Check your car is locked!

myke · 03-02-2011, 03:31 PM

Hi Guys,

I read AutoExpress regularly and in last weeks issue there was an article on car security. Recently criminals have been using 'garage fobs' to block the signal from your key from going to your car because they're on the same frequency, hence stopping it from locking. Most people just walk away and don't check that their car is locked, and with the weather being bad, even more people are trying to get away from the rain and into the warm so don't check, just assume.

Just to warn you all to check your doors before you go, because you may not realise that your car hasn't locked.

Another tip - don't leave Bluetooth on on your laptop if it's in your boot - criminals use their mobiles to search for Bluetooth devices and can help criminals to identify target vehicles.

Just a heads up to you all, I'm lucky, my alarm beeps twice when the doors are locked and the alarm's on.

**cocaine** · 03-02-2011, 03:34 PM

my car doesnt have remote locking so im fine

i usually check its locked anyway even after i physically turn the key haha

myke · 03-02-2011, 03:42 PM

Didn't know you had a car

what you got? nd oic it doesn't effect you then

RandomManJay · 03-02-2011, 04:01 PM

I haven't got remote locking, thankfully, but I'm sort of OCD with my locks and check every door when I lock it

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**cocaine** · 03-02-2011, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by Myke

Didn't know you had a car

what you got? nd oic it doesn't effect you then

http://images.autoexposure.co.uk/SHD...98305812_1.jpg

myke · 03-02-2011, 04:11 PM

Originally Posted by cocaine

http://images.autoexposure.co.uk/SHD...98305812_1.jpg

That's your car? For a '08 I'd expect remote locking

**cocaine** · 03-02-2011, 04:15 PM

its an '07 car and nahh haha. its only a small car.

danzooo · 03-02-2011, 04:43 PM

i have to press the lock button on mine twice to activate the alarm and i can physically hear it locking too, as well as the indicators flashing loads

Camy · 07-02-2011, 04:09 PM

kind of defeats the purpose of remote locking if you go to check the doors really, but i get what you're saying. although yeah, most cars you can hear them lock, and the lights will flash.