Van driver shows two-second trick used by thieves to break into Ford Transits
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 พ.ค. 2017
- A van driver's video showing the two-second trick being used by thieves to break into brand new Ford Transits has been viewed more than two MILLION times. Alan Hills, 26, recorded himself forcing the main lock after having £650 worth of power tools pinched from his work van. He's one of the latest to fall victim to the simple technique and has since heard of hundreds of other drivers who have been targeted in the same way.
Great video. Ive managed to break into 23 Transit vans because of this tip
Waki Siffredi HAHAHHAAHA
Waki Siffredi why did you stop at 23...
MrSudanPresident he hit all empty ones......LOL
Too bad you couldnt manage a better joke tho
fresh prince - Like you managed? 😬
wait a year or two and they'll just climb in through the rust holes
richard arseburger 😂
You're thinking of Dodge/Mercedes sprinter vans. They're the ones that are starting to rust on the lot before they're sold. I can't believe how quick they rust out all over and people keep buying them
abetts1971s1 I think the new ones are better as (I think)they are galvanised body’s but up until the the current model transits have been terrible for rust issues.
They didn't need to climb through the holes on my Mini metro because the driver's side door crumbled to dust.
Us Sprinter owners only have to wait one year for that :D Absolutely dreadful my van is only one year old and the rear doors already have a rust metallic effect going on with them....
"Locks only keep honest people out"
- a wise man said 👏
A wise man ones said… you should probably say A wise man ones said first. 🤦♂️
@@VsRebuilds or "a wise man ONCE said" may be better still.
@@VsRebuilds Bro what? Ones? Drunk?
@@VsRebuilds chill bro quit being a Karen
"Locks only keep moral people out." Wise Guy saying. Bad people can be honest too.
As an ex locksmith..I can tell you Ford's are the easiest to steal..I once made a key from cardboard that started a 2000 Ford van
Nice made up story bro.🙄
An Astro van correct? I used a popsicles stick filed on the pavement.. seriously
I used a brick through the window
@@fingerz6983 to start a van?😆😆
@@hendrikvanleeuwen9110 it started the brick turned and broke the ignition and it started was well chuffed as on way home from kebab house and was broke was well gutted chav
that's why I leave my mother in law in the van
Jason I thought Les Dawson died years ago
Yar cunning bastard!
Jason..is there room for another?
I will have to buy one now
Jason hahahahahahahahah
He didn't tell the whole story of his life before saying how to do it like 90% of people in TH-cam.
I'm impressed of how many time of my life this guy just saved me!!
Those degenerates are more prevalent in Shorts clips.
Spam
Well I lost time and brain cells reading this comment
Dude i just left from another video that i was for 20 min to see what simply didnt happen. Now this guy balanced it out.
It's pretty obvious his backstory is breaking into transit vans
When I was a Police Officer in Southend, Essex in the 80's and 90's, people were often shutting their keys in their cars. We had a collection of found keys at the station that we would use to help out. With a Ford, you never needed to try too many before it opened.
ratio is 1:10, really only need 10 keys.
Interesting
Mid nineties I had a red mk2 Fiesta. It would often be one of around 10 in any large carpark. I once came out of Sainsburys, opened my car, sat inside, then realised it was someone else's :)
this is absolutely disgraceful that companies make car that can be broken in to so easy - this should be regulated for a minimum safety and anti theft standards
Well you can put deadbolts, latches and chain up a soft top convertible but all it takes is only a pointy knife and a hand.. theres always windows. If somebody wants to get inside any vehicle, its a much bigger chance the thief wont know any tricks to get into any car but if somebody wants to get inside somewhere, theyll usually make their own way in..
These aren't cheap vehicles either. Should be sued
lol the amount of entitled
What do you expect from a Ford / GM’s… cheap
Don’t buy one
I've been steeling van's for ages and this tip is a game changer for me. A heart-felt thank you. 👍
Kev, have you flogged a Tesla yet😎?
