Got broken into last night. I could not tell looking straight at the handle that they had broken in. I was starting to believe I had forgotten to lock the truck. This afternoon I noticed the keyhole was out of line, and the door won't lock.



Theives suck, by the way. They stole a bunch on my son's BSA popcorn.

Yes.

Or replacing the handle with a door handle that has no key hole.

And yes - they suck. Sorry man.

**** my deductible is probably lower than the street value of bsa popcorn. That stuff is priced like solid gold.

Next question is, how hard/expensive is this to repair myself? Do I need any special tools?

My deductible is $1000 so I am thinking a body shop is going to be less than that

Jimmy jammer would have stopped the theif, but they still would have effed up your lock and/or handle.

Thanks. I suspected that as well.

Houston?

San Antonio, Quarry area

Same thing happened to me a couple months ago over at the Pearl. It cost me about $330 for the new handle and paint match.....paint cost more than the damn handle

I had the same thing happen at my old office 18 months ago at Broadway and Sunset. I just turned the lock back with some pliers and pushed it back in. It's going to happen again so I just don't leave anything worth money in my truck. I had a buddy have his broken into at Soluna and he had his keys inside, they took the whole truck. I honestly don't know a Ford truck owner who hasn't had their truck broken into. I had a Silverado for 10 years and this never happened but I couldn't bring myself to buy From Government Motors.

you know ford took billions in loans from the govt too during the crisis, right?

sts7049 said:

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you know ford took billions in loans from the govt too during the crisis, right?

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Ford did accept a loan from Uncle Sam. But it was based upon using it for research into government mandated technology to produce more fuel efficient vehicles. It was not to be used to bail out the company. Interest rates on the money is so low that it is cheaper to make interest payments than it is to pay back the loan. Meanwhile they can use the money for its intended purpose.

Alan Mullally, saw it coming before it all hit. Mortgaged the hell out of everything they had and strapped down spending and did super tight accounting of all spending, reigned in the losses and within a few years Ford made a turnaround to profitability. Sadly not sure whats goign to happen these days since the file cabinet guy doesnt GAF about cars.

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sts7049 said:

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you know ford took billions in loans from the govt too during the crisis, right?

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Ford did accept a loan from Uncle Sam. But it was based upon using it for research into government mandated technology to produce more fuel efficient vehicles. It was not to be used to bail out the company. Interest rates on the money is so low that it is cheaper to make interest payments than it is to pay back the loan. Meanwhile they can use the money for its intended purpose.

Alan Mullally, saw it coming before it all hit. Mortgaged the hell out of everything they had and strapped down spending and did super tight accounting of all spending, reigned in the losses and within a few years Ford made a turnaround to profitability. Sadly not sure whats goign to happen these days since the file cabinet guy doesnt GAF about cars.

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Partially true. Mullaly is/was a great CEO and made some great decisions. But let's be honest here - he's no Ray Dalio and he did not foresee the crisis to come.

The reality is Ford made it through the crisis by, in some ways, shear dumb luck. Mulally put JLR on the sales block before the crisis hit - had he not done that, Ford would not have had the liquidity to sustain the crisis and would've also been bailed out.

GM and Chrysler had a cash crunch and Ford had Tata money. That about sums it up.

I like the idea of jimmy jammers, but I also like the idea of just 'leaving the top down'.

I've decided that if someone is committed to f-ing up my door to get in, then they are committed, no matter what. Jimmy Jammer doesn't fix that. It might prevent the theft, but it won't prevent the damage.

Are you implying leaving the truck unlocked? People say this all the time and it's really stupid, IMO. I live in rice military in houston, been in my house for 7 years. Never been broken into, but have a camera and have on a few occasions seen people go car to car, just checking to see if it's unlocked. If it's unlocked they go through it, if it's locked they move on. Hell, they don't even look in the windows to see if anything valuable is visible.

James Walker `02 said:

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I had the same thing happen at my old office 18 months ago at Broadway and Sunset. I just turned the lock back with some pliers and pushed it back in. It's going to happen again so I just don't leave anything worth money in my truck. I had a buddy have his broken into at Soluna and he had his keys inside, they took the whole truck. I honestly don't know a Ford truck owner who hasn't had their truck broken into. I had a Silverado for 10 years and this never happened but I couldn't bring myself to buy From Government Motors.

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I've had Ford trucks for the last 24 years.

I did forget to lock it once when I took my mom out to dinner and someone stole the glucose meter from my cup holder. Suckers, there were only a few test strips left in that container. The manufacturer sent me a free one to replace it.

I have never had a forcible break in. A large part of that is where I have lived over that time or the truck being parked in the garage overnight.

htxag09 said:

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Are you implying leaving the truck unlocked? People say this all the time and it's really stupid, IMO. I live in rice military in houston, been in my house for 7 years. Never been broken into, but have a camera and have on a few occasions seen people go car to car, just checking to see if it's unlocked. If it's unlocked they go through it, if it's locked they move on. Hell, they don't even look in the windows to see if anything valuable is visible.

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I don't leave it unlocked I just turned the damaged lock back to where it belongs and pushed it back in. It locks now but if another thief wants to break in the same way it's not going to damage anything else. The thing that also surprised me was that my alarm never went off.

Burdizzo said:

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Next question is, how hard/expensive is this to repair myself? Do I need any special tools?

My deductible is $1000 so I am thinking a body shop is going to be less than that

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Talk to your agent about costs at various deductible levels. A $1K deductible these days is likely only $5-8 a month cheaper than a $250 deductible. Basically car repair is so expensive these days that the high deductible savings aren't what they used to be.

