A friend's 2005 Fiesta has been broken into for the second time in 5 months.  On both occasions there was no obvious sign of forced entry.  I've since found out they locked the car using the key rather than the remote, and therefore the deadlock wasn't engaged.

The concern is that this is likely to happen yet again.  I'm not asking for people to explain how they managed to get in the car (I'm already aware of at least one method), but is it possible that they have a method that would work even if the car was deadlocked?  ie would getting my friend to deadlock the car stop the thieves getting in again, or is it possible they have a method that would overcome the deadlock too, such as a key that happens to work, and as such the contents of the car will never be safe in the same location?

Any feedback or suggestions would be gratefully received.

Rob

 

The Tibbe key used on the Mk6 Fiesta (and Focus, Mondeo etc of the same age) is known to be pretty poor and get even worse with use/wear which is why they stopped using them, deadlocks won't help if the thieves are using a key to get in unfortunately.

If it's got an alarm then at least there's a chance of that getting set off when locked with the remote so it is worth doing.

Tibbe picks are easily sourced and easy to learn to use, and once used give the cutting code to clone the key blade.
An aftermarket alarm obviously won't stop the car being opened but will hopefully give them a surprise.
One with remote alerts may be of benefit.

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what are they doing when they get in the car?  is there anything in the car which attracts them to it. 

Thanks for the information.

3 hours ago, isetta said:

what are they doing when they get in the car?  is there anything in the car which attracts them to it. 

There's very little of any value left in the vehicle, and what is there is out of sight.  However, when they decide to take the car battery...