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The garage owner here has had an attempted break in or theft of his Ford Transit works van at a race meet. They didn't get in as he has other security features in place (don't know what and wouldn't say if I did) He bought a master key with no questions asked a few months back - which is why he beefed up security on his vans.
 
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Iveco next time!

The latest Ford motorhome bases don't have the drive wheels in the right place anyway!:)
 
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My mate is a locksmith and he says he can get into 95% of cars and vans below £50,000.
 

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I think Ford should take some action as there is a problem here with the locks if they can be picked so easily with a cheap, basic and easily obtained master key.

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My mate is a locksmith and he says he can get into 95% of cars and vans below £50,000.

It ain't just the locks, its the ease with which the OBD port is accessed and used to bypass the electronic security.
 
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Pull it and keep it somewhere safe.
 

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My mate is a locksmith and he says he can get into 95% of cars and vans below £50,000.

The point is that you don't need to be a locksmith to get into these vans. Even I managed to get into my friend's Transit as he watched, with his master key in less than 3 seconds and I'd never done anything like it before.

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Transit security threads will soon rival the A Frame and Gassing ones!
 
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Aha. So what are these master keys? My Transit is outside, but there's no crime here.
 

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Do you have actual proof about what you state regarding the correct placing of wheels on the Ford Transit bases?
 
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Jon and she'll,
Do you have actual proof about what you state regarding the correct placing of wheels on the Ford Transit bases?

Yep.

Nobody currently offers a rear wheel drive Ford based MH!
 
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I have sorted the OBD on ours, next week it will be getting a replacement higher security door lock!!! It will be in secure storage til that happens- far too many going missing!!
 

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