As easy as ABC
Even to start a car without a key is easy
To open the door is so easy

All this I learnt from a South African coloured friends

They use acid to break glass then open it and steal whatever they want to steal!.

Cokahot:
If battery dey boot ,any accident from rear na explosion. Dat na y I ha8 German esp bmw

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This is not true.as battery dey front,how many explosion do. Happen as a result of head i. Collision?

FireUpNow:
This OP love wahala ooo. See JAMB questions. You for ask how politicians take dey right elections instead na. U want expose thieves abi? Anyways I woke up one morning and asi open my car hood,to check the engine oil and water level. I saw a crispy 1000 note on top the engine, na that day I fear because it seems those car thieves wanted to remove my battery but they did it succeed.

why did they put the 1k ontop the engine?

Baitullah:
I sense this is a trap to identify nairaland thieves

why reveal it if you're not one

This is true, real and common now, few days ago, a friend visited me and parked his car in front of my office, around 6pm, before he comes out just like 20mins latter, the car battery is gone.

Itulah:


Same with Peugeot, it came with built in battery lock and burglars can't even open the hood like they do with Japanese vehicle.

I don'nt know about other models but 406 I have to buy 2 batteries in one month, I wzs told it was easy for the thieves they broke that net at the front and put their hand and releazed the bonnet lock.

MRDEE01:
They steal mostly Japanese batteries.
They couldn't steal my neighbour's BMW battery after the took almost 4 batteries in our neighbourhood

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They can't steal a BMW car battery. Some years back the stole seven of my neighbors batteries but my BMW they tried to force a car to open the door but the couldn't but succeeded in spoil it, can I only open the car with remote. Japanese cars can be easy manipulated

I heard they steal brainbox too

Kelvin30286063:
Cars different from each other oo. I wanted to borrow my brother's GLK battery recently. If you see the way benz package the battery. Even thief go rethink am of e wan try streal am. It's like the battery is attached to the engine the way they packaged it.

I love this.

fineboynl:
There is an increase rate at which car batteries are stolen. What is fueling it is the high demand and available market for them. The other day they stole my neighbor car battery and I want to know how well can one avoid this. How the thief open the bonnet? And is it possible to chain the bonnet inside?

Most of the thieves are either mechanics or pannelbeaters, they know the exact place where the bonnet cable is placed and can easily maneuver to open it without stress. The best solution is to remove the battery and take it with you inside your house, any time u want to go out with ur car, u can fix it back.

MRDEE01:
They steal mostly Japanese batteries.
They couldn't steal my neighbour's BMW battery after the took almost 4 batteries in our neighbourhood

Bmw batteries are always in the boot. 😁

For Abuja where I dey (local side), every car owner dey dissembling and assembling their batter every blessed day

Remove in the night, fix it in the morning.... Car thief plenty for here, but they Don reduce, some even get lever dey carry motor battery come steal as them Don Sabi say people dey remove their car battery, but it reduce drastically.....

fineboynl:
There is an increase rate at which car batteries are stolen. What is fueling it is the high demand and available market for them. The other day they stole my neighbor car battery and I want to know how well can one avoid this. How the thief open the bonnet? And is it possible to chain the bonnet inside?

Install car alarm, the noise will alert the vehicle owner and scared them away.😁

It's mostly Toyotas that this happens with, but trust me, it's very difficult to take out the batteries of some cars like BMW, Mercedes or Audi.

I remember early 2001 thieves raided our neighbourhood back in Nigeria, and carted away several car batteries... most of the affected cars were Toyota's and Peugeot's, however we noticed only the Mercedes and BMW's in the neighbourhood were left intact... some year's later all the families in my neighbourhood either had a Mercedes 190, Mercedes V-Boot, or BMW E60.

Fast forward years later, the case is still the same.

Baitullah:
I sense this is a trap to identify nairaland thieves

Someone can't share knowledge in peace again

The answer should be given by mechanic or electricians.

Oyinbo wey do pencil na em do eraser.

