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Over the past few months there has been a growing number of thefts of all BMW vehicles built between 2004-2012, accross the UK. All cars manufactured with the cartridge type BMW key fob which slots into the dash with push button start or comfort access are under threat. Over the past 8 months, we at Secure My Car have been working closely with a number of BMW owners who have had their cars broken into or stollen by this new threat. There are a number of security risks with these cars. At the moment, gangs are operating mostly in and around London, Essex, Northampton and Birmigham areas with hundreds of BMW's being stollen every month.

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Every day we hear of at least one attack on a customers BMW. The problem is now seriously out of control with around 5 cars a night, in each city being taken by key cloning. London, Birmingham and Essex are the worst hit areas. The latest craze is to brake into your car, hack into your cars main brain and clone a new key through the OBD port. They then make it look like a failed attempt or a petty theft by stealing something like your iPod or Tomtom. You then replace the window and locks making your car look new again. When the car is needed they will return but this time armed with the cloned key to your car. The car is then used for ram raids, drug runs and other criminal activity. All cars recovered are checked by BMW. But a third key has never shown up in the cars system. It's almost like they hack into the system and plant a ghost key hidden in your cars brain. One customer had this happen a few weeks ago. They smashed a window and stole his ipod. The car was then stolen 3 weeks later and used in a drug run. It was then found days later in a really bad way. 

Channel 4 News - BMW security loophole leads to rise in car thefts
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CCTV of a BMW 1M being stolen

BMW owners have taken to the internet to complain about the ease with which they feel their cars have been stolen. Once such victim is Vinny Ghalley. His £30,000 BMW was taken from outside his house in Maidenhead at 3am, while he - and his keys - were inside.

Mr Ghalley told Channel 4 News: "It's chilling to think that a car that's supposed to be 5-star security rated can be stolen in 15 minutes.

Car crime has gone down in recent years, but in London, 39 per cent of cars stolen last year were taken without the owners' keys being present
"It was 8.30am and I was getting ready for work, I looked out and saw the car was missing. I thought someone had borrowed it, then it sunk in that it had been stolen.

"I checked the keys. I had the main key in my jacket pocket, and the others I never use. The keys hadn't moved overnight and no-one had got into the house, so they've obviously used some kind of advanced tech to drive car away."

Mr Ghalley had fallen victim to a new type of car crime, as he discovered.

Modern cars are increasingly computerised, and in order to check for problems mechanics plug in to the car's on-board computer. They also use this On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) system to create new keys, by plugging in a computer will which encode a blank key, allowing it to open and start the car.

These computers are used legitimately by locksmiths and car dealers, but have now leaked onto the black market, where criminals are using them.

Car crime has gone down in recent years, but in London, 39 per cent of cars stolen last year were taken without the owners' keys being present, according to the Met Police.

"Vehicles are becoming more and more technological, and criminal networks are becoming more and more savvy to that technology. but as they develop, so will we and in partnership with manufacturers we will design out these problems," the Met's Detective Inspector Paul Fuller told Channel 4 News.

In a statement BMW said: "There is no specific BMW security issue here, this is something which affects many brands, however organised criminals have targeted particularly desirable cars, with higher value parts and that is why BMW is amongst the brands affected.

" our investigations, jointly with the police, have identified M3's and late model BMW X5 and X6 as cars which have been focused on by organised criminals."

 
How these cars are being stole

From speaking with the police and working closely with our customers, we have worked out how these thefts are being under taken. As you can see from the video above, they have have a number of ways to steal all new BMW's...

Smashing a window to gain access to the car..

There is an alarm black spot which covers most of the drivers side area of your BMW. If the window is smashed, the thief is free to move around with out the factory alarm activating. This gives them full access to the OBD port mounted in the drivers foot well. CCTV footage has shown on a number of breakings the factory BMW alarm system has not activated when attacked. The thief then works on the car to clone a new key for your car in seconds! Most owners also don't know, that if you press the lock button on your remote, then click it again within 5 seconds, this actually deactivates the BMWs internal sensors. This is normally used when leaving a pet inside the car. Owners of Vauxhalls, Citroens etc will be used to clicking the lock button twice to lock the doors and activate the dead locks. Even If the BMW factory alarm system does sound on any attack it will only sound for a few seconds. As soon as the thief clones a new key (normally in a few seconds of smashing the window) They can then press the unlock button which will diasrm and unlock the car. They are then free to slots the new fob into the dash, start the car and drive away.

