Watch how easy it is to steal a car | Marketplace

Auto theft is considered a 'national crisis' in Canada, with drivers investing in anti-theft devices to prevent their vehicles from being stolen. In 2016, CBC Marketplace got a look at how easy it is for car thieves to break into cars using tools sold online. We also visited West Africa in 2022 and found stolen cars for sale with Canadian licence plates.

00:00 - Can a hacker pop the lock on this Cadillac?
02:15 - Using tools made for a locksmith
03:56 - Finding Canadian licence plates in West Africa
04:45 - Her Lexus was stolen from her home

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[jptrainor]

Rusted quarter panels and a manual transmission are reliable deterrents.

[jez]

Not a lot of things make me feel good about driving a 20 year old rust bucket Honda minivan.. But this video and the auto theft crisis does.

[TexZeTech]

And the fact François-Philippe Champagne thinks banning the Flipper Zero will stop this issue and not auto makers actually spending money on innovation. 😂

[braydensdeals]

Kind of funny how the cars that were easy to steal 10-15 years ago are a much safer bet now, because you actually have to physically break the ignition etc, and that’s work!

[RD-cebb]

Whats wrong with just using a key like we used too?

[bubbajay]

Why are car makers not being held at all accountable for how easy their cars are to steal? For almost every car stolen, they get an uptick in sales of a new car courtesy of insurance payers (the public)

[alexeiciuchin]

Unplug the fuel relay from the fuse box and take it in your pocket. 100% anti-theft strategy. The car never is going to start, even with the key.

[IamGoen]

Physical keys with a security chip was one of the best ways to reduce theft, getting rid of them so that car owners could just walk up to their car to open the door for convenience opened the door to this kind of thievery.

[driveri]

The fact that the hacker drives an early 2000s Lotus Elise with the only computer in that car probably being the ECU; one of the most analog car an enthusiast could buy. Smart man.

[Jimmy-ey]

There was a perfectly flat white wall to the right of the van to project on, but I guess using the van is cool.

[admiralbeez]

Avoid buying the top five most stolen makes in Canada: Acura/Honda, Lexus/Toyota, Jeep/Dodge, Land Rover and Ford. Next, use a steering wheel club lock. And if you can, stick to older vehicles with physical, metal ignition keys - you can still get nice VWs, Nissan, Subarus, GM and others from 2018 or so thus equipped. This will decrease the odds of your car being stolen. Bonus points if you drive a manual transmission. For example, no one in Africa wants your 2017 Mitsubishi RVR with 2wd and manual shift.

[oldmedstudent]

lol it's always Samy Kamkar. MySpace nostalgia kicking in.

[xFourTwenty]

Wire in a fuel pump or fuse box cutoff relay and hide the switch in the vehicle. No need to pop the hood every time you want to drive it. Just flip a switch. Just need to make it an inconspicuous switch/location

[theabe]

I’m so glad I have a rusted up beater. Don’t have to worry about it being stolen because nobody would want it 🤣

[elwiken]

We need those steering wheel locks from the 2000s again.

[jeffgroves]

That’s why I have a tracker, the min I find my car is stolen, I’m coming for u.

[paulerickson]

Mr. Bean's sturdy hasp and padlock on the door is looking better all the time.

[timothythompson]

The guys involved in this are really sophisticated. It isn't easy to learn these theft skills. This technology is hard to learn. It isn't like the hotwire thefts in the 1990s

[BlagoP]

"Car makers are working on it". Are they?

First, it costs them a lot of money to develop new anti-theft systems (not worth it for them). Second, if the stolen car is a lease or a finance, which it almost always is going to be, since it has full coverage, the car manufacturer gets paid out by the insurance company and the owner ends up buying another new vehicle. Win-win for the car manufacturer.

[BrowsePlanet]

They all thought I was cheap to not replace my dying battery and constantly use my portable booster everytime I wanted to use it...if only my car was worth stealing...