I also being a locksmith have access to this info, and the info isn't as
hard to get as most would think. I've called CCMC (they handle chrysler
roadside) and been able to get key codes without any resistance whatsoever,
even my own. Now once you have the keycode getting a locksmith to cut the
key is rather easy. Everyone that works for me checks ID but I'm sure there
some places that don't. Basically any Bozo with a key-punch and a code book
can take a car without forcing entry.
This is why the advent of the transponder keys has come up. It takes
(depending on the car) either a second code or a comp to add keys to the
comp that allow the car to start.
Joe W.
87 Shelby Charger 13.9
98 Dakota 13.1
----- Original Message -----
From: Preacher <preacher@carolina.rr.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 1999 8:39 AM
Subject: DML: Re: Nasty way of stealing our trucks? (and, my continuing
foglight saga)
> From: Andy Levy <andylevy@bigfoot.com>
> > Is it true that there are people reading VINs off cars, going to a
> > dealer or locksmith and saying "I lost my keys, here's my VIN, cut me a
> > new set?" then coming back and stealing cars?
>
> As a liscensed locksmith for 17 years (My Dad owns two locksmith
businesses
> in Cali and I have worked for him on and off since I was 12)
> This can be done. HOWEVER. NO reputable locksmith would do this for you
> without proof of ownership. Another safety is that the code books and
> equipment to do this are VERY expensive and the only way to get them is
to
> be a liscense locksmith, LEO or reposession agent.
> Possible, not probable.
>
> Preacher
> http://www.bastaards.org
> http://www.onelist.com/community/BASTAARDS
>
>
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