Motorhome stolen of my drive! (1 Viewer)

[Dorwyn]

Fiat Ducato Autotrail Tribute pvc, silver, WU16HCA from Wells, Somerset. Just arrived back from France, was taken overnight, some one was watching. Silver with wavy stripes along side. Please lookout for it.

 

[Dorwyn]

Photo of the stolen van

 

[MisterB]

Bump

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[The Wino]

Sorry to hear this. I suspect with the present prices they're looking a tempting target .

 

[TheAleMan]

So so sorry to hear this. Hope you get it back and in one piece.

 

[eddie]

Thats horrible

Do you have a tracker installed?

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[Speve]

Sorry to here this did it not have an alarm or tracker?

 

[Speve]

Dorwyn there is a FB group you can put details on if you look in search put in Stolen Motorhomes it will get even more coverage then

 

[Gina M]

Fiat Ducato Autotrail Tribute pvc, silver, WU16HCA from Wells, Somerset. Just arrived back from France, was taken overnight, some one was watching. Silver with wavy stripes along side. Please lookout for it.

Have you checked out your local area. Thieves usually park nearby overnight to check if there is a tracker on it. Although it may be too late now.

Gina

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[Stealaway]

Have you any idea how they managed to start it.
Through the OBD reader do you think?

 

[Pablo19]

Fiat Ducato Autotrail Tribute pvc, silver, WU16HCA from Wells, Somerset. Just arrived back from France, was taken overnight, some one was watching. Silver with wavy stripes along side. Please lookout for it.

A MH was stolen from Glastonbury from where I work a few weeks ago, fortunately recovered due to a tracker but it had been taken to MH hire company near Sheffield before being recovered. Kiveton Park. It's probably unlikely to have gone there because I believe the police made some arrests but you never know. Seems bad around here at the moment. Good luck.

 

[The Wino]

Have you any idea how they managed to start it.
Through the OBD reader do you think?

If it was a ford there would be lots of quotes about not another one by now!. We have a ford but have an obd port lock I suspect that other makes need one as well.

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[Dorwyn]

Many thanks for goodwill messages. It's now on the police tracker system. I got through to 101. It was on hold for over an hour. I have no other vehicle so neighbour took me to the local police station. Closed. Use outside phone the sign said. Broken. Went to another police station, supposedly the response centre. closed. Followed a police van who went around the back of the station. So now on system. Will now try to post on FB, and probably elsewhere. With only Stopped twice on the way from the tunnel terminal, once on a layby on the A303 for a wee, once at the local spa. Wells is not a high crime area, the van could not be easily seen from the quiet residential road. How did they knew it was there, and only for a few hours? No one followed me locally.

 

[Brains]

If you get it back, I would strongly suggest a visit to VanBitz who are only down the road from you.
Get a decent immobiliser, alarm and tracker fitted.

(To be honest, you should have done this the day you bought it, most insurance companies insist on it as a condition to insure the vehicle)

 

[The Wino]

If you get it back, I would strongly suggest a visit to VanBitz who are only down the road from you.
Get a decent immobiliser, alarm and tracker fitted.

(To be honest, you should have done this the day you bought it, most insurance companies insist on it as a condition to insure the vehicle)

We don't have a tracker or alarm. I suspect probably a fair proportion of motorhomes are the same. We don't have a tracker on either of our cars and the only alarm is the standard manufacturers one. The insurers seem pretty relaxed until this year when we had to change to a different company to avoid a tracker.

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[Dorwyn]

If you get it back, I would strongly suggest a visit to VanBitz who are only down the road from you.
Get a decent immobiliser, alarm and tracker fitted.

(To be honest, you should have done this the day you bought it, most insurance companies insist on it as a condition to insure the vehicle)

Thanks, you're quite right. Stupid aren't I.

 

[Larrynwin]

Fiat Ducato Autotrail Tribute pvc, silver, WU16HCA from Wells, Somerset. Just arrived back from France, was taken overnight, some one was watching. Silver with wavy stripes along side. Please lookout for it.

I have posted photo and Reg number/description on MHome Fun Facebook.

If not ok will delete.

 

[Stealaway]

If it was a ford there would be lots of quotes about not another one by now!. We have a ford but have an obd port lock I suspect that other makes need one as well.

