Ford based motorhome thefts over the last year. Please report

[jongood]

AFAIK being stolen from is a bigger issue than being stolen although both happen.



This looks way too easy to me, my Sil has one of these as a works van and the first thing he did was add extra locks. IMO Ford should be sorting the security out.

btw can't see the connection with Brexit.

 

[jongood]

Forgot to add, the best answer for any coachbuilt is strap/chain the doors together IMO.

 

[Lenny HB]

Friends who live just around the corner from us had theirs stolen 18 months ago. There were lucky someone on Facebook spotted it in their road about 2 miles from where it was taken from near an illegal pi-key camp. They got it back undamaged.
Comfort were insisting on Ford's regardless of valve require a tracker.

 

[Dan and Jan]

Forgot to add, the best answer for any coachbuilt is strap/chain the doors together IMO.

Would be nice, but on my new to me Freddy (Ford) there isn’t a hole in the door handles to thread a strap or chain through.
I could invest in one of those bars that hooks from window to window ledge but I have blinds fitted. Cannot even fit Thule locks due to blinds. Might invest in new door locks.

 

[Clickem]

Would be nice, but on my new to me Freddy (Ford) there isn’t a hole in the door handles to thread a strap or chain through.
I could invest in one of those bars that hooks from window to window ledge but I have blinds fitted. Cannot even fit Thule locks due to blinds. Might invest in new door locks. View attachment 369514

I used a couple of Cabin Hook catches (ignore the hook part) screwed to the inside of the door to fit a cable between the doors

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[Dan and Jan]

I like the look of these locks, depending on price of course. If “they” want your van, no amount of security will stop them. I love my Ford.

 

[Aly1]

I had an attempted theft at services on M62. They were seconds away from getting in and must have been disturbed.
I was planning on having the locks changed but hadn’t got around to it!

You can see the lock had been twisted. Now with the new lock.
When I was insuring it they insisted on a tracker.

 

[Mickthemove]

Nice to see the actual answer to this thread is that no one has had a mark 7 or 8 ford nicked........................I brought a ford, brought a wheelclamp and steering lock. it is still here! although if someone does nick it, i have my eyes on a few nice A classes so silver linings and all that!

 

[The Wino]

I am without being in anyway flipant, sincerely sorry for your losses. My post was in no way designed to minimise the awful loss of a vehicle.

I was honestly asking as there seems to be so much misinformation around. I wish you the very best of luck and kind regards
Paul

But were they motorhomes or vans/ minibuses. I'm like you we have a ford I actually know someone who had a ford based hymer nicked but the rate seems quite low and certainly not as high as the doomsayers recon on here. I think (tongue in cheek) they don't nick Fiat's as they aren't sure if all the recalls will have been dealt with!!!)

 

[SteveRallye]

As my old Dad used to say :You die eventually if you spend your life worrying, you die eventually if you are not a worrier, SO Why Worry!

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[Brains]

I am without being in anyway flipant, sincerely sorry for your losses. My post was in no way designed to minimise the awful loss of a vehicle.

I was honestly asking as there seems to be so much misinformation around. I wish you the very best of luck and kind regards
Paul

No offence taken!
You asked: "Are Ford locks known to be insecure?"
I confirmed; "Yes, they are widely known to be easy to open"

 

[thebriars]

No offence taken!
You asked: "Are Ford locks known to be insecure?"
I confirmed; "Yes, they are widely known to be easy to open"

So what? It's so much easier to open any of the habitation windows. It's a bit like fitting steel bars to the house front door and then leaving the back door open.

There's a world of difference between a white van full of tools and a motorhome full of nothing more than travel guides.