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the main problem is a lack of consequences for theives. If you try to protect your property, you end up being procesuted and facing jail and fines. Goverment needs to change

Keyless entry solved a problem no one ever had

The best anti theft measure is to drive an old worthless car 😂

I respect the lengths you went to for making this video from contacting different companies such as jlr, police etc and to exploring insurance quotes etc. really enjoyed it and its a bwautiful message you gave at the end that a car is really just a car and aint worth your or your families life. Sadly i think some of these theives are ex mechanics due to the pure skill and knowledge they have 💯💯💯

The police don't help matters. I had two guys get into my ST. Chased them down the street. Called the police, they said they won't send anyone out as they've left. They could have at least had a quick drive round to see if they can spot them. But, the neighbours obviously called the police about me having a bat and the police came within minutes and arrested me, the victim. Apparently a bat isn't reasonable force despite them having at the very least a Hammer and screwdriver. The fact the police don't attend just gives criminals even more confidence.

Hence the reason I still drive a 2007 Polo TDI. Most mornings I cant even get it started with the Key LOL

Worst is it’s almost impossible to buy a decent car without keyless entry

Nice to see your channel growing mark. Well deserved

Most RR owners wont be mechanically minded but you can remove OBD port, remove 2 pins, put OBD reader back in place and thieves won’t be able to code new keys. Just don’t forget to put pins back in OBD port when you need to use it for diagnostics.

mark mccan is definately the best car youtuber atm

Great video mate, thanks for sharing

Big thanks for this! My dad's just had his velar in for the update. Took them 20 min. But he only found out about the update. Because I watched this video. Massive thanks!

How the hell is a manufacturer like Land Rover not legally responsible for thefts if they make it this easy? This is just plain negligence!

We contacted the police but they were too busy policing pronouns on the internet

Congratulations your back Wishing your company every success. Xx

Great video and information. Here in the US, specifically in states with the castle law, thieves are often shot while trying to steal vehicles on owners property. But these relay thefts are definitely on the rise here. Folks should all have one of those little Faraday boxes at home to place their key fobs in.

If car thieves want a car, they will do whatever is necessary to get it. I had my A35 stolen on January 4th from my drive. The thieves walked by the cameras, security lights, etc, and can be seen looking into the car to see a steering lock. They went away for 10 minutes and then came back with tools to break in via the side door on the house. They got the keys and away they went. The car was found in Liverpool 10 days later on stolen plates having been in a bad RTC. Thankfully, my family was not physically hurt as the thieves were in and out, but it has mentally affected my 6 year old daughter, which is what really upsets both me and my wife.

Absolutely definitive piece!! Senior police officers and government ministers in the UK should be made to watch this, it should be mandatory. We are a soft touch. Thank you Mark for highlighting this problem. It's been talked about before, but not shown as well anywhere else but this video.

I'm used to Mark ragging vehicles about, but this is a serious investigative piece. Top work

Astonishing video. The level of meticulous research and the effort to correspond with a real car thief is seriously impressive.

Insurance scamming should be the next investigation Mark 👌👌

Solution: Get rid of the keyless entry system. Keys work fine and are hardly that inconvenient.

Omg thx for showing this i will def need to look into this.

fingerprint scan on the start button would be a great feature....

I had my Mercedes stolen and the thieves knew exactly where the Mercedes Me tracker was. They ripped it out once they'd stopped a short distance away from my home. Fortunately there was an additional aftermarket tracker on the car and it was traced and recovered by police. It seems to me that insurers have had enough of paying out time after time for security deficiencies of companies like JLR and through driving prices up and asking for third party solutions they've started to hit the manufacturer where it hurts, their order books. Ball is in the manufacturers court. Prove that your car's security is improved and the insurance industry will start to relax again. There is also the challenge on the police and the courts to deal with car thieves more effectively. The guy that stole mine was well known locally and had only recently come out of jail for the same offences. Great piece Mark. Keep pushing them and hold them to account.

The total lack of police presence has given the thieves a green light to do whatever they want. I had my M3 opened, they plugged into the OBD port but for whatever reason left. All directly in front of my CCTV, I asked the police if they wanted the footage and they just weren't interested.

Amazing that the ‘the people who had no idea they were being followed’ to the supermarket left a go pro in to record the inside footage of the the theft for the content creators

Actually informative.... well done sir.

Range Rover should be held totally accountable for this. Every single car should be recalled and the owners given their money back.

