Usec's Pajero stolen inside Home Garage!

[Hero]

A MALACAÑANG executive lost his Mitsubishi Pajero to car thieves who sneaked into his San Pedro, Laguna home on the wee hours of Sunday morning as he and his family slept soundly.
Press Undersecretary Robert Rivera said his sports utility vehicle (MTA 222) model 2000 was parked in the garage of his house at the La Marea village when his maid discovered that it was missing at around 6 a.m. on Sunday.

San Pedro police and members of Anti-Carnapping Task Force Limbas said the car thieves could have used an electronic gadget that opened the vehicle's doors.

Rivera said stolen vehicles could be shipped either to Sabah, Malaysia or Indonesia to be resold.

The last time security guards at his village saw the car parked at his house was around 1:30 am of Sunday when they were patrolling the grounds of the subdivision.

Rivera told reporters that the Pajero, which he bought in 2003, was his personal car and he had last used it on Friday.

He said the car thieves did not touch the Hyundai Grace van parked outside his house.

With Christine Avendaño, Inquirer


OA na ito! Thieves are getting bolder by the second!

Pajero owners what security measures do you use to secure your vehicles?

[nugundam93]

holy kamote. yaiks.

the sim-based security device seems more tempting by the minute.

ako no security device at home except for 2 dogs (mestizo daschund and mini-pinscher) and 2 pairs of steel gates...which i gotta take the wd40 off the joints para maingay uli sila. :lol:

[Josh0027]

now another blow to the pajero's security system...

[nugundam93]

i wonder what the security system was?

baka naman yung stock alarm lang?

[city]

inside job?

[ILuvDetailing]

could have used an electronic gadget that opened the vehicle's doors.

pano to? could be an inside job.

[mazdamazda]

yup... pwede inside job.

[attic_dude]

napaandar ba nila yung sasakyan? or tinow?

[pitbullz]

iba pa rin talaga when you have alarm and attack dog combo (mini pin + rott/dobe/ambull),its not a guaranty that your house wont get intruded but you can trust that these dogs they will surely do what they need to.

[Hayward]

Grabe naman! How were the culprits able to bring the Pajero out without being detected? Surely there would be some kind of noise or something to wake the occupants up. Unless walang tao ds loob nung nangyari yun o soundproof yung bahay o kaya, sabi nga nila inside job.

[OTEP]

Another reason why I don't trust OEM anti-theft systems. You study one, you know them all. Btw, CODE is the OEM system for most Pajeros except for the Limiteds which used the GPS-based system.

Though, judging from the circumstances, mukhang tinarget talaga ang Pajero niya. Marami namang mga Pajerong naka-park lang sa kalye o kaya pwedeng i-carjack.

He could have 'layered' his security measures (steering wheel lock, locking the garage gate, kill switch etc.) to have further deterred the theft.

[quiksie]

kailangan ng keys pa din pag naka alarm mode yun sasakyan. Pano kaya hindi nagalarm yun sasakyan at hindi talaga magstart yun kasi naka inti-theft yun pag nilock mo

[OTEP]

You can use a scanner/grabber to grab the code for disarming the system. That's what they did to make a duplicate of my transmitter when the old one broke.

[landlord]

i remember, sometime ago, 2 pajeros and a strada were carnapped inside ayala alabang. there was an attempt on a 3rd pajero but was aborted due to battery failure. another pajero, after a wild chase around the village was taken by ramming the village gate. after this, sa alabang hills naman and bf homes dumale. this could be the same group/ same m.o.

i have heard stories of these vehicles being shipped to malaysia or indonesia. pero di ba left hand drive sila? e di halata or madaling mahuli? hindi kaya they get the parts for the subic pajero convertions?

[oldblue]

the only security na alam ko sa garage naman eh iharang yun american car sa japanese car.