How do we solve this? The only way to solve this problem is to upgrade your BMW alarm system to a high end aftermarket Viper alarm system, preferably with a 2-way paging system built in to the remote and upgraded sensors. This will make it harder for the theif to get into your car unnoticed. Once fitted, if your new alarm system is activated, your new key fob at a range of up to 2000 feet will flash, beep and vibrate notifying you instantly of the break in. We can also connect this to your smart phone making the range unlimited. (see www.SecureMycar.co.uk/Smartstart.html for more details) We also recommend upgrading the sensors on the new alarm system with a dual Proximity sensor. The dual proximity sensor works by creating two invisible bubbles, one inside the car the other outside the front two windows just inside the wing mirrors. The external zone once broken will warn anyone who comes too close by beeping the siren 5 times. We normally set this zone just inside the wing mirrors to minimalise false alarms. The second zone creates an invisible bubble inside the car. If this zone is broken the full alarm system is activated instantly. We also add to the alarm package an impact sensor. This sensor will detect a hard impact to the vehicle, for example if the window is hit to smash the glass,

We sell 5 upgraded sensors.
1) Ultra sonic interior sensors for motion inside the car.
2) Dual proximity sensor with warn away. (Creates an invisible bubble inside and outside the car) Detects motion.
3) Glass break sensor.
4) Tilt and motion sensor, for alloy wheels and detecting the car being tilted, jacked up or towed.
5) Impact sensor/shock sensor. Detects any impact to the car, smashing a window etc.

 
Secondly, drilling and picking the locks to the car.
   

We have also heard of cases where the locks have been drilled in a certain way. This then either unlocks the doors or drops the windows giving the theif access to your OBD port to clone a new key. By attacking the car this way there is no smashing of glass sound and less chance of the interior sensor activating the factory alarm. When the lock is picked the factory alarm is also disarmed as soon as the llock is unlocked.

How do we solve this? Again, by upgrading to a Viper alarm system with a Proximity sensor (motion sensor) proximity sensors detect movement much better than your standard BMW ultra sonic sensors. With a proximity sensor there are no black spots as there are with ultrasonics which point to the rear of the vehicle. The New Viper alarm system also can't be disarmed by picking the lock.

Thirdly programming a new key through the cars OBD port..
     
This is the most important one! Once inside the car, under the dash is an OBD port. This links straight to the cars main brain and the cars security system. The thieves have managed to source key programming equipment which allows them in seconds to program a new key to your car. These units are easily sourced on the internet through ebay and other internet sites and are sold to the public. Once plugged in, it's only a matter of a few seconds before a new key is cloned. They then press the unlock button on the new remote which disarms and unlocks the car giving the theif full access to your car. They can then slot the newly programmed key into your ignition slot which instantly disarms your factory BMW immobiliser, including deadlocks, engine immobiliser and alarm siren/sounder. They can then start your car and drive off with your pride and joy. All these above steps can be done in less than a few seconds.

What can be done? We can't say too much about what we do but let's just say we immobilise the OBD port when the alarm system is armed. This physically cuts the connection to the cars main brain when the new alarm is armed. This makes it almost impossible to clone a new key protected your car from theift. This is offered free as part of our Viper alarm package when installed on to a BMW vehicles. Even if the thief does gain access to the car it's almost impossible for them to shut down the new viper alarm system and/or clone a new key to your car. As an added Extra we alaso add a new Engine immobiliser to the car, which is also controlled by the viper system.
 
FAQ
A few facts you may not know about your BMW security system. If you press the lock button on your BMW Remote twice this will deactivate all internal sensors. Factory alarm system sirens are only 100DB and sounds like a vehicle reversing alarm system deactivates as soon as a programmed key is slotted into the dash also unlocking doors and deadlocks. There is no impact/shock sensor fitted to a BMW factory alarm system. If you don't shut your doors properly or leave them a jar, the car will not lock. This includes the boot.
 