@@bruceross9521 Bluetooth jacking teslas is possible, codes can be guessed/compromised. Clearly you font have a Tesla
@@macavalli2619 ......what's a *FONT?*
@@azeleapark you know those word puzzles kids get in school where there's a word missing from a sentence? Didn't think so, internet genius
Kevin you have a valid point here, people think this video will stop the crime but its actually opposite. People who have this car won't do anything about it and the people who have never stolen may see this and realize how easy it is to break into a car and grab easy money. If this guy knew how easy it is to break into cars he should have reported this to the company or stay quiet about it. Now everyone knows and many will start trying this method
on a 17 plate?!?! wow... on the Top Gear man with a van challenge in 2006 (series 8) Jeremy Clarkson's 1992 K-reg Transit was by far of the easiest of the three vans to break into, but you'd have thought after 25 years they would have made the product more secure.
This is how someone broke into my Ford Explorer back in 1998. I see they still haven’t fixed the problem.
Fixing it would cost Ford money. Gov/Corps are not your buddy.
You can't get a solution that Quick, Mate!
Its not a problem for Ford... its a problem for Ford vehicle owners.... 😒
@@peterfitzpatrick7032 if there is a class action lawsuit it will be.
Nor will they.
I feel this video has aided more van thieves than van owners 🤦🏻
Nah Ford's have been easy to break into for generations now. This isn't new news to thieves, just unknowing owners
Can confirm, am van thief now.
And certainly helped Ford sales.
I always used a crowbar, but this looks like a much cleaner way to do it, thanks for the tip. Also, could you please add the pliers size and brand to the video description? Would be a bummer if I came to the hardware store and stole the wrong ones. Thanks!
LOL
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
a Channellock 420 will work just fine! LOL!!
And your called popenhoffer? is that German for pop and hop into cars
@@Samual_33 With middle name "Ivanovich", how can I not steal cars? Yes, that too. I break window with big black d*ck and drive off like Schumacher! Cyka blyat if they catch me, haha!
What’s disgraceful is people stealing
We should be able to leave everything unlocked
that's never going to happen, so that's irrelevant.
Mr Constantin,
Add up all the Defense Lawyers, Judges, Parole Officers, Prosecutors, court recorders, Police, bail bondsmans, court reporters, insurance agents...ad nauseum, that make a good to damn good living off of criminals, and you'd see the economy would collaspe if we were allowed to kill criminals. Sadly, we are comfortable living with the criminal element . . .
I agree, thieves make great target practice though
High trust society. We had it till about 1973.
@@simonwilton3546 you'd be the one getting robbed with gullible nonsense like that. 1873, 1973 0r 2073 😂😂
Thanks, I was facing some issue with the second twist action. This was really helpful.
I was having trouble as well but this cleared it up for me. Much obliged.
The only way to improve your security is to first know your weak points. It's disconcerting to think that Ford hasn't taken any steps toward that end. And leaves the weak points intact for exploitation by thieves. Any lock will keep honest people honest. But we need locks that will at least make it difficult for the dishonest.
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i completely agree. ford hav been incredibly easy to steal for several decades now, yet they know and have done nothing about it. in the uk, for the past few years the ford fiesta ST has been the #1 stolen vehicle.. not because its a great car, but because once you know this about fords, you see how for thieves it's so fast and easy to get that bit of fun to thrash around and chuck away when they're done. i have an old flame for fords but i have long moved on from owning one because of their awful security.
Even the mk6/7 before it could easily pry the lock out the door and just tug it to open them. Their pathetic for how easy they are to get into
And old mate who electrified his doors is the “bad guy”!! Should be more of it I say! That’ll soon stop anyone thinking of breaking into vans!
Okay boomer.
👊🏼👍🏻
Thanks to keyless technology you can get in and drive off many cars without even putting a scratch on them, like £90k range rovers, it's like the 90's again
well no-one's nicking stereos anymore so that's an improvement. lol.
How are manufacturers allowed to sell such shoddy security on a vehicle that is obviously designed to carry valuable materials and tools. Surely it’s in their interests to offer their primary customers a decent system. Pathetic Ford, and probably many of their competitors.
They figured they could save a couple hundred dollars per vehicle by giving them worthless locks.
@@jonWilk8156 stupidest comment of the year goes to......drum roll please....you Jon
Congratulations son!
Simply cut a hole in the side.
Car dealers make more money on servicing and spares than they do on selling vehicles. Design a vehicle that will regularly require replacement parts through theft by skimping on price and you have a winner, you just added 25 percent profit. Fit the parts in your workshop and your profit just increased even more.
