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Police warn drivers to take precautions as keyless car theft on the rise

Published 22 July 2021
By Dave Humphreys
Keyless car theft continues to rise as police warn drivers to take the necessary precautions to protect their cars.
How is keyless car theft affecting insurance?

How is keyless car theft affecting insurance?

With more and more cars becoming keyless, car thieves are shifting their focus with increasing success. This, inevitably, is affecting insurance.
Published 06 October 2020

Keyless car thief ordered to pay £1.3m+ fine

A convicted criminal from Croydon has been ordered to pay a seven-figure fine for his role in a number of keyless car thefts.
Published 02 December 2019
The Sun reporters steal 10 keyless cars in seconds with legal gadget

Reporters 'steal' 10 keyless cars in seconds

Reporters from The Sun newspaper managed to steal 10 cars in "a few moments" using a legal gadget than can unlock the doors and start the engines
Published 12 February 2019

Reader Letters: Keyless capers and tax bombshells

"Is there anyone who finds keyless cars useful?" and other questions in this week's post bag.
Published 23 January 2017
WHEN DANIEL Witte paid nearly £70,000 for his dream car he wasn’t taking any chances with security. The Sunday Times reader from the West Midlands fitted the Audi RS 4 Avant with a top-rated alarm and parked it on his drive, monitored by two clearly visible CCTV cameras.

Gone in 90 seconds: How thieves hack keyless cars

Thefts of supposedly impregnable keyless-entry cars are on the rise, thanks to devices available on the internet.
Published 28 March 2014