James Walker `02 said:

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htxag09 said:

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Are you implying leaving the truck unlocked? People say this all the time and it's really stupid, IMO. I live in rice military in houston, been in my house for 7 years. Never been broken into, but have a camera and have on a few occasions seen people go car to car, just checking to see if it's unlocked. If it's unlocked they go through it, if it's locked they move on. Hell, they don't even look in the windows to see if anything valuable is visible.

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I don't leave it unlocked I just turned the damaged lock back to where it belongs and pushed it back in. It locks now but if another thief wants to break in the same way it's not going to damage anything else. The thing that also surprised me was that my alarm never went off.

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I checked my alarm as a result of this thread. Long story short, they cut the wires for my horn too. Just found that on the way home, three days after the break in. Next step in repair is going to be relocating the horn and the wiring for it.

htxag09 said:

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Are you implying leaving the truck unlocked? People say this all the time and it's really stupid, IMO. I live in rice military in houston, been in my house for 7 years. Never been broken into, but have a camera and have on a few occasions seen people go car to car, just checking to see if it's unlocked. If it's unlocked they go through it, if it's locked they move on. Hell, they don't even look in the windows to see if anything valuable is visible.

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No I'm saying that I think jimmy jammers are going to do nothing but create more end damage. No one knows they are there. Once they figure that out, they will still get in but now you will have more than a popped lock to fix.

My comment was a bit tongue in cheek in that I used to have a buddy that literally left his ragtop open on purpose because he had someone cut it once to get in.

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you know ford took billions in loans from the govt too during the crisis, right?

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You know GM didn't earn the nickname Government Motors because it took loans, right?

Or the Jimmi Jammer just pisses them off and they rip out your door handle.

This happened in the course of about 5 mins...stole my gym bag with nothing valuable in it

Memo to self: never move to Houston.

Great, but OP is in San Antonio.

Which city has the worse property crime turds?

htxag09 said:

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Great, but OP is in San Antonio.

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I got all of the "THIEVES" threads mixed up and figured I'd just consolidate my reply to one thread instead of all of them.

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Or the Jimmi Jammer just pisses them off and they rip out your door handle.

This happened in the course of about 5 mins...stole my gym bag with nothing valuable in it

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Holy crap!

htxag09 said:

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Great, but OP is in San Antonio.

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Well, it's to be expected in a border town.

EMY92 said:

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htxag09 said:

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Great, but OP is in San Antonio.

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Well, it's to be expected in a border town.

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You guys think you're funny, but the border is actually IH 10

To add insult to injury...

My truck was broken into on a Tuesday night. It took me a couple of days to figure out the door no longer locked. After reading a story on the internet about a similar break in, I found out the disabled the horn by sticking a coat hanger or something similar in the grill and yanking the wires off. No alarm. Due to the rain and a busy life I still had not done anything a week later. The following Monday night some asshat went through our neighborhood checking unlocked vehicles, and I got hit a second time. They went through the truck and cleaned me out of loose change.

Bastages.

I am adding a second set of horns that are mounted somewhere else that don't know about.

When I had the door panel off to fix the lock, I saw what a cheap set of speakers Ford puts in these trucks. I will be replacing those later when I replace the handle (New handle still needs to be painted to match). Last time I upgraded speakers in a vehicle Jensen Tri-Axial were real popular. That was 35 years ago. Anyone got recommendations for a good set of speakers for about $100/pair?

Burdizzo said:

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To add insult to injury...

My truck was broken into on a Tuesday night. It took me a couple of days to figure out the door no longer locked. After reading a story on the internet about a similar break in, I found out the disabled the horn by sticking a coat hanger or something similar in the grill and yanking the wires off. No alarm. Due to the rain and a busy life I still had not done anything a week later. The following Monday night some asshat went through our neighborhood checking unlocked vehicles, and I got hit a second time. They went through the truck and cleaned me out of loose change.

Bastages.

I am adding a second set of horns that are mounted somewhere else that don't know about.

When I had the door panel off to fix the lock, I saw what a cheap set of speakers Ford puts in these trucks. I will be replacing those later when I replace the handle (New handle still needs to be painted to match). Last time I upgraded speakers in a vehicle Jensen Tri-Axial were real popular. That was 35 years ago. Anyone got recommendations for a good set of speakers for about $100/pair?

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Crutchfield.com for speakers

That BSA popcorn is expensive!

JSKolache said:

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Burdizzo said:

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To add insult to injury...

My truck was broken into on a Tuesday night. It took me a couple of days to figure out the door no longer locked. After reading a story on the internet about a similar break in, I found out the disabled the horn by sticking a coat hanger or something similar in the grill and yanking the wires off. No alarm. Due to the rain and a busy life I still had not done anything a week later. The following Monday night some asshat went through our neighborhood checking unlocked vehicles, and I got hit a second time. They went through the truck and cleaned me out of loose change.

Bastages.

I am adding a second set of horns that are mounted somewhere else that don't know about.

When I had the door panel off to fix the lock, I saw what a cheap set of speakers Ford puts in these trucks. I will be replacing those later when I replace the handle (New handle still needs to be painted to match). Last time I upgraded speakers in a vehicle Jensen Tri-Axial were real popular. That was 35 years ago. Anyone got recommendations for a good set of speakers for about $100/pair?

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Crutchfield.com for speakers

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Yeah, I have known about crutchfield since Jr. High in the 1980s when they were mail order. I didn't ask where to buy. I asked what to buy.