My 2020 TRD Pro 4runner stolen by organized crime for resale in Africa

[Johncmng]

Could you not pull the starter fuse in the fuse box under the driver side dash??????

Here are some of the steps you can take. It's not fool proof but it may work.
1. Disconnect one of the wires from the ODB2 port. Either the CAN low or CAN high. The thief will not be able to clone the key if he can't read it. If you need to bring you car into the shop you can always reconnect it before you give the car to them.
2. Put your keys in a metallic tin can. Like a cookie tin, to prevent boosting.
3. Get an AirTag if they do steal it. You can track it down.

Just my 2cent.

 

[Salvo Jimmy]

Here are some of the steps you can take. It's not fool proof but it may work.
1. Disconnect one of the wires from the ODB2 port. Either the CAN low or CAN high. The thief will not be able to clone the key if he can't read it. If you need to bring you car into the shop you can always reconnect it before you give the car to them.
2. Put your keys in a metallic tin can. Like a cookie tin, to prevent boosting.
3. Get an AirTag if they do steal it. You can track it down.

Just my 2cent.

Sounds good, since you only need to connect/disconnect wires every 6 mo/5K miles, assuming nothing goes wrong and you are not doing stuff yourself. No need to pull/install a fuse each time vehicle used.

Re #2. I turn my fobs off each time I lock the vehicle

 

[6439Flouride]

Lawlessness in many places... it sucks.

Someone related to me how thieves stole his 2nd gen Tacoma right out of his driveway.

This truck uses a regular chipped ignition key, but he had them on 4K security video and from what he said, they used some kind of a laptop to aid the theft. Took just a couple of minutes.

I understand how they use an amplifier to spoof a keyfob signal, but in this case the laptop apparently communicated with the vehicle in some fashion to make it run as though the key was inserted. I don't pretend to understand.

The police were not helpful, regardless of the video. However, he did not have any AirTags in the truck, which could have helped.

My response was to dust off my old Club steering wheel locks and start using them again. Not bulletproof but it means theft takes longer.

Too, having watched a couple of thieves steal the catalytic converters off my first-generation Sequoia a couple of years ago (took under three minutes), I put some kind of dissuasive protection on my catalytic converters on all vehicles. Cat shields or stainless rods welded to the exhaust pipes.

 

[Jim_Bob]

I did an experiment using some RFID blocking credit card sleeves that I got from Amazon. I have an RFID blocking wallet, and also keep my ATM card and credit cards in the sleeves. I put my key fob in one and got close enough to touch my T4R and tried to unlock it and it unlocked. I then put the open end of the sleeve inside of another one and could not unlock it. So now I will keep my key fobs in the sleeves.

 

[6439Flouride]

Amazon and other vendors sell "Faraday bags" that block radio signals from going out of the bag. They come in many sizes, and while I am sure they vary in quality, you can back one up easily by using a metal tin-- cookie tin or equivalent-- to place it in.