The world at man levels is designed to be insecure
I sleep in my Transit. So, if this ever happened, I'd show them a 2 second trick up 15 times in a row.
And let's watch thousands of Transits get stolen now........
yes of course, everyone will now go and rob vans. silly comment
Every thief in the country knows how to get into a Transit, this is not news to them and this guy has done well to highlight it
these cunts charge £1700 for one WINDOW.. They deserve to be robbed.. what goes around.!!
Martin Rankin No one wants a transit just the stuff inside.
Pedro Thomas these guys are just workers
My neighbor has a nissan nv 200 work van that I've been trying to break into for the longest time. Do you have any pro tips for that one?
its a nv 200 - swiss army knife can opener should do the trick
A rock.
@Robert Ward calm down.. the joke went right over your head.
It's just a toaster with wheels.
Try using a can opener.
@@McClellan71 ... My thoughts exactly ;-) A serious sense of humour failure with that one lol
Goodness bro THANK YOU I've been eying this van down the street for a long time now and your tip actually helped
Thanks so much for this and all the best to proper trades people.
training people.. that's how it started with a trade
Deactivate the factory locking system and install your own manual locks if going to keep tools or equipment in your van at any point. It's a cheaper alternative to having replace expensive tools or other stuff
Trunk Monkey FTW
@@andyking9673 what's that supposed mean
My Renault Trafic got broken into in a similar way. The thieves popped the black handle off my back door with a screw driver exposing the mechanism inside the door. Pulled on this and ALL the doors opened up via the central locking - it even turned the alarm off ffs. All the van manufacturers know their locks are shit and easily broken into. I bought SLAM locks for the back and side door and DEADLOCKS for the two front doors. It cost a bit of ££££'s but it's well worth it in the long run.
Billy Lee in traffic 🤣
There is a deadlock on the back door in the Renault
Thats why smart people invest in a after market alarm system. OR even in after market security door that you can basicly do yourslef if you have any DIY knowledge,
Y didn't u just deadlock it I know Renaults are shit but they can deadlock I recommend volvo
@@barryknickson9737 Errrrr, Volvo don't make Vans mate..........
This is why I've wired a taser to my door locks.
marshalllhiepler how
Course you have you moron 🙄🙄🙄
pete smyth totally mate, either way it’s illegal so you better hope no one does try and break in
Thank you ive managed to break into a few 100 vans this year thanks to the video ,,, safe style wins again for showing people how to get the job done !
I’ve worked with a lot of ford trucks and have been locked out of them many times. Fords are so easy to break into it’s scary
It's true, they are easy.
I used to keep a coat hanger in the front bumper of my E-250 van to unlock the door when I accidentally locked myself out. I used that thing a number of times, because of locking myself out. At the time I was living in it while working out of town for about a year and a half, and forgot to grab the keys sometimes when I was in a hurry.
I’ve been managing fleet for a long time and it’s on any cargo van or truck this or something similar that this can be done. That’s why you have to order your vehicles a certain way. Metal plates around ALL locks really deter it from break-ins
Metal plates would be any good if that man came along I had my vans fitted with stainless steel ones I think it only tells the thief you have something in there
Just a shame those options can delay delivery up to 18 months... Luv a Furd..😅
Unfortunately I'm in the opposite situation with my van. Had it parked up for a good 5 or 6 months the gone to try and get in it but can't. It must be different to your 2017 van as mine is 2010 mk7 which is in dead locked by the remote. Tried everything that is obvious to try. Even 2 very good lock Smiths can't get in it. Any tips or tricks would be appreciated
Could you tell me what size molegrips are needed please
They’ll never break into my van , the children will scare them off
Glockamole LOL...Love it! : )
I’ve always wanted a ford transit and now I can have one thanks “mate”!
Only one?
Buddy of mine was trying use a drill but I was iffy about the noise ..thanks for the tip!
David de la Cruz lol Love it!
Why thank you. Just started my new job as a thief and needed some pointers for my 1st day on the job.
Locks only keep honest people out. :)
And lock smiths in a job cutting replacement keys, I'm always forgetting where I put mine.
No they don't;)
true bru
29 auto Why would honest people want in his van?
