First, long time reader--first time poster (at least on this forum) lol.

My girl has a 2007 TSX and we recently moved to an area in Irvine, CA. While this is the safest City in the US (at least last year), we noticed in the paper that a 99 accord was stolen a few days ago.

Basically, how easy is it to steal a locked 2007 TSX?

Thanks!

 

from what i've been reading, most of the tsx's that have been broken into had no damage or any signs of force entry. from what i hear, there might be a master key out there. it's been happening a lot in the bay area.

 

you're in irvine =) you're safe!

 

Here's a 2006 thread on the subject
https://acurazine.com/forums/archive...p/t-31793.html

Here's a 2005 theft rate report. It was the most recent I could find.
http://cryptome.org/nhtsa101507.htm

 

I don't think its easy to steal our car, at most people are just petty theives and steal whats inside, someone said they got their navi unit stolen recently.

 

Hey, welcome to Irvine! What part of the city are you in?

Overall, Irvine is a VERY safe city, but from what I hear vehicle vandalism/theft is the biggest problem here. Unfortunately, I don't know the answer to your question. I think any car is capable of being stolen, it just depends how badly the thief wants it. The biggest thing I would be worried of is our headlights...we all know how the ricers love our projectors

 

Bullshit, no damage! My baby was broken in to last May. Driver's door window shattered, battery disconnected, hood closed (with the damn prop up, so they bent my hood beyond repair), and the plastic covering below the steering wheel was lying on the carpet. They wanted to steal it but couldn't. I guess that's where I have to thank the immobilizer.

With my GPS and Sirius sitting on my dash, what was the only thing the pricks took? My TSX owner's manual and bottle of touch-up paint.

Car thieves are only slightly higher on life's totem pole than rapists and murderers.

 

I locked my keys in my car and called Acura TLC to have someone open it up. Took an hour to show up, but this guy took one look at the car and was in it in 15 seconds. He slipped a bag in the front door window jamb near the base of the window, inflated the bag a bit to create a gap, slipped in this little rubber loop around the lock peg sticking up and popped it up. The alarm went off and I'm sure the immobilizer killed the fuel pump, but he was in.

From there I could see someone flatbedding it and hauling it away... not difficult at all.

 

That's the thing, though. The flatbed is the great equalizer. If someone's really determined to steal your car - it doesn't matter what that car is - they'll get it. That is why ITR owners can't sleep at night.

 

Exactly. Any car can be stolen. No car is unstealable. If you saw Gone in 60 Seconds, while it is mostly movie theatrics, they are absolutely right about the fact that basically any car can be stolen no matter what kind of security measures are put on it. The real question is just how desirable your car is to thieves. Quite honestly, I doubt the TSX is particularly high on stolen car lists, especially when compared to Civics, Integras, and Accords.

 

I think at most your common area if not a big city youll get more vandals, than the actual car stolen.

I've yet to see someone pry off my headlights but I live in a safe neighborhood. When i go out to queens, then i worry to death, even about the smallest of all things.

The most i'd would think is people would want the headlights or engine if they knew people were looking for that stuff, they could make big bucks on it.
But that would assume they knew what it could be used for.

 

ITR = ?

 

Get a garage!

 

Integra

 

*ITR: Integra Type R

Realistically, your car may be stolen by any of the service guys at your specific dealer. They know where you live and they can program your key etc. Flatbedding is always an option for thieves, but not always easily accessible for them. Our headlights have enough bolts not to be stolen along with a bumper that needs to be removed. Remote start systems also put you at risk. I live in Queens, NY. I hear a lot of news of attempts of people trying/wanting to steal my car. Mainly it's guys with civics/integras who want a K-Series motor. Biggest deterrent for them is that my car is AT.

 

Simply put, if you have something desireable in or on your car, a theif can get it if they want it; this is no exception on the TSX either.

 

I had my TSX taken by a flatbed rollback truck while it was no more than 30 feet away from me and in broad daylight. I was at a friends apartment complex only briefly, and sure enough, I come out and it had been removed for not having a parking pass. I'm only lucky it was just a routine tow and not something more malicious.

Rollback > your car. Doesn't matter what it is.

 

i jus bought a compustar alarm. makes it that much harder for those mother******* to steal. once they c that u have an alarm they wont bother with ur car. they rather get a car that doesnt have 1, especially that TSX's are a dime a dozen. My dad's civic jus got broken into and my car was right beside his on the drive way. They only took his airbags and seat belts. either they saw my alarm light and didnt bother or they jus didnt want any TSX's...

 

Considering the VERY low frequency of TSX road sightings in Central Indiana, I would guess it is also VERY low on the (theft) desirability scale around here. And I like it that way! I suspect the TSX is much more popular on the coasts.

 

My car was stolen in Irvine and recovered, wrecked and stripped, in Santa Ana. Granted, it was a '90 Accord ...

 

this is true... but only for amatur thevies...
most cars now have alarms built in... so alarms are slowly are surely dying out as an semi-effective theft deterrent
so are civics.... but becuase they are a dime a dozen... they are stolen for parts that can be put on the market

 

Once you practice removing and installing your immobilizer to get hondata you are ready to put your ecu and immbilizer in another car that has the same tranny. That's not funny.

 

Sorry to hear that...

I guess that is what happens when you have a fairly affluent city directly next door to a less-than-ideal city.

 

How does Lo-Jack fare?

 

Interesting. That's a great survey on stolen cars. It's only for model year 2005 cars stolen in on year, so it's not looking any used cars. Hard to make assumptions on whether civics or other popular cars are stolen and chopped at a higher rate, and whether this as the model year becomes older and more thing are likely to break and need replacing.

Anyway, the study says 1.85 cars are stolen out of 1000 on average. The TSX is at 1.96 per 1000, so that's close enough to average that I wouldn't worry about a TSX being stolen any more than any other car. What's the the deal with the Toyota Tundra? 18 per 1000 stolen. On the other end, supposedly not even one Volvo XC70 was stolen. Or Nissan Titan. Hard to believe.