

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is that an optional extra from new

JTECH James

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most good alarms have rolling code,

another thing the theives would do is throw millions of codes at the alarm to confuse it, and it would dissarm, but new alarms also have a feature if they detect any code that is not there own, they close down for a few seconds which stops this from working

Turbosystems

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my monies on the car didn't lock when you thought you had armed it

BM08

Even though ive got a decent alarm i always check the door before walking away.

snoopaloopa

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I've just disabled my remote locking because of this, I now have to lock it with the key because I was never quite certain if it was locked or not lol

Psycho Warren

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his is why i always check the door locks, double lock it and keep it on cctv so if some bastard has some fancy gadget then i can see it next to my TV and go down a batter them.

They attacked me first, honest officer, it was self defence.

iannny

I think this will open your eyes.

cozmeister

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Hopefully that's a spam post, but with shit like that available to Joe Public, I might as well leave my Saff unlocked.

iannny

unfortunately it`s not spam. I posted this ad because two weeks ago my car was stolenand out of curiosity I searched on internet such devices. I think we should be very careful from now on.

BigChuck

do you honestly think its a good idea to advertise it on a site though....
if people are looking for it they will find it.

but there is no need to actively advertise the item, and bring it to the attention of everyone?

martysmartie

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But any decent alarm encrypts the signal so I'm guessing this system would not work? As said most systems send out a different code each time anyway?

Martin

iannny

martin look at the comments....i thik we are in trouble
far as I know a keyless card use the most powerful coding systems