[[GQC] Tim]

My van was broken into just last week


I say broken into, the side doors were both open when I came down in the morning but no damage to the van and nothing had been taken.

I have a citroen dispatch and it is ridiculously easy to pop the side doors open with basic tools or even I believe your hands!

All that's accessible from my doors is the tank and barrels up against the bulk head so I guess they didn't see anything they fancied.

Im putting chains round the door handles whilst it's not in use over Christmas but I will have to get some deadlocks fitted at some point.

If anyone has a dispatch/expert/scudo 2007 to 2016 get some deadlocks fitted... check this video out.

https://youtu.be/WDxUzKue1y8

I had a dodgy earth on one of my indicators.  My mechanic had a spare Dispatch - for scrap - in his garage but the van was all deadlocked and the battery flat.  He wanted to break in to take the light cluster electrics for my van.

So we both tried to break into the van using that method.

We couldn't do it.

In the end we got in through climbing over the seats (there was no cab partion barrier) and got at the light cluster that way, after a failed attempt at booting the back doors open from inside.

Apparently it's the rear doors' sensors that trigger. If there is no power you cannot do that trick. Usually people disconnect the light door sensor. But don't put the keys in the back as the doors will lock again in 30 sec.

Just been reading but apparently the door lock barrel can just be popped out so advised to superglue it in place and also disconnect the central locking button on the console.

It's shocking how easy it is to break into these vans.

[Ooooooog]

My van was broken into just last week


I say broken into, the side doors were both open when I came down in the morning but no damage to the van and nothing had been taken.

I have a citroen dispatch and it is ridiculously easy to pop the side doors open with basic tools or even I believe your hands!

All that's accessible from my doors is the tank and barrels up against the bulk head so I guess they didn't see anything they fancied.

Im putting chains round the door handles whilst it's not in use over Christmas but I will have to get some deadlocks fitted at some point.

If anyone has a dispatch/expert/scudo 2007 to 2016 get some deadlocks fitted... check this video out.

https://youtu.be/WDxUzKue1y8

Surely you should move to a less crimey area?

[Missing Link]

Surely you should move to a less crimey area?

Around here 'waves' of house and vehicle break-ins happen.  It's almost like there's a group of people who travel around doing this kind of stuff, area by area.

[harleyman]

I had my van done in ikea its a expert van, same scenario side door . you can de activate the central locking by taking the switches off the door pillers its a 2minuet job. as for the dead locks don't waste your money I had some fitted on my van it was broken into a second time different place because I had those locks fitted at a cost of 450 quid they caused 600 quids worth of damage new door repaint etc.i took them off instead I got an alarm and a inertia flashing light to hope fully deter any further attack.

[Stoots]

My van was broken into just last week


I say broken into, the side doors were both open when I came down in the morning but no damage to the van and nothing had been taken.

I have a citroen dispatch and it is ridiculously easy to pop the side doors open with basic tools or even I believe your hands!

All that's accessible from my doors is the tank and barrels up against the bulk head so I guess they didn't see anything they fancied.

Im putting chains round the door handles whilst it's not in use over Christmas but I will have to get some deadlocks fitted at some point.

If anyone has a dispatch/expert/scudo 2007 to 2016 get some deadlocks fitted... check this video out.

https://youtu.be/WDxUzKue1y8

Surely you should move to a less crimey area?

Good idea that, ill just pack everything up, sell my work and move because my van has been broken into.

Like theres not crime all over the country....

[Ooooooog]

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7851499/most-dangerous-places-to-live-england-wales-crimes/

[Frankybadboy]

never understand why anybody would leave there power tools in a van over night.

we had a real bad problem around our way with vans being broke into and tools nicked

they tried afriends but he got a metal storage box in the back with a heavy duty lock on it

[Slacky]

never understand why anybody would leave there power tools in a van over night.

we had a real bad problem around our way with vans being broke into and tools nicked

they tried afriends but he got a metal storage box in the back with a heavy duty lock on it

A picture of Franky, safe, in his friends caged van.