 

New Viper 5204 2 -way pager Alarm

Full Upgrade BMW Viper alarm Package with OBD port immobiliser

Ive been working on BMWs now for over 15 years and I have specially designed this package and perfected it over the past year. No other company in the UK offers this system as it has been designed, made and tested by us at SecureMyCar. We also order in specialist canbus modules from outside the UK which work on the BMW complex electrical system. This allows us to control all the cars electronics such as deadlocks, door pins etc digitally through the cars canbus network. I've also designed an OBD port immobiliser with a bit of a tweak. This activates only when the alarm system is armed leaving the OBD port connected and mounted in the same place. This makes it almost impossible to clone a new key when the new alarm is armed. As this system only piggy backs onto the cars can network, it doesn't void your cars BMW warranty. We have also fitted this systems at a number of BMW authorised dealers premisses around the country. 

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We can supply the new Viper 5204 2-way 2000 foot paging alarm system with an extra immobiliser, all important specialy designed OBD port immobilisation, upgraded dual proximity sensor with external warn away (Beeps to warn anyone away from the car) and an impact sensor, which activate if the car is hit in anyway. If you've ever set your factory BMW alarm off, you would have heard the poor factory fitted siren. Its quiet and sounds like one of those vehicle reversing sounds the bin men's lorries make. The Viper siren is a much louder 120db which features a fully adjustable 1-6 tone siren. 


As we use a specialist canbus module with BMW firmware installed the beuty of this system is you can still use your standard BMW key fob to arm and disarm the viper alarm system. When you lock the doors from your BMW remote, the viper alarm will also arm. We can also turn off the arm and disarm beeps so make the install look completly factory. 

The package fully fitted is Call?email for prices. I've personally designed this system and tested it with one of BMW s main dealers £18k computer. We tried to program a key on a car with one of our BMW alarm packages fitted onto it. The key could not be programed through the obd port when the alarm systemis armed. When our alarm system is armed the OBD port can not comunicate with the cars main brain. when disarmed the OBD port is open and free for use by BMW dealerships. The way BMW should have wired it in the first place!


Viper smartstart which is the tracking system which connects your smartphone to your viper alarm system. If your alarm goes off you smart phone will mimic the sound of your siren through the smartstart app. From this app you can also lock arm/unlock your car. Pop the boot. Remote start (if fitted to the car) And locate the car at anytime. With geo fences and gps speed detections the list of features for Smartstart go on and on. Smartstart is £400 fitted with a £100 a year subscription. You can download the app now from your app store. Just search for viper smartstart on iTunes, blackberry or android.

Please email or call for full BMW Viper Upgrade Car alarm

Tel : 01172440019

Sales@SecureMyCar.co.uk

Video below - Secure My Car installed the Viper 5204 to this BMW M3

The included 2-way remote will confirm your commands virtually instantly using brilliant flashing GhostLight™ LEDs on the remote. Rock solid 2,000 foot range and performance at an affordable price – that’s what the new Viper 5204 has to offer.

Key Features:

  • Arm and disarm using your BMW remote or the Viper remote. *
  • D2D for the highest level of connectivity with Performance Matched Xpresskit interfaces
  • Control Center with integrated valet switch and bright blue status LED
  • SuperCode™ Technology for long reliable 2000 feet range
  • Auto Re-Arm. If you lock you vehicle and do not enter the system will rearm itself
  • Ground when armed sensor port for additional sensors
  • Flex Relay for dome light, horn, or trunk release operation
  • Option to upgrade to remote engine start. **
  • SmartStart™ Compatible

Secure My Car BMW Viper Upgrade Package Includes:

  • One 2 way Responder LE remote
  • Revenger® 6 Tone Siren 120db siren
  • Dual Proximity sensor with warn away
  • Dual impact sesnor with warn away
  • OBD port immobilisation (designed by us)
  • Extra Engine immobiliser
  • Specialist canbus module with latest BMW firmware installed for full digital control of your car
  • Trunk pop from viper remote
  • Total closure when arming the alarm
  • fully fitted by our BMW specialist installer

* Only disarm using viper remote if second canbus module is installed or remote start is fitted

** Spare key is needed. Manual cars will need to go through a shut down secuence every time you exit the car

 

Viper 5704 Responder LC3 SuperCode SST 2-Way Security and Remote Start System5704V

The 2-way LC3 remote will confirm your commands virtually instantly on the large LCD screen of the remote

2 versions. 2000 foot range or 1 mile

Gives visual warning with the use of pictures on screen

Upgrade Sensors
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Digital Tilt Motion Sensor

 

Digital tilt Sensor - 507M
Digital Tilt Sensor from Directed is ideal for protecting a vehicle from theft by detecting when the vehicle is being raised by a tow truck or lifted using a jack, in an attempt to remove the wheels or tow the car.
 