Houses without locks only encourage the laziest and easiest thieves to come in and take things =)
The easier it is, the more likely you will attract them.
So no, locks do not only keep honest people out.
You would have hoped that security design flaws like these would have been eradicated by now, the tool used might have progressed from the old screwdriver in the metal skin by the door lock trick but it’s still basic. Slam locks or deadlocks are now as important as insurance and tax if you have a van
That still works on Toyotas up to the early 2000's big body style.
Thanks for the help man! But now I don't know what to do with these 42 vans...
Good tip any advice on how to break in to a abandoned t5 transporter
coming from an outfit that calls themselves "Safe Style" ......
ahhh the irony
thanks mate. time to find out what's in my neighbor's transit van :) can you please do huyndai i load next. liked and subscribed.
My big brother Ford Transit was stolen last year it was new Van. He had both keys we couldn't figure out how they open the van. After watching this video I know how they did it thank you so much
Can anyone give advice on how to protect your van better? Additional locks etc.
Safe style uk wanted £7000 off me for fitting 8 windows.
Safestyle is run by Muslims - what do you expect?
Well when there transits get robbed they have to rob you for money to fix them lol.
Rose White you clueless old bint.
@stephen john gray He should've out a decent door in, and a decent cylinder, then you wouldn't have been done at all!
Cool story bro 😎
Get it right. those mole grips are actually gland nut pliers.
You should just title this Thief Ford Transit Break-in Class. The thieves really appreciate this!
Does this work for the old shape 2013 model
Fix or re-key daily
Just go full Mr. Bean on transits and put triple padlocks everywhere
Doesn't it still set the alarm off or is that only on the cars
Thanks for the tip mate, got a fair few tool cases out of this.
Well done ! I’ve had my vans outside my house for 20 years and never had a problem , just got done in exactly the same way as your ‘ how to do it ‘ video 🤔 nice one !
meoldmukker same so annoying
So full of shit , It's nothing new mate Its worked on cars since like the 70,s
@@Skippy-id9yt but we're not in the 70's anymore.. vehicles should of got a bit more secure by now lol 🙄🤣
@@meoldmukker that's irrelevant when you rip out and turn the barrel , and nothing to do with your your first comment ,your here for a troll, see ya ✌️
Must try that one thanks lol
Manpreet Singh kidda
Hitman101 D top tip there.
LOL
What year does this work on then??
Thanks for the heads up !!!
I find this somewhat ironic, as for years everyone was covering up the fact that the standard eurolocks (used on double glazed/pvc doors fitted by Safestyle and ALL the others) can also be broken into with simple tools in less than 10 seconds. I mean for literally decades the average home owner was convinced that the PVC door was the most secure in the house, it took me 6 months and several TH-cam videos to convince my parents to change them.
There not much in the back of my van, only a few kids
MemesAreAmazing Yeah, same fam.
Can I borrow some?
Aha
Did they eat all the free candy?
Free candy?
Does this work for a 2013?
So, what are some possible solutions to this? Any opinions?
Ah, legendary Ford locksmiths! Like the "genius" bonnet latch that has an anti-tampering trick. So, sooner or later, when your lock gets dirty or you bump your fender a little bit - the bonnet is locked from the inside! :D Had two cars with that problem until I decided no amount of savings is worth dealing with that and spent a little more on some other cheap second hand brand
I modified one with the back off a random cabinet or locker lock and a spot of weld.
Ran a cable to the inside from a mountain bike and put a T handle on it. Never failed again or got stuck.
Ford will do a software upgrade such stops the rear doors opening if the doors are unlocked without a key. The upgrade has been free to our company (200 plus transits) and has been to other smaller firms I have been in contact with. I am informed this is not a well known fact and you would need to ask for the upgrade. We have also fitted mortice style dead locks and van vaults. Not cheap but we haven't had an incident in 8 months, we were having 3 to 6 per week prior to the upgrade even with the dead locks fitted
Yeah i had some work done on my beloved transit and ford done a free software update if thet braeak the lock on the front the back deadlocks
easy likesundaymorning oh cool so with this update, you unlock the front with pliers and then open the door and hit the unlock button and your in the back still lol
Damn! That was too easy!
Thanks for the info.
Cheers from California!
