My HIDS were stolen once, my buddys have been stolen twice and they tried to steal my father in-laws yesterday but didn't suceed but the car had lots of damage , Does anyone know if anything is going to be done by nissan about this problem. This is a big defect these cars have because they make it so easy to steal these headlights. Has anyone in this forum had their headlight stolen????

 

Some people on this forum had their HIDS stolen at least 5 times.

 

This is a super super touchy subject. What ever you do dont describe how they take them. I am very sorry for the lose that you and you family have suffered. I dont know what i would do if maxine got raped like that.

 

Thats a cute reply !!! How do they steal them? I just hope they dont come near mine !!!!!!!!

 

It was only a problem in the Jersey area. Now you're telling us that it's spread down to Miami?

 

Thats why i got an after market alarm the pager one 2 miles range.At night i put it in high sensitive mode.And i got 3 sirenes ,2 under the hood and 1some where in the back of the car .It will wake up the whole neighborhood.

 

Well my fellow Maxima Buddies, i had mine stolen last week, guess what just after i took it to the dealer, guys if u live in the Queens NY area, pls beware which dealer u take your car to, it's the mechanics that work at the dealers, speaking from experience. Well i also have an alarm that does wake the whole block up, but if the dealer put it in valet mood and don't tell u, your car won't go off, that's what happen to me.

GT

 

i get tons of reports everyday from the brooklyn area , mostly from maxima and acura owners that there hids were stolen.

 

You get a screwdriver and...

 

Started down in FL a while back

 

All I can say is this makes me sick. Thiefs know not to try that stuff in my neighborhood. If they don't see my NRA sticker on the car when I get my first page that someones at my car. They will hear a shot go out and they we go from there. And to those who say they have guns too. I say yeah they do but I don't they have been trained to shoot like I have, I only need one shot.

 

for any 2k2-3 guys who are worried about getting your HIDs stolen.......

because I'm a nice guy, I'll send you my non-HID 2k headlights, and you send me your HIDs, since they are interchangeable.

No HID theft problems around here....fairfax county cops don't mess around - they catch criminals.

 

It doesn't mean that FL, NJ, NY, CA cops are messing around.

 

Ive also heard about hids being stolen off maximas and audis in the boston area....and also that thieves have mistaken 2k-2k1 lights as hids....

 

yeah I know...but cops in Brooklyn, Bronx, NJ, LA, etc. have bigger things to worry about than stolen headlights (I lived in the Bronx, btw)

FFX county has a really high per-capita number of cops, plus there's not that much serious crime since this is a fairly middle-upper class area (though you'd never know it from my ghetto house )...cops have more time to deal with smaller crime. My college roomy has his stereo stolen (just the head unit) and the cops took prints, tracked the perp down and caught him in the act of stealing another one....

the downside is you get alot of speeding tix here

 

There isn't that big of a case of stolen HID's here yet in Chicago. (knock on wood) I called my dealer about getting the HID theft kit put on and they have never even heard of it!!! Is this covered under warranty? b/c if it is, I wanna press them for it before I get victimized too.

 

S. Fl and mine were taken twice before I did this:



Go to any Nissan dealer and look in their service dept. you will always see a headlightless max sitting there.
You can solve the problem or do a quick fix.
Here are the quick fixes:
alarm, data dots, hood lock. The reason I say quick fix is because this is a theft deterrent, not preventer. The hood lock is avoidable, the data dots just make the theft take longer than 30 secods (I'm not kidding, it really takes less than 30 seconds a side if you have a power screwdriver), and the alarm just makes noise, until they cut the speaker wire when the hood is open.

The solutions are get rid of the HID headlights, or get rid of the car.

Seth

P.S. There are several nissan dealers in S. Fl and ony 1 or 2 have even heard of the deterrent kits. But the service dept.s will tell you that its mixed bag when you install it because if the theif is in a hurry he will mess up the rest of your car when he tries to get the units out with the data dots. If he's a pro he will take it anyway. Of course the hope is that after your car is broken into, they will see that it will take more than 1 minute to steal and just leave them.

 

thanks for the update. when i went to my dealer here they looked at me as if i was an alien when i asked about data dots, theft deterrent kit, etc.

 

i was in esserman nissan today here in miami, and there was an 02 or an 03 with a smashed driver window, some missin headlights and a missin auto shifter.

 

Yeah,
I've been in Seidel Nissan all week (time to do the 3k mile service for all our Nissans). I like the new location. It reminds me of Weston Nissan. Same style decor. Seidel knows of the deterrants and can order them. Weston never heard of them.

Seth

 

go to any nissan dealer in Queens and theyll install it right away just dont go to KOEPPEL NISSAN on Northern Blvd in queens TRUST me theyll rip you off tear your limps apart kill you hurt you and put you in a car that dont drive 4 *** please dont go to Koeppel unless you wanna get ripped off!!!!!

 

Damn, ever since I bought my 2k2, it's been nothing but a nightmare in FL. Some amature tried to break into my car leaving screwdriver imprints all over the driver side window and recently my passanger headlight was popped out. Had to upgrade the alarm with a clifford and park my car right next to my window.

 

That's the best theft deterrent ever.

 

doesnt the data dots work?

 

dam its like we all work hard so that someone elss can enjoy what we get some people out the need to get a job and i dont stealing. this sucks we shoudent have to worry about stealing.

 

where are your cars parked when this happens? i have been reading about the stolen hids for 2 years not. how the fuq do they do it? doesn't the alarm go off?i have been pics of a max with them stolen. looked like they used a crow bar and just lifted the hood...thats fuqed-up...

 

The first time it happened it was right in front of my apartment. I park the car on the street, but its still in front of my door.
The second time was at my parents house. This was inside a driveway under a carport with a van parked behind it.
The alarm may sound but usually they stick some wirecutters under the hood to clip the horn wires (which are the speakers) so even if it does go off it isn't making any noise. And all the ignition kill stuff is useless since they don't want to steal the car anyway.

Seth

 

...it seems that it's had a positive effect in the NYC area, as I havent heard much about HID theft around here lately.

 

Hah! That's where I got my Max from in 2001. We got a great lease on it too. :P