Car keeps getting broken into!!!
12-18-2018, 01:41 PM
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Car keeps getting broken into!!!
Hey guys, I have a 2018 max platinum. Apparently it takes thieves seconds to pop my door handle and push in the key hole lock to make the two front windows come straight down and they are in my car. This has happen 2x already and speaking with cops the Nissan Maxima is one of their favorite cars to break into because of the ease.
Besides a after market alarm is it a way to disconnect the automatic window feature? This has happen 2x already so I had the body shop take out the key hole lock which the thieves press in to make the windows go down. But when I do that and press the unlock button my windows come down. So I had to put it back in.
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Besides a after market alarm is it a way to disconnect the automatic window feature? This has happen 2x already so I had the body shop take out the key hole lock which the thieves press in to make the windows go down. But when I do that and press the unlock button my windows come down. So I had to put it back in.
Any suggestions
12-18-2018, 03:54 PM
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It’s just a ****ty feature to have that makes it almost comical for thieves. Pop off your key hole cover and push in your locking mechanism and boom windows down. No key needed no need to break windows smh.
12-18-2018, 04:43 PM
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Do they have to damage the "locking mechanism" in order for the windows to lower?
12-18-2018, 05:40 PM
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12-18-2018, 06:13 PM
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police in my city tell me Maxima’s and some infinities are being targeted because of the ease it takes to get the windows down after you removed the cover over the key hole. So I guess that’s what’s interesting to them.
12-18-2018, 07:31 PM
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12-18-2018, 07:51 PM
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There have been several shootings in the Atlanta area recently where car owners returning to their car accosted someone breaking into their car, and a struggle ensued. Several owners have been shot, two fatally. It is a cruel world out there. Please never ever try to refuel your vehicle after dark in the Atlanta area. It is far too dangerous.
12-18-2018, 08:07 PM
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I think YankeeMax is asking what it is in your car that makes them want to break in. Yes, getting in is easy, but if there is nothing visible in the car, would they still break in? I keep virtually nothing in the passenger area of my car. The primary object of car breakins down here in middle Georgia is the handgun thieves hope to find hidden in the glove compartment, and in this area, they very often find one. I am lucky in that I always have my Maxima locked up in my garage unless I am travelling or shopping, and I try to shop or eat where I can see the car from inside the store/restaurant.
There have been several shootings in the Atlanta area recently where car owners returning to their car accosted someone breaking into their car, and a struggle ensued. Several owners have been shot, two fatally. It is a cruel world out there. Please never ever try to refuel your vehicle after dark in the Atlanta area. It is far too dangerous.
There have been several shootings in the Atlanta area recently where car owners returning to their car accosted someone breaking into their car, and a struggle ensued. Several owners have been shot, two fatally. It is a cruel world out there. Please never ever try to refuel your vehicle after dark in the Atlanta area. It is far too dangerous.
12-19-2018, 06:44 AM
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Wait, what??? So I have this clear (I see it's been stated a few times, just trying to get perfect clarity) So pushing in the lock engages the auto windows down feature you get with the remote by holding the unlock button???? And during this process no alarm even goes off???
This sounds like a failure to produce a secure vehicle on Nissan's part...I'd take this up with their customer service since you've been hit multiple times. If this is a rash of known problems in high crime areas, not an isolated one car problem, then there should be a recall for this, a repair that prevents this failure of security. It's one thing if someone breaks glass, can't stop that, but to use the tech from the car to gain full access without setting off an alarm, that's crap.
This sounds like a failure to produce a secure vehicle on Nissan's part...I'd take this up with their customer service since you've been hit multiple times. If this is a rash of known problems in high crime areas, not an isolated one car problem, then there should be a recall for this, a repair that prevents this failure of security. It's one thing if someone breaks glass, can't stop that, but to use the tech from the car to gain full access without setting off an alarm, that's crap.
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