This is why it's scary having a nice car!. When I got my m5 about 8 years ago, it was brand new. I loved it. I got pull out posts fitted to my driveway and a steering lock. Cost me about £400 all in. A week after I got it, a house in the road next to me had an audi s3, an a5, and a bmw x5 all stolen in litrally 50 seconds. A group of lads walked up to the house. One by one, the cars opened, and lads got in and drove away. 2 days later, 2 lads were on my driveway at 2 am looking through my car and scanning my house. (Ring doorbell) They never stole it or opened it. But I didn't ever leave it outside the garage again (was full of stuff previously). It can be annoying, but I always put my steering lock on now, even if I'm just getting a drink from the shop. I do like the idea of getting a tracker fitted, though.

You can't steal a car from inside a jail cell. That's the solution.

Great episode 🤙🏻

The UK Courts have a lot to answer for. Does the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, etc. see any such issues with cars? No they do not because they have real deterrents for criminals.

This was like some proper investigative journalism. Really enjoyed watching this and I think it fits the channel perfectly. Mark done an excellent job of conveying this information too. Great video.

Who the hell ever unlocked their car using the remote key fob and thought "you know - this is far too much effort". Keyless entry - a classic case of a solution to a problem that didn't exist, causing actual real problems.

Thanks for exposing this 5 years after everyone has figured it out already

One of the most shocking things in this video is that there are so many people driving a £90k motor who can't lay their hands on £15k.

Turn off keyless entry/start. Fit a Ghost II immobiliser. Fit a steering lock (as a visual deterrent). Hide an ID tag somewhere in the car. Have a live tracker subscription. If they still take it then there is not much else you could have done

Try getting past my old “Clifford concept” inmy old girl 🤣🤣 gotta love having a 90’s motor 🤣 but in all seriousness this is outstanding, manufacturers need to take responsibility. Amazing vid again mark 👌🏻

How pathetic that Range Rover sell car for GBP 100K+ that cannot be secured. Ridiculous - there should be a class action suit and a massive buy back scheme for anyone who wants their money back..

Car manufacturers should be held accountable

A few easy ones. Battery and/or fuel pump kill switch, neutral release cover/lock (So that they can't put it into neutral and roll/tow it away), faraday bags, obd port lock, aftermarket immobilizer. Obviously, these aren't full proof. Nothing is...but the more you have, the more time it's going to take that thief, and the more it might persuade them to give up and move on.

If you do go the Apple Airtag route, get 2. Hide 1 in a more or less obvious spot, the other really hidden well. Bonuspoints if you disable the speaker on the well hidden one(but do remember where you put it when time comes to change the battery ;) ). I won't do much though, might give you an extra day of tracking with lazy thieves(since it will show up on a modern phone).

Great video and scary as hell. The other rerason are the firms that pick up the claim. I had a tiny boop on the rear of my car. Got a quote for £1100 from my painter, it's just a bumoer, paint, lacquer, time. The intermediary asked about types of loan cars, days off through claim, injury and lawyers. Depsite saying no and explaining I am a multi insurer, they persisted. They were trying to upsell the claim.

The best compromise is to have a system that allows them to drive off a short distance down the road before it shuts down giving the impression that it's broken down. This ensures that they won't break into your house and/or harm you and your family. There was a company that fits key-operated fuel shut-off valves which leaves just enough fuel in the system to allow the car to start and move a short distance.

I brought a disklok in 1997 and used it ever since. Stopped at least one car going walkabout. No thief is getting past it without it taking them an hour and creating a racket.

I had my keyless entry BMW 6 Series stolen a couple of years ago, despite the keys being locked firmly in a Faraday box. It also had its own factory tracker installed as standard, but between the incompetence, and frankly zero interest, if Hampshire Police and BMW's tracker team, I still never saw the car again.

21:38 Apple air tags transmit a sound when on the move and notifies iPhone users that there’s an AirTag near them that they haven’t registered. Best thing to do is remove the speaker (plenty of tutorials on KZfaq) and fit it somewhere out of sight that way the thieves can’t easily find it and remove it

This and ‘Exposing the supercar dealerships’ is some of the best content you’ve done in a long, long time.👏 Keep them coming Mark!👊

As a 20-year Firefighter, I love picking looks to mitigate property damage. It's worrying just how easy it is to pick/ hack locks etc. Anyone with motorbikes/ pushbikes etc. Use Ingersoll locks.