E go shock u wetin u fit learn on YouTube.

handsomeyinka:


Oh wow..You are very experienced in the trade.

fineboynl:
There is an increase rate at which car batteries are stolen. What is fueling it is the high demand and available market for them. The other day they stole my neighbor car battery and I want to know how well can one avoid this. How the thief open the bonnet? And is it possible to chain the bonnet inside?

I once had the video demonstrating it about six years ago. The man opened the bonnet from the front tire side.

Cokahot:
If battery dey boot ,any accident from rear na explosion. Dat na y I ha8 German esp bmw

So why don't they explode on cars that have their batteries in the front when there's head on head collision?

Very simple. Lie down under the car directly below the radiator. Look up between your radiator and the front bumper. You'll see your bonnet catcher. Raise your hand and flip it or use short wood to flip it and it will disengage the bonnet from the hook. Then come out to finally open the bonnet.

I took m car too a panel beater who did a construction with light pan under car. He welded bolts on the pan which will be tighten or loosen only when the bonnet is open. So the underneath is sealed now.

fineboynl:
There is an increase rate at which car batteries are stolen. What is fueling it is the high demand and available market for them. The other day they stole my neighbor car battery and I want to know how well can one avoid this. How the thief open the bonnet? And is it possible to chain the bonnet inside?

A panel beater can construct a battery locker for you.

Thanks to the senseless policies
of the disgraced Buhari presidency,
New car batteries are from 35k upwards.

It thus a great incentive for burglars
to steal & sell for 10k immediately.

A few months back, I woke up around
3am to send some international
messages. I started hearing some clandestine
noises from outside. I reasoned this
couldn't be rats that are found of
scaling fences to come rummage through
dustbins for food. And NEPA been don
take light.

I slowly & quietly got to my window to
look outside. Low & behold I saw a burglar
using phone battery trying to open my
car bonnet❗️❗️❗️😮😮😮

Hmmm.... after reading comments seems like the common way is to get at the release cable from under the wheel well. How about cutting the cable at the lock release point ... and tying it somewhere so one pulling it will believe it is still attached? ........ then tie your own cable to the lock release and have it at a point where you can reach it from through the grill or under the car. No doubt... you can no longer open the hood from the inside. If the thief tries the cable ... then decide to break in to pull the hood release .... neither will work. Just saying.

clarifier:
I don'nt know about other models but 406 I have to buy 2 batteries in one month, I wzs told it was easy for the thieves they broke that net at the front and put their hand and releazed the bonnet lock.

407, 408, 508 few others has all the anti-burg fixtures, even with open hood, battery lock is also there.

adecz:
Thanks to the senseless policies
of the disgraced Buhari presidency,
New car batteries are from 35k upwards.

It thus a great incentive for burglars
to steal & sell for 10k immediately.

A few months back, I woke up around
3am to send some international
messages. I started hearing some clandestine
noises from outside. I reasoned this
couldn't be rats that are found of
scaling fences to come rummage through
dustbins for food. And NEPA been don
take light.

I slowly & quietly got to my window to
look outside. Low & behold I saw a burglar
using phone battery trying to open my
car bonnet❗️❗️❗️😮😮😮

Wetin una come do? Una use catapult fire sharp stone for him head?

AfDapone:


Wetin una come do? Una use catapult fire sharp stone for him head?

I rushed out of my room with my
pump action, as I got to my balcony,
the guy rushed from the side of the house
where he was about opening the bonnet,
ran towards the fence, stepped on top of another and scaled the 8 feet fence ( which had razor wire on it) in one
move. He was so fast I couldn't cock and
blast off his skull.

My younger brother who came out with
me was able throw a small flower pot which
missed him.

Sadly though, we later found that he had
already removed the battery from the
car he stepped on before moving forward
to the other car which alerted me.

It's most likely he had someone outside
the fence who collected the first battery.

Montario:
Well I was fortunate some months back in my estate where I packed my Toyota Camry big daddy overnight and right behind me is a solara also. The following morning I was told the Solara’s battery as been stolen I immidiately remove mine and put it in the booth….where I won c 40k for another battery

maybe your battery look old it my be reason they didn’t take it.