Anti-theft. How easy is it to disable?

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I'm assuming The MME has some sort of built-in anti-theft/GPS tracking/phone home if stolen protection.

What is it and can the average 14 year old defeat it in the message center.... just turn it off?
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I'm aiming to have one in every color.

3/8" hex on the plate screws, boys. Philips cam out too fast.
 

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Somehow I doubt pure EVs are high on theft lists. Unless your average car thief has bothered to install an EVSE in their sub terranean hideout.
 

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Somehow I doubt pure EVs are high on theft lists. Unless your average car thief has bothered to install an EVSE in their sub terranean hideout.
That's an interesting question. With the chip shortage and battery shortage, would it be worth it to steal one of these beauties for parts? doubtful but an interesting question. Most of the cars that my customers have had stolen have been older model, generic looking vehicles. I don't think the MachE fits that description ;)
 


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I can see an emerging stolen battery market.
I'm calling it 'The Dark Battery". (TM)

Catchy, huh?
 

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That's an interesting question. With the chip shortage and battery shortage, would it be worth it to steal one of these beauties for parts? doubtful but an interesting question. Most of the cars that my customers have had stolen have been older model, generic looking vehicles. I don't think the MachE fits that description ;)
ANd then what? Sell the chips back to Ford so they can build more Mach-Es?

Will they eventually have an aftermarket of cheap grey parts for EVs one day? Maybe.

Until then, any thief won't look twice at a Mach-e in a parking lot and go straight for teh f-150 or Honda Cr-v.
 
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In my best Stone Philips....

"We set out to investigate the change occurring in vehicle theft. Vehicles stolen not for their airbags or body parts, but for usable battery cells.

Our decoy vehicle is a 2020 Mustang Mach E left on the side of the road in a part of Chicago known as a gathering spot for MIT drop-outs".....
 

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I'm assuming The MME has some sort of built-in anti-theft/GPS tracking/phone home if stolen protection.

What is it and can the average 14 year old defeat it in the message center.... just turn it off?
It isn't easily defeated. There is a setting to turn off the interior sensors which is useful for occasions where one occupant sits and waits in the car for the other passenger to shop or take care of an errand.
 

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That's an interesting question. With the chip shortage and battery shortage, would it be worth it to steal one of these beauties for parts? doubtful but an interesting question. Most of the cars that my customers have had stolen have been older model, generic looking vehicles. I don't think the MachE fits that description ;)
Pickups get stolen in Hawaii, mostly later models, though not extremely new models. My 15 year old Tacoma is probably safe.
 

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I'm assuming The MME has some sort of built-in anti-theft/GPS tracking/phone home if stolen protection.

What is it and can the average 14 year old defeat it in the message center.... just turn it off?
In 2022 models they are including The Club Mach-E Edition.
 

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I'm assuming The MME has some sort of built-in anti-theft/GPS tracking/phone home if stolen protection.

What is it and can the average 14 year old defeat it in the message center.... just turn it off?
If your 14 year old figures out how to turn off the alarm, please send him to my house. ;)
 

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I think you can pull fuse 20 (anti-theft alarm horn) and disable the horn. Just from the manual. I might try it soon as I've been looking for a way to turn off the damn thing as I'm not super worried about theft but I am super worried about how often it goes off when PaaK fails and wakes up my neighbors (twice, so far, and twice in other situations).
 
 




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