Ram 1500 Radio Theft

[Jake527]

Hello all, I recently leased a 2018 ram 1500. And now thieves have been stealing the 8.4" tochscreen uconnect systems out of them causing serious damge to the truck. They break the rear passenger windows and get the radio ut in under 30 secs. Does anyone have a good idea as how to prevent this? I cannot install a aftermarket alarm because this will violate my lease.

 

[MADDOG]

Without an alarm or a secured place to park the truck, I'm not sure what you can do. Is there a better place to park it?

 

[grizzstang]

With gas prices higher than normal they also have been drilling holes in gas tanks to steal fuel. Leaving the owner with an expensive repair bill to replace the gas tank. I hate thieves! Park your truck in a garage at night. If you can't there is very little you can do to stop them.

 

[JPT]

Hello all, I recently leased a 2018 ram 1500. And now thieves have been stealing the 8.4" tochscreen uconnect systems out of them causing serious damge to the truck. They break the rear passenger windows and get the radio ut in under 30 secs. Does anyone have a good idea as how to prevent this? I cannot install a aftermarket alarm because this will violate my lease.

Are you worried about Work, out and about, and/or home?

For home, the only fix is a garage and/or a home surveillance system. I put in cameras with 25 days worth of 1080p recording at my house. If thieves see the cameras (they should as they have red rings at night), they will be more likely to hit my neighbors than my house.

 

[Jake527]

Thankfully mine hasnt been hit yet. But neighborhoods a mile a way have been. Just thought someone had a clever idea. Cant have anything nice. Wish it fit in my garage

 

[Jimmy07]

Nothing. If somebody wants something bad enough, they’re gonna get it. That’s what your comprehensive is for. No sense in spending all kinds of money to try to prevent something that might never happen, and if it does, they might get it anyway.

If I pay $350 for a car alarm, then someone breaks in and they decide to go through with the theft, now I’m out $350 on a product that didn’t deter anything , AND I have to pay my $100 comprehensive deductible.

 

[Jake527]

Are you worried about Work, out and about, and/or home?

For home, the only fix is a garage and/or a home surveillance system. I put in cameras with 25 days worth of 1080p recording at my house. If thieves see the cameras (they should as they have red rings at night), they will be more likely to hit my neighbors than my house.

At home is the problem. Cameras will not stop them they have been hitting dealerships for these radios left and right.

 

[JPT]

Thankfully mine hasnt been hit yet. But neighborhoods a mile a way have been. Just thought someone had a clever idea. Cant have anything nice. Wish it fit in my garage

Cameras... They will protect more than just your truck, and will still work with your next vehicle. I added a ring doorbell as well (for 2 way communication).

Best money spent on my house lately (6 months ago). I have used it a couple times to see one was to see who knocked down my fios fiber line (garbage truck hooked it last week). Even though I couldn't see this on my ring doorbell (cable was out as it got ripped), my surveillance system had the video stored for me to watch when I got home.

 

[JPT]

At home is the problem. Cameras will not stop them they have been hitting dealerships for these radios left and right.

I have motion sensors set on my cameras, they alert me via email (with a snapshot) and the camera system app. I will know as soon as someone walks on my property.

I have the motions set to grid areas and time of day to minimize notifications.

 

[Jake527]

Nothing. If somebody wants something bad enough, they’re gonna get it. That’s what your comprehensive is for. No sense in spending all kinds of money to try to prevent something that might never happen, and if it does, they might get it anyway.

If I pay $350 for a car alarm, then someone breaks in and they decide to go through with the theft, now I’m out $350 on a product that didn’t deter anything , AND I have to pay my $100 comprehensive deductible.

Yeah but when your deductible is 500 dollars and you dont have a car for a week it can be expensive.

 

[Jake527]

I have motion sensors set on my cameras, they alert me via email (with a snapshot) and the camera system app. I will know as soon as someone walks on my property.

I have the motions set to grid areas and time of day to minimize notifications.

I like that what kind of cameras do you have?

 

[Jimmy07]

I have motion sensors set on my cameras, they alert me via email (with a snapshot) and the camera system app. I will know as soon as someone walks on my property.

I have the motions set to grid areas and time of day to minimize notifications.

And you’ll still be out a window and a radio. But, at least you get to see it happen.

 

[JPT]

I like that what kind of cameras do you have?

I went with a Flir 8 IP camera NVR system (I only use 7). I am very happy with the system, the only thing I wish I had was Cloud storage (my does not upload to a cloud). But I have my system locked up, I have an alarm, I have a ring doorbell (that does have cloud).

Here are a couple snap shots from my emails:
This was set up by motion over night (the lights set it off)


My front door, sorry about the paint coming off the bricks, I hate that the previous owners painted the bricks, this wall never sees sun so the bricks never dry out enough for the paint to stick.



Here is what the app looks like on my phone:

 

[markusaf81]

I like that what kind of cameras do you have?

If you have WIFI I recommend Arlo wireless cameras. I have crappy internet and they still work great for me. They are motion activated, battery operated (batteries last about 3-6 months depending) and you can get all sorts of notifications. The HD cameras actually can set an alarm off and stuff. Plus, no wires to mount or route and so forth.

 

[JPT]

And you’ll still be out a window and a radio. But, at least you get to see it happen.

Depends on how active you want to be about it... I wouldn't, but if you want to go out and stop them you can.

I prefer to be aware someone is on my property, and if they try to break into the house, I will be ready to protect my family with my 2nd amendment tool of choice.

 

[JPT]

If you have WIFI I recommend Arlo wireless cameras. I have crappy internet and they still work great for me. They are motion activated, battery operated (batteries last about 3-6 months depending) and you can get all sorts of notifications. The HD cameras actually can set an alarm off and stuff. Plus, no wires to mount or route and so forth.

A good option, but I will always suggest if one has the money, run a cat 5/6 cables for IP cameras (power over IP), then you never have to worry about it again.

But wireless is definitely better than no cameras.

Just an FYI. I have heard of people bringing signal jammers to block wifi cameras from connecting to your network.

 

[markusaf81]

A good option, but I will always suggest if one has the money, run a cat 5/6 cables for IP cameras (power over IP), then you never have to worry about it again.

But wireless is definitely better than no cameras.

Just an FYI. I have heard of people bringing signal jammers to block wifi cameras from connecting to your network.

I had the Arolos, sold them, bought POP cameras and ended up returning them, bought Arlo cameras again. I'm not good with technology and trying to set all the POP cameras up was a nightmare for me, arlos are plug and play, lol

 

[JPT]

Here is how I knew the garbage truck ripped down my fiber line:

 

[SYKRAMMAN]

I had those wireless cams, they worked great but we get an unusual amount of outages around here, so I went direct power with backup batteries, never had an issue since.

 

[jcarden10]

Here is how I knew the garbage truck ripped down my fiber line:

FYI. Minimum clearance over the road for your fiber line is 15’6”. Thats Verizons fault that it got hit. Obviously it was well below that or the truck wouldnt have hit it.


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