Thanks Mark. This is something a lot of people aren’t willing to talk about. It has been hurting almost everyone who drives, not just those with high end cars. Even worse, police and government have been very slow to take action against them.

Really warmed to Marks recent videos following the Porsche series. These investigative videos are something not widely covered on KZfaq and you've covered the topics brilliantly. As funny as jumping a Lambo is, I think you've found a great niche with these. Earnt a Subscriber 👍

Excellent video Mark... a real shame it had to be made 👍

I really like this style of video a lot more interesting than thrashing cars around your garden

i work as a auto locksmith why not dump keyless entry go back to something that works. keysless cars are a complete security failure I have 2 car and 1 van not one of them is keysless I live and work in London

Smashing every video!!!!!🎉

Thanks for the investigation, it's also interesting is it still possible to steal Tesla if all security recommendations applied (like pin to drive, disabling Bluetooth and etc.)?

Mark your videos are amazing your really inspiring ❤

Mark has become the best automotive journalist in the business within a month. Keep up the good work, Mark. You are genuinely a good person. Wish you and your family the best.

These videos are class. Mark keep it up. Thieves don’t have any deterrent, the police simply aren’t bothered. I had an m235i nicked in 2016 and the police couldn’t have cared less if they tried. Knowing what I know now - if a car does get stolen, you definitely don’t want it back. Let it go. Also, on the subject of finance in the video. If someone can’t afford to clear their finance, they shouldn’t be buying the car to begin with.

Well done, manufacturers. Making it harder and harder for the owner to diagnose and repair but trivial for thieves to steal.

Great video Mark.. 👌..does dibs fit/sell the port device??.looks a good relatively cheap mod..👍👍

For the last 10 years, I've kept my car keys in a metal fridge. Also, by law, car makers must make starting the vehicle possible via ODB-I port - my port has a lock and is also disabled. Stickers are on the windows saying this! Even so, I'm aware my car can still be stolen but I've made it more difficult for thieves - which makes them more likely to target less protected cars

Best car alarm was in The Spy who Loved me. Bad guys broke the window and the car blew up. Expensive on cars, but removes car thieves a couple at a time :)

Keyless Ford Fiestas are very vulnerable also. Multiple different ways thieves go after them. Relay theft, boot latch, OBD hack. Your best options are a Disklok + Wheel clamp or an immobilizer. Hiding your OBD port, (and pulling out it's fuse) will also force a thief to set off the thatcham if they try that route. Manufacturers should be absolutely ashamed of themselves that they are producing such vulnerable cars and passing on the cost to the owner when their car gets stolen. Utterly disgraceful!

I have a disclock / OBD Protector and switched keyless entry off. Even Landrover can't get into my car when serviced. Total cost £400

When your car goes into negative equity whilst on finance, claiming insurance is the only way forward. Hence lots are 'stolen' or more accurately 'go missing' . They turn up overseas often where insurance companies cannot officially reach them. After a couple of years the very same exporters offer to sell the same vehicle to the insurers for a vastly reduced sum. The theory being at least they get some money back.... then the car is clean again and can legally return home and be sold again. This cycle is as old as the hills.

I love how they can start the car via the obd port while i can't get a new clock working via the obd port

Man I keep seeing clips of this online all over you have got some massive exposure on this it seems

Fantastic video & very informative. That said, please don’t promote using AirTags as a tracker though. They’re easily found as smart phones will inform you of a an unidentified AirTag moving with you.

You know what's worst? Goverments cant care less of what happens to "the people". Car manufacturers don't spend enough money with former thieves that can actually think and help on defeating this.

It's quite simple - Like we used to do on older cars - (pull the coil lead), all there needs to be is a power isolator. OEMS could easily fit one, that disables power to all but essential systems. a 'Big red Key' if you will. with a concealed power switch only you know where is located. Fundamentally if anyone invents a clever entry system, then someone else will be clever and get around it. Turn the power off. Job done.

Unless an MP has their Rover/Jag stolen multiple time, us mere mortals have little hope

i fitted a fuel pump switch to my car back in the day, car would start and then stall after 15 seconds.. super easy to install switch can be located in or outside the car your choice.

