She's gone!!! 2020 TRD Sport :(

Well it looks like I will have to jump over to the Gen 3 sub forum soon.

I was gone on a short business trip last week and upon my return I walked up into the "secure" parking garage at the airport, where I had left my beloved truck, only to find an empty parking space! WTF!!! Some rat bastards stole my truck! It is unbelievable to me how this could happen! I have no hope that it will be recovered. This kind of thing is done by pros and I am sure it was on a boat somewhere abroad shortly after being taken. I am gutted! She was my pride and joy. Mint. Not a mark on her and setup just perfect. Had her for just over 2 years with only 20k km on her (that's 12k miles for my US friends).

Of course the truck can be replaced but due to lead times etc my entire camping season is screwed. Just sucks!

My reflections on this experience are:
1) Don't park you car at airport parking lots. Take a taxi or limo service. It's not worth the risk. Especially in these times where Tundras are almost literally worth their weight in gold.
2) After the free trial period is up pay the $10/month to keep the SOS connected service going. If I had they would have been able to locate it and probably recover it.
3) Keep your smart key in a faraday pouch. Only take it out when using it. Not 100% sure this would have helped in my case but wouldn't hurt. I do keep it in a faraday box at home but always figured when out and about surely no one is setup and has time to pick up my key signal and use it. Guess I was wrong.

So long my beauty! You will be missed....

 

Sorry to hear this.

What are the specs on your trailer? We just bought a jayco.

 

Pour one out for Tumbler’s Tundra. Beautiful rig gone too soon.

I really hate thieves. Among the lowest forms of human life.

 

Sorry to hear that.

 

I like to rent a cheap econo car, drop it off at the airport, and rent another at the airport to get back home. All reserved ahead of time, of course.

 

Did you explain to the cops that Toyota has a connection to the truck at all times? Even if you don't pay for regular service, I think they are guilty of obstruction if they have capability and refuse to use it in this situation. Push the issue.

 

I thought that even though you didn't pay the SOS, Toyota still has an obligation to provide the tracking data to authorities if they are actively investigating the theft. Even though YOU didn't pay to continue the service, TOYOTA is still tracking your vehicle with it. If they didn't provide that data, wouldn't that be obstruction of justice?
Not that it would help anyway - like you said, that thing was inside of a faraday-cage container and on a boat overseas within hours, or had the head unit tracking unit nuked before it ever left the parking lot.

 

Total Bummer OP

 

According to the connected service group once the subscription to the service expires the DCM in the truck is disabled and is not tracked. In order to re-enable it you have to be in the truck and push the button. At least this is what they told me. After I found that the truck was gone I re-enrolled in the subscription but they could not activate the GPS location. This may have been a result of the thieves having already nuked the system. I don't know. What I do know is that she is long gone. The app did display the last known status which was at 3:17am the day I got back which again may have been when they nabbed it or when they nuked it, either way I guess I am shopping for a new one.

 

2019 28BHS. It's a nice rig. What did you buy?

 

This really sucks very sorry to hear.

So you think someone scanned your key signal as you were parking at the airport? As if parked in a nearby car also in airport parking lot? If so they really took a chance waiting to steal until the day you were returning from your trip

 

What airport?

 

2017 jay flight 267BHSW
We have used family trailers and rented a few. Really excited to bring our own home. A little nervous about tongue weight at 635+.

 

Wtf!

 

Toronto Terminal 1

 

No worries. You will have no problem. My tongue weight was higher than that. Running the numbers and calculations for me, my family and the way we pack the trailer we were within (only just) all the rated numbers.

 

Yes I believe so. Not sure how else they could do it. They need to be able to clone your key signal in order to do anything with the truck which requires them to be within reasonable proximity to your key but can be as far away as 100m or more from what I understand. I am sure they saw me, followed me to my parking spot, cloned my key while they parked in another parking spot somewhere on the same level, then boosted my truck some hours later. I bet they troll the parking lots daily looking for high resale value vehicles. What's worse is I forgot my sunglasses in the truck after getting into the terminal so I went back to get them. They must have waited a while after I left before they got to work. Thieving a$$hats.

I am sure that last update I got the same day I returned was when it made its final move onto a boat. Just my guess though.

Thanks all for listening and your support. Actually does help. I have been in a right pissy mood since this happened. In addition to stealing my truck and my camping season I have lost about $20k or so equity that I had into that lease.

 

This sucks. Those scumbags

 

That sux..sorry for your loss! We're there any cameras?

 

Damn thieves.

 

Airport parking garages record all vehicles going in and out to include scanning license plates (its how they prevent fraud from folks who might "lose" their parking ticket or try to use one from a different/shorter date/time) usually along with several cameras inside. They should know exactly when your vehicle left, along with having video of other folks that were going in/out both when you got there and when it was stolen. Overall, its a bad place to try to steal a vehicle.

 

Damn! Sorry this happened. I freaking hate thieves.

 

That’s what I’ve always thought when parking at an airport. They don’t care about stolen cars and break ins, but theres got to be alot of cameras around the airport in case of any other types of incidents.

 

Sorry this happened, I hope it all works out as well as possible.

 

Hand removal when caught would fix this kind of crap

 

Sucks, OP. I agree with the others saying to push for the security footage. Never know what you might find.

For any others reading this and worrying about having your key fob remotely cloned, if you hold down lock and push unlock twice, the little red light will blink 4 times, and your fob will be completely turned off. It turns back on the next time you push any button on it. Might be a good idea to do this every time you park overnight or for extended periods in trouble areas. And if you keep your extra fob at home, it should be shut off as well.

I shut off both fobs when at home. Seems like a good habit. A neighbor a couple streets over had her car stolen from her driveway. I think our neighborhood is at a higher risk for auto theft because we are very close to two interstates. Easy getaway.

 

Heaven forbid someone get away without paying $900 for parking.

 

That's really unfortunate.

Fuel pump relay cutoff/remote for the win. Those of us who've had our trucks pilfered know. They'd have to tow it to take it..