Ford SA ‘to fix’ break-in issue
Ford South Africa has announced what it believes to be a solution to the problem of its cars being broken into.
The motoring giant confirmed a technical fault has resulted in a particular line of their vehicles being targeted by criminals.
This comes after images of three Ford vehicles trended of the cars allegedly all targeted on the same night while parked at a shopping mall.
The company’s Craig von Essen says Fords is going to great lengths in order remedy the matter.
"While newer Ford EcoSport and Fiesta vehicles are not affected, we are aware of older models being targeted.
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"In some break-ins, we finding that the alarm does not sound - although the immobiliser is still active.
"We regret the inconvenience to our customers and we will soon launch the following enhancements: firstly if the vehicle already had the alarm we will make sure it sounds when the keylock is tampered with.
“If the vehicle does not have a standard alarm we'll offer one as an accessory which will go off when the lock is tampered with. The third option is we'll replace the lock with a new remote and a high security key."