How do we know if the van was not open already?
My career in stealing everything I can outta a Transit van has really taken off because of this video- I don’t bother with any thing else-
Appreciate the video!!
😂😂
How do you hotwire the ignition after you've done that?
That will be in part 2
Immobilizer
Even if they can't or that takes time. They can still get in and take stuff in seconds
i will break in and try today and let you know
M ate ues a flat hed screw deiver rqm it in and turn it its how i stsrt my stolen gtr
I was about to ask if you deadlocked it, ive got a mk 7 and always deadlock it
Thanks for the tip, you got anymore tutorials?
I got my self a new Ford!
Thanks mate
in Russia van breaks into thief
*whips out deceiving meat sceptre and breaks into thief 😏*
The older 90's to the last 2000's Econolines had a plastic licence plate panel that that was super easy to break open and unlock too.
hell ya man! thanks! I'll be on the lookout for those when im car hopping!!
I've been sleeping in my van the last few nights. Now I know why I keep getting visitors.
You made my life a lot easier. Thanks for helping a brother out!
Sister in your case
@@ChillToMusic87 why
@@nctrnlmjsty8719 Because I said so
Thank you for teaching
Where is this van located?
Asking for a friend...
We have Ford Transits here in America but we have no idea they can get broken into that easy. Thanks for sharing.
lol, this video should be banned in the US then, since Americans are unable to resist stealing shit.
I wondered why he would open the passenger‘s door, then I remembered these folks have their steering wheel on the wrong side of the car
What kind of dead lock was this?
Thx for making everyone aware
Just taught a million people something they didn't know
Thanks for the tip! I no longer carry around my Transit keys... I just use pliers to unlock my Transit door locks.
Same method for vw's from the 80's.
It's cool u posted that!
Cheer Buddy.
What about the alarm does it set it off
Even better mate theres master keys you can buy online for 50quid that open and disable central locking on transits 👍
And where do I get one of them? What they called and how much? 👍
Ive been eyeing a Transit around my way with a load of Festool tools in it, Now I know how to get in.
Cheers
uCuckingFunts ! any update?
thanks for the tutorial man,much appreciated
Not sure about the modern cars but I saw quite a few get broken into up through the late 90's and early 2000's. A large screwdriver, hammer, and vice grips.
Jam the screwdriver into the keyhole, smash the end of the screwdriver with the hammer.
This drives the screwdriver into the locking mechanism and hard enough to drive the whole assembly free from the sheet metal door.
Then just rotate the entire mechanism and pop the lock.
Vice grips in case you need more leverage on the screwdriver to rotate it.
There is a skeleton key doing the rounds on the internet that opens most Fords. Something to be aware of.
Had my van broken into outside my house with a Policeman living next door who would regularly park his police car
outside. No deterant.
There are gangs of specialist van thieves that target just builders/tradesman's vans.
Chances are the tools are getting shipped to eastern Europe.
When my van was done, I spoke to my police neighbour who told me, off of the record, that the police haven't got the manpower do anything.
If you have a van that contains tools, it is only a matter of time until they do yours. Dead bolt the van and if you can, use a van vault.
ye Amazon sell the tibby keys it takes minutes to open the door
lake god most stolen tools are tracked to eastern Europe
You call yourself Lake God and you accuse me of living in a fantasy land. Interesting.
Harvey Smith
There's also a key that opens any vehicle, not just Fords. Not sure of the name, I think it's called a pie key!
Also, matey has asign on door saying no tools in van but lost £650 worth.
You didn't stop to think that the sign went on after the robbery right?
A Citroen dispatch is about 10x easier, no tools needed
Thanks I’ll keep an eye out for vans like this
Knew this the day these came out the show room 🤣
Only thing worse than a vertical video is a vertical video converted to horizontal so it can't even be maximized. Fail.
Nerd
Breaking the window only takes 1 second
But it sets off the alarm, and even if it doesn't it is noisey as fuck.
There's no goodies in the cab, all the money is in the back
Does this work on the transits in the US?
Doest this work on a mk7
£650 worth of tools! Guess that sign on the back did not work then!
Thomas Baulch lol
Ford can’t afford decent locks
Thanks. My load is less secure thanks to videos like these!
Anyone know what this guy is saying?