This morning when I came out at 5:40am for work, I unlock my car as usual with my keys/alarm...Got in the car, found my car compartments all opened, my car manual thrown out, my wiring underneath the glove compartment was all ripped apart, and then I tried to run the car but the engine was stalled... looks like they tried to get to the ECU chip....

Tons of CDs stolen, a camera, my $5.00 MP3 wiring, and my cheap $9.00 sunglasses from Staples were also gone.

Luckily I had nothing valuable in there and my glove compartment was unlocked so they didn't have to tamper with it. Nothing else seems to be missing and the ignition wasn't tampered with....The exterior of the car is in the exact same condition I had left it the night before, no windows broken, nothing tampered with the locks, let's just say no signs of a break in from the outside..

Made a police report...waited for 1.5 hours before two "dumb" police officers came and told me I had left my car unlocked so that's why the thieves were able to come in...I swear I always lock my car and it always makes a beep sound when I lock it...if I left my car unlocked then all they would've done was just take all the things out..why did they care to remove all the wiring from there?...

Also it looks like they were "spooked" out by someone/something cause they flew the scene leaving a universal pliers....turned that over to the police...don't believe they can do anything.

Beware if you are in the Richmond District...or San Francisco with your Acuras...

 

maybe they were trying to hook you up with an ECU upgrade as part of a surprise or soemthing, lol. Funny, dumb cops are usually your friends from Highschool who got shitty grades.

 

Alarm should have gone off. Check to see if it works. I've been seeing more and more of this poping up here

 

It's the original alarm from Acura, it works...if you try to open the door and the door is locked, the horn will go off---seems to me like this guy had a another "preprogrammed" controller...maybe a tool to configure a "master entry" control unlocking device??...not sure...but it's true.

 

Isn't this exactly how CL6 just got his car stolen and in the same area to boot? You San Fran guys need to park in the garage and get the polices attention

 

Wow you guys really need to make a fuss to the cops or local papers. Seems these cars are being targeted. Get the word out there.

 

Man that sucks... but unfortunately these cars are very easy to open without leaving a scratch.

 

It's a shame it's illegal to boobie trap your car...

 

damn, another SF attempted stealing of a CL. Noah, you better watch out man.

 

That sucks. But I would have pointed out to the cops that the doors automatically lock after 30 (or is it 60?) seconds.

Fucking retards (the cops and the person who did this).

 

SF cops are dumb and too many ppl cars are aways getting jacked in SF hahah but i live in NY now ppl here are too dumb to know how to steel a car and if they do they cant drive for shiet!

 

mine does it after 10sec or so.

 

looks like its time to look in teggy forums for ways to protect the car.. lol.

 

i'm ordering something soon!

 

put in a kill switch and hide it somewhere where u can reach it but out of sight. that way if they try to start it they cant.

 

^yup

 

.45 ACP will stop the bastards.

 

all 6 speed guys make a switch from clutch sesnor that allow you to start engine with clutch pedal down locate it somewhere that you only know and you are set

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ohh Rajca i didnt see that you were first

 

Looks like they tried starting it by the looks of those wire didnt anouther SF guys car just get taken and they had a bunch of honda/acura stuff maybee they had your registration, maybee they know someone that works at the DLR and they are getting your names and codes off the DLR computer sounds fishy that 2 in SF area got broken into in the past week and when the other guy recovered he foulnd acura regs and books like the guys where targeting your cars,... See if u and the other guy that just got his car found get service at the same DLR and go to dkr and let the 5.0 knowe!

 

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-cl-2001-2003-50/stolen-cl-found-then-stolen-again-746128/

Read this its also in SF and they r tageting CL's and all acura it seems

 

DIY?

 

just cut the wire hook one end to the switch and the other, then from the switch to the other end where u cut the wire. i would do that to the ecu. most ppl will look down to see if that has been done and just follow the wires or jump the switch. if u do that to th ecu (forgot what wire) it will be much harder to figure out.

 

Better find a way to try to immobilize your vehicle for the moment, you should really check out the other stolen, then stolen again thread.

 

fixed

 

but the thieves can get a source even here isn't safe to do anything... i was bad dreaming since couple weeks about somebody is gonna do something to my baby... its nightmare i scared as shit to leave my car on the street when i go to new york to my gf...

 

isnt it technically not a boobie trap if there is a disclaimer or warning on your car?

 

 

Some nice little wiring surprise that'll . . . fry 'em . . . . .

Ruf

 

Dont theifs use signal catcher devices to catch your remotes singnal to get into to you car after your gone. I really dont see much bennefit from a theif targeting a cl for theft.Not really a high price ride or that sought after besides by us the owners.But I would watch out for possible civic swapers eyeballing your ride, they would be the only one's I would think that would have intrest in the theft of our rides.

 

That was a trick years back but now all remotes are with dynamic code change and catching with scaner remote frequency and last code will do nothing.

 

I mostly use my key anyways

 

After this happened, I hid my car....at least for now until I figure out how I am going to prevent it from getting stolen...like others have suggested...boobie trap...illegal, but who knows unless you try to steal it right??...Then it'd be illegal to steal after all isn't it?...I was thinking of finding a way to immobilize it regardless of they try to rewire the ECU...it's funny since I just read the other guy's CL being stolen 1 week before mine got hijacked....his was found in the sunset district and mine was in the Richmond district of San Fran...the locations are like 15 miles apart....we'll see what other CLs in the area (if any) get stolen.

 

Yup mine locks after several seconds automatically too...but those cops are stupid you know...ever try telling cops they are wrong?...well I've tried... they don't LISTEN and won't ADMIT!!!! That's why they never know what's right since they never listen and never learn LoL.

 

Sorry to see this happen...
It's kind of scary. I've seen a lot of reports come up recently about many different types of cars being broken into with no signs of damage to the car or anything. Also, it's strange the alarm didn't go off either. I find Acura alarms to be over-sensitive. They must've knew what they were doing.

 

When I got my car back the first time it didn't look like that on the passenger side. You must have had different people. My ECU box was bent open and only the immobilizer chip was missing... no wires hanging there at all. And when I got it back I could start and drive my car.

These guys were not as sophisticated as the ones who ripped off my ride.

 

Your probably right, it is still disconcerting that the car is being targeted.

 

look what ppl are doing when they swap j engines into civics and tegs.
http://www.j32a .com/showthread.php?t=51

they take out the immobilizer and can start the car with any key.

 

Good find .

 

for now...I don't know if I should spend $$$ for AuToLoc (the one for the Brake) or a new aftermarket alarm. Any suggestion? (will have a kill switch install this week)

 

I think the best way is LoJack. If they want your car, they will get it. LoJack can at least help you track it.