Audio Glass Break Sensor

 

Glass Break sensor 506T
Enhance the security of any install with an optional audio sensor, which detects tampering and breaking of the vehicle’s glass using a microphone and a microprocessor, which analyzes the frequency, intensity and timing of intrusion sounds to eliminate false alarms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why not add Viper Smart Start - Smart Phone Remote Start

We also have the new smartstart iPhone/blackberry/android module which is £399.99 (plus subs and fitting) this connects your phone to your alarm system allowing you to lock/arm disarm/unlock boot pop, locate/track and gives you instant notification if your alarm is activated, literally anywhere in the world. Where ever you have phone signal. If you also have remote start fitted this will also start your car.
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Years ago, when it came to getting the ultimate range on your keyless entry/remote sta rtsystem there was only one sure-fire solution: put the remote to your chin and press the button (it does actually work) and hope that you’d successfully started or disarmed your vehicle from a few hundred feet away. Today, manufacturers are producing remote transmitters that feature advertised ranges of up to a mile; but even these transmitters face range limitations caused by signal interference and obstructions that decrease the effective range of the remote to just a few thousand feet. But why limit yourself to a few thousand feet of transmitting range when you can lock/unlock or start your vehicle from tens, hundreds, or even thousands of miles away? To test out the ultimate in "remote" vehicle control, we evaluated Directed Electronics latest in automotive convenience, the Viper SmartStart. With the Viper SmartStart system and an iPhone.Blackberry, or Android smartphone, you can control your vehicle from virtually anywhere you have cellular service via an easy to use smartphone-based app.

*Please note Smartstart prices subject to annual subscription of £99 a year

 
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Trackers

Most BMW owners have some sort of Tracker installed to their BMW . Unfortunately I've got some bad news for you. For those of you with high Tec trackers fitted which notifys you if your car is stollen, well I'm sorry to say these are basically useless until you actually physically notice your car has been stollen and you contact the tracking company yourself. A tracker works by unauthurised movement of your car. If a new key has been programmed into your car, the tracker won't see this as an unauthorised movement as it's started and driven away with the vehicles keys.

We have tracking units which notifys you if your new alarm system is activated via your mobile phone before the new key can be programmed.These units are armed and controlled by your new viper alarm system. You can then track it via an app instantly on your phone or by login on to a secure website to locate your car. Anytime any place. You can also set a Geo fence around your car. If your car leaves this circle in any way at a time set by you, your notified via your phone SMS/phone app and also emailed instantly.

 
 
Extras sensors
1) Ultra sonic interior sensors for motion inside the car.£45
2) dual proximity sensor with warm away. Creates a invisible bubble inside and outside the car. Detects motion.£60
3) glass break sensor £45
4) tilt and motion sensor, for alloys wheels and detecting the car being tilted, jacked up or towed. £60
5) impact sensor/shock sensor. Detects any impact to the car, smashing a window etc. Already built in to all the alarms.
Flashing viper windscreen logo £30 fitted.

Extra security
Thatham approved immobiliser when fitted with an alarm system £160

Acutrac locate and locator alarm £350-£450 fitted with an alarm system

We are authorised dealers and installers for all Acutrac, clifford and viper security systems. We operate a mobile fitting service which covers most of the UK. We only charge what it costs in fuel to get to you for this service. But your quiet welcome to come to us in Bristol. It's time to secure your BMW before it's to late.


