Dear all,

I have just joined the forum to regrettably post a message about my Jaguar F Type 75 (2023) which was unfortunately stolen in London today (Notting Hill). The car is a green with a tan interior (per the photo’s below).

Should anyone have any tips or info regarding this car - please either contact me or the police.

Kind regards,
Maxim

 

Jaguar InControl should be able assist authorities in locating your vehicle:

"Stolen Vehicle Locator is Jaguar Land Rover's Stolen Vehicle Locator Service. In the event of your vehicle being stolen, you can contact the InControl tracking center and with the support of the authorities, they will track your vehicle and support recovery efforts. You need to contact the police and file a police report, then contact Stolen Vehicle Center immediately using the pre programmed phone number on the Assistance Screen in your smartphone App and they will liaise with the police to pinpoint the exact location of your vehicle. You will be required to obtain a police report number before tracking can commence."

 

Really sorry to hear about your car. That’s terrible.

Best of luck in hopefully recovering it.

 

Hoping In Control gets you your car returned, safe and sound. I know this is painful, but it would help the rest of us if you could say how this happened. I always lock t h e doors and use a Faraday bag for my fob. Did the thieves use one of those code crackers?

 

Unfortunately there was not really much that could have been done to prevent it, it seems. We keep our keys locked in a safe in a faraday-type bag (and have both key still). It was parked on a busy street in central London and had a steering lock as well. In the end, they just smashed the window and from what I understand they can activate the car with something called Relay theft (?), where they can start the car through the keyless system.

 

There are two other F-Type forums you can post notices on. While this one is primarily a US forum the other two are UK based. Links below.

https://www.ftypeforums.co.uk/

https://www.jaguarforum.com/forums/f...3-present.100/

 

if your keys were protected then they didn’t use the relay attack. Most likely cloned a new key via the obd port. Not sure if an obd port lock or a dummy obd port would have saved you as they were obviously pro’s doing a targeted attack and not someone going for a joy ride.

 

Started researching the various 'gadgets' sold to protect the OBD port.. It seems there are two varieties.. the one that plugs into the real OBD, which you relocate/push back/stuff under the dash and then put the dummy one in the clip. With this first one, supposedly the thief plugs in to the "port", but can't get to the car's system. or the ones that lock on the the port, with some sort of key, special tool, etc.

Online research indicates that fobs/keys can be created through access to the car's systems via the OBD port, so smashing a window and plugging in to the port is the steal of choice.

Forum thoughts on either? neither?

 

There are legit devices (as in not even black market things) that can generate new keys surprisingly easily. I have one and have used it several times when I have purchased Jaguars from the insurance auction that have no key. Outside of cloning the actual key this is the only possible way I know of.

 

I’ve been told that most of them port lockers do not work against anyone that knows what they’re doing…More of a deterrent, to add time, etc…Not unlike the club on the steering wheel won’t stop them if they are determined…

The only truly effective thing you can install is a product like the Ghost 2 like I have in my 4Runner. Even if they capture the signal to your key, or even cut their own key using the port, the vehicle isn’t going anywhere unless they authenticate to the Ghost device. As soon as they put the vehicle in gear it will shutdown if they did not enter your code sequence…Which could be something as random as button 3 on the radio, followed by left signal, followed by rear defrost button, followed by button 5 on the radio, followed by some button on the steering wheel.

Short of them towing your vehicle, or hauling it up on a flatbed, your vehicle will not go anywhere with this installed:

https://autowatchcanada.com/product-...iAAEgLHS_D_BwE

I also have the TAG system installed on my 4Runner, but that is for locating it once stolen, not preventing the theft…Required by my insurance,,,

 

If they don’t recover your car, is your plan to try and replace it with another F-type? Over here in North America there seems to be many still available for sale at dealers…Certainly here in Canada there are…

 

It's more likely inside a shipping container ready to be shipped to a foreign destination