Don't rely on an Apple air tags... It works via Bluetooth and only works 30 feet away from other iPhones. If you have this expensive of vehicle they have wired in systems. I have one for my truck that costs me $15 a month and wired into the 12 volt power. If power is cut, the on board battery will last months. They also have units about the size of air tags that you periodically charge up and you can place them anywhere. If you get something that transmits live location, you will need to pay something a month for the cell coverage for that unit. I had my truck stolen and the police were at the guys door in 15 min of me finding out it was stolen. Nice part of the tracker is you get their whole driving route recorded so they got him and the second vehicle on every camera he went past on his trip.

i had an evoque on order for 9 months.. 2 days before delivery i found out i couldn’t get insurance so i cancelled my order. really disappointed they never told me about this issue

That SVR owner's parking skills up there with the best of the Range Rover owners.

I really hope for this kid to recover fast and be the same! He is a fighter and a heart. A character mix between Puyol and Messi when it comes to heart and character! We are with you Gavi!

This video just gives a lot of people new ideas

I don't know how you sat next to this thief without bashing him. You're a good one Mark, thank you for showing us this terrible process.

great job Mark, iam subscribing you.. hy from Slovenia

He's probably using the Flipper Zero or similar device. It's an insane device that you can program to do A LOT! In this example, it is able to store all possible signal frequencies (if you have gotten your hands on it from a specific car brand) that keys use and send out 100+ signals per second. So the chance of a car next to you to open in seconds is very high. The device is legal to buy, but how you use it can make it illegal. It can even copy the NFC tag and all of its info of a debit or credit card, and then you can use that device to make wireless payments until it asks for a pin code, which it luckily can't store.

A simple switch on the key to cut the signal would suffice. Kind of like the silent switch on an iPhone.

I'm no expert but as a Software Engineer I know there's a high chance all the security and entertainment systems are outsourced. They should design in house and not allow just anyone to work on them if you get my drift. I work in banking and there's no way our business would third party any of our security out.

Small isolation switch on the fuel pump neutral leg, if an EV the main traction supply safety isolation link. Or find out which fuse is the supply for the CPU pull it out and put it in your pocket

On landrovers they pull out gps antenna out of telematics unit . So even if you have app it won’t be able to locate . Best get a second tracker plus air tags and dummy obd2 port

Can add a simple dead man’s switch which stops the vehicle starting. Will stop any vehicle being started. Cost for for the switch is under a pound then fitting. You can get the kit to steal any vehicle for under £150 plus a laptop. So don’t know were he’s getting the £15k price tag from. The device to code a new wireless key fob is about £50 and doesn’t need a laptop. Insurance companies are conning the public yet again, as they use any reason to put the price up. You only have to look at the history of insurance pricing to see that. The insurance companies need to be held accountable and have pricing restrictions. An when you look at vehicle theft in the uk, most vehicles leave the uk via the ports, everyone knows this but nothing has been done to stop it. Some vehicles are broken up within the uk, but the police environmental agencies have done nothing to check or stop this. Vehicle theft has always been a problem in the uk, but those responsible to stop it have done nothing in over 50 years. The insurance companies use it to make more money, the police do next to nothing, ports let them through or don’t check the contents of shipping containers. Vehicle manufacturers have tried to make it harder, but like with all technology there is away round it.

I'm so fed up with these thieves! Especially with the police.

I had the Ghost I think it's great personally. Also have a Clifford alarm and like he pointed out , the visual deterant. I also have a steering wheel lock and a hand brake to gear shifter locked. All on a MK6 GTI 😂

You should do documentaries, you have a real knack for it!

So people buy a car for 90k but don't even have 15k in their bank account if something in their life goes wrong? Why would you buy a car that costs 90k in the first place?

Yet another reason to not buy a JLR car! I’ve had so many issues with mine (literally driving home from the showroom!) I’ve talked four of my friends out of buying one. Absolute nightmare!!

Pretty shocking stuff and the security for such high value cars is beyond unbelievable!!! My car is worth next to nothing with the value being less than a range rover alloy wheel! I have always hated keyless entry cars since they first came out.

I like the idea of the one start immobiliser but imagine going on a road trip and leaving the fob behind 🤯a long way to travel back to get the fob

Could he steal a Tesla ?

What people need to understand is that due to lack of supply of new vehicles after covid, the market values increased around 70% above normal levels. Some 1 year old cars were selling for over their list price. Now that supply is back to normal values have dropped. They are still around 20-30% higher than they were in 2019.

We had the same situation with sierra cosworths, back in the day.I remember being quoted £8000 for a car that was on sale for just under £6000 and that was the sapphire version.

Is the gt3 rs ur fav car now

Nice man just ordered myself a kit online, lets go