 

 

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Clifford car alarms

 

Clifford car alarms are the leaders in vehicle security with over 20 years in the industry. Clifford have a car alarms to suit everyones needs whether its cliffords cat 1 thatcham approved car alarms to there entry level arrow 5.1 car alarms. The arrow 5.1 car alarms comes with protection to the boot bonnet and doors aswell as dual shock sensor and immobiliser. The clifford arrow 5.1 car alarm can also be fitted to almost every vehicle on the market today. Cliffords next car alarm on offer is the clifford concept 470 which boasts the same features as the clifford arrow 5.1 car alarm but also comes with a glass tampering sensor, tilt and motion sensor and an extra immobiliser. The clifford concept 470 car alarm also comes with two five button remotes when the arrow 5.1 car alarms only come with 3 button remotes. the clifford concept 470 also comes with clifford super bright blue led. Cliffords cat 1 entry level car alarm system is the clifford concept 650 mk2 car alarm system. with dual immobilisation and cliffords legendary daul proximity sensor with warn away. the clifford concept 650 cat 1 car alarm system also comes with cliffords battery backup siren and cliffords anti hijack blackjax system. The clifford concept 650 mk2 car alarm also won best car alarm system and best cat 1 car alarm system in the 2009 me awards. No other cat 1 thatcham approved car alarm comes close the clifford concept 650 mk 2 car alarm. Clifford car alarms flagship thatcham cat 1 insurance approved alarm system is the avantguard 5.5 car alarms system. The clifford avantguard 5.5 comes with clifford dual proximity sensor, tilt an motion sensor aswell as clifford glass tampering sensor. The clifford avantguard 5.5 cat1 also comes with cliffords blackjax antihijack clifford car alarms battery backup siren and is completely programmable through cliffords cliff wizard software. The clifford avantguard 5.5 cat car alarm also comes with remote engine start. at the the touch of a button your car alarm will start your car on those cold winter mornings and warm your car. clifford intellistart module will fit on to any clifford car alarm system including the clifford arrow 5.1 car alarm and the clifford concept 470 car alarm aswell as the clifford concept 650 cat 1 car alarm system. All clifford extra sensor and parts including remote engine start is designed to fit on to any clifford g5 and g4 car alarms. We are based in the bristol city centre and have been fitting clifford car alarms now for over 15 years. We cover mobile fitting in Bristol bath london exeter Birmingham Coventry Leicester Cardiff Newport Gloucester Yate Bristol south west wales essex sussex middlesex luton kent.

 

Viper car alarms

 

Viper car alarms are the leaders in vehicle security with over 20 years in the insustry. Viper have a car alarms to suit everyones needs weather its Viper cat 1 thatcham approved car alarms to there entry level arrow 5704 car alarms. The 5204 car alarms comes with protection to the boot bonnet and doors aswell as dual shock sensor and immobiliser. The Viper arrow 5.1 car alarm can also be fitted to almost every vehicle on the market today. Viper next car alarms on offer is the viper 5204 2-way pager, which boasts the same features as the viper 5904 car alarms but also comes with a glass tampering sensor, tilt and motion sensor and an extra immobiliser. The Viper 5904 2-way pager car alarms also comes with two 4 button remote when the arrow viper 5704 car alarms only come with 3 button remotes. the viper 5204 2-way pager also comes with vipers super bright blue led. Viper cat 1 entry level car alarm system is the viper cat 1 480xv 2 way pager alarm system. the viper 480xv car alarm is the only 2wway pager thatcham cat 1 car alarm system on the market.. with dual immobilisation . the Viper concept 650 cat 1car alarm system also comes with cliffords battery backup siren and cliffords anti hijack blackjax system. the Viper concept 650 mk2 car alarm also won best car alarm system and best cat1 car alarm system in the 2009 me awards. No other cat 1 thatcham approved car alarm comes close the Viper car alarm. Viper car alarms flagship thatcham cat 1 insurance approved alarm system is the 480xv with remote engine start added to its car alarms system. The Viper 5701 is the new car alarm from viper security. The viper 5701 hyper alarm system comes with 2 way paging and remote engine start as standard. We are based in the bristol city centre and have been fitting clifford car alarms now for over 15 years. We cover mobile fitting in Bristol bath london exeter birmingham coventry leicester cardif newport gloucester yate bristol south west wales essex sussex middlesex luton kent.

 

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