I nearly had my keyless Ford stolen a couple of weeks ago.
According to the police there are loads of Fiestas being stolen in South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire
They failed because I keep my keys in the special anti clone wallets - but then they smashed the drivers side window.
Luckily a neighbour heard them and scared them of. They were in the process of trying to find the OBD socket which is so easily accessible behind a little drop down hatch.
The standard alarm horn is so pathetic especially inside such a sound proof car no one is going to hear it.
I've now had to started fitting an old steering wheel lock and fitted a massive new alarm horn.

I am confident I do have a fail safe anti theft device on the van but for the sake of belt and braces I have fitted a steel OBD cover.
I need to make some thing for my car now


Before I fitted the anti tamper screw

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[Gina M]

Thanks, you're quite right. Stupid aren't I.

Don't beat yourself up over it. If a thief wants your vehicle they will take it no matter how well you try and protect it.

Gina

 

[dazandandrea]

Sorry to hear about this .
Brings it home that there are some utter scum roaming our estates looking for an opportunity

 

[activecampers]

Thanks, you're quite right. Stupid aren't I.

Yes of course you were.
Well, assuming you are the only one with hindsight! I never did on vans 1 and 2 and they never got touched.

OBD covers are good for piece of mind.
However any good thief can tap into the CAN bus from anywhere else, just splice the wires behind or even access from elsewhere in the loom. Its not difficult for experts.
Same as locks, steering locks, door locks, pedal locks. Each can be removed by someone skilled with the right tools.

Trackers can be blocked/found/removed

Alarms are installed by a human, they can be removed by a human.

All you can do is add annoyances and hope they go elsewhere.

A mixture of physical and electronic systems. And just hope. If they want it, they'll take it.

Where do you draw the line?

As long as it was locked and you have all sets of keys......

Thats what insurance is for. At least it was when you got back and not the day you wanted to leave!

Sorry to hear

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[Tombola]

I got through to 101. It was on hold for over an hour.

been there done that.
complete waste of time trying to report crimes.
Sorry about your van, will keep ears open

 

[Riverbankannie]

Oh crumbs, so sorry some lowlife has taken it. What I wouldn’t want to do to them.
Hopefully your insurance will sort you out with a hire car to get you about in short term.
We have an added alarm but sometimes I worry it is not enough.

 

[Brains]

Thanks, you're quite right. Stupid aren't I.

Only in hindsight....
We have all been there.

Hope you get it back

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[Brains]

We don't have a tracker or alarm. I suspect probably a fair proportion of motorhomes are the same. We don't have a tracker on either of our cars and the only alarm is the standard manufacturers one. The insurers seem pretty relaxed until this year when we had to change to a different company to avoid a tracker.

There is a difference between a £10 grand car and a £100 grand motorhome.

I'm surprised that all reputable motorhome insurers don't insist on a tracker/alarm/immobiliser before they will cover.
We use Comfort, and they gave us a 7 day written dispensation to get it all installed before they would cover the vehicle

 

[angusboy]

I live in bridgwater and go around somerset on my job will keep eye out

 

[Janine]

A friend of mine had his van stolen off his drive - he had brought it back from storage to pack for a trip.

The thieves found the tracking device and ditched it a mile down the road

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[Dorwyn]

I have posted photo and Reg number/description on MHome Fun Facebook.

If not ok will delete.

Well ok, thanks very much, so helpful of you. I think my daughter is doing it at the moment, 2 postings would do no harm. Thanks again.

 

[Miggs]

Sorry to hear this.
Did you have any physical security like a steering lock and pedal lock?

I use those and also have 3 cheap vibration alarms I bought from eBay for £15 each. They are stuck to the inside of each door.
If you touch the door handle you get a warning alarm, if you touch it again the sirens go off. As far as I can tell there is no way to get in without making a lot of noise and the van is under my bedroom window.

Possible consolation: If you are insured for market value, you might well get back more than it cost in 2016!

 

[The Wino]

There is a difference between a £10 grand car and a £100 grand motorhome.

I'm surprised that all reputable motorhome insurers don't insist on a tracker/alarm/immobiliser before they will cover.
We use Comfort, and they gave us a 7 day written dispensation to get it all installed before they would cover the vehicle

I think on a 100k motorhome they will on a van 38k new 8 years ago like ours they won't.

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