darkloki

Glad I live in a Neighborhood where this doesn't happen. For some reason driving a Lexus in this neighborhood is average as luxury brand first tier cars are the average here. To be above average its like Bentley, 911 Special Editions and Ferraris, Mclaren etc. I haven't heard of car theft in a while here mostly just package theft so I have yet to be worried about it, but I do lose sleep at times over my 94 Supra due to it's age and lack of anti-theft.

909

Your car is constantly sending a signal out looking for the key. A relay hack exploits this.

Google EvanConnect . For 10-15K anyone with a bit of cash can steal your car.

Disable "Access System with Elec. Key" in your door lock settings ( Vehicle customization) and press save.

You lose the door handle touch lock / unlock feature and will have to manually unlock and lock the car with the fob.

Big deal.

The inconvenience is a small price to pay for piece of mind.

LStoneX

Or get a Faraday pouch/box for your fobs when you're not using them and still enjoy keyless entry.😁😜

xcoreflyup

Faraday pouch works! My 350H doesnt sense the key unless i take it out of the pouch, for both starting and unlocking doors. $14 bucks for 2. Quite a steal imo

909

Sure .

Pull a key out of a pouch every time

or

Press a button

anoop

Are all methods enabled by default or can one just stick to the first two?

Jggy993

have a link? There are endless choices.

midcow3

YMMV,
MidCow3

Susido

I tested the Faraday box I bought on Amazon by bringing the box with fobs enclosed outside and trying to open the locked doors and start the vehicle. It was 100% effective on the NX350h, no way to open the door or start the engine. On the other hand. it seemed 100% ineffective for my F150. Even with the truck fob 10 feet away and shut in the box, I could fully operate it. So evidently there's a big difference for fobs of different manufacturers.

FastFord

If someone is talented enough and have time, they will get your vehicle regardless of what is has protecting it. Your best bet is full replacement insurance for your vehicle with no loss to you. My policy will replace my vehicle with a new one for 5 years, brand new. The first year I pay $26/year, second a bit more, third bit more, don't know after that. Lucky I have never had a car stolen....touch wood!

midcow3

A "Faraday box" is an electrical phenomena and it always works. Actually what a "Faraday box" is "COMPLETELY" surrounding the items to be protected with metal, The metal blocks EMF transmission. One example is a cube with metal on all six sides with no gaps. No gaps is the key if you have a wannabe Faraday sleeve/box and there is even the slightest opening or gap the Faraday box will not be 100% effective.

If it doesn't work in your F150 then I suggest you do not have a fully enclosed Faraday box/sleeve with no gaps or cracks or openings. You might want to buy a more expensive or better quality Faraday box. But before you do, you can create a simple Faraday box by wrapping your key fox or digital key or phone in Reynold's wrap aluminum foil. If the Aluminum foil works, which it should, then it proves your Faraday box id not good.

YMMV,
MidCow3

midcow3

@FastFord , that sounds too good to be true. I would carefully look at the exclusions in your policy. Insurance companies don't provide insurance to lose money and If they stole your $52,000 Lexus NX then they would be paying you 2000 times the cost of your insurance premium

YMMV,
MidCow3

FastFord

Hey thanks for the heads up, but the policy clearly states that a full replacement of a new vehicle for up to 5 years. Plus I did verify it with an additional email. Like you, hard to believe, but not really. This is a special offering to the company I worked for years ago, and it carries on when you retire. They signed up 50k people, so good for them. Been with them for 40 years.
I have been over this with them as occasionally I lease a vehicle, then it's a different story. They just put you in another lease for the term you signed up for. They take care of paying it out to the leasing company. They also send out cheques at the end of most years if there profits were too high. I got $145.00 last year so my net cost was only $645. They do not offer insurance to individuals, it's strictly a corporate thing. Teachers Unions, Military, Large Telcos, City employees, Federal employees, etc.

We all want our vehicles safe and hopefully none of us have to deal with something like this. Fingers crossed, garage door closed, dogs on high alert !

Susido

Well you motivated me to test it once again - and the results are identical. I bought a relatively expensive large Faraday box and I know how to close the lid. In fact that lid is a bit of pain to pry open. It works exactly as it should on the Lexus and does not work at all on the F150 (well it does have to be within 10' or so - perhaps good enough to defeat a relay attempt) . All 5 sets of keys (3 Lexus, 2 Ford) are in that same box and the lid is equally closed. There lots of reviews on amazon of boxes that work well for some and not for others. My result strongly indicate that can be partially or primarily attributed to vehicle manufacturer rather than box quality or user error.

midcow3

@Susido First, thanks for the research. Apparently Ford uses a very strong RF transmission signal and although the Faraday cage attenuates the signal, there is still enough left to interact with the F-150. Lexus signal must not be as strong.

One other quick thing to try on the F150 , put it in 2 Faraday sleeves, one inside the other. If that stops it then the issue is the strong signal from the Ford key.

Peace and Good Will

YMMV,,
MidCow3