Most Stolen

Posts : 1925 Join date : 2013-02-27

F-250 Is The Most Stolen Vehicle

Quote :: Washington— The Ford F-250 has replaced General Motors Co.’s Cadillac Escalade as the favorite target of thieves, a report released today says.

GM’s luxury SUV has led the Highway Loss Data Institute’s ranking of vehicles with the highest rates of insurance claims for theft since 2003, but fell to sixth in this year’s survey of 2010-2012 data. The insurance group’s data doesn’t distinguish theft of vehicle contents or components from theft of a whole vehicle.

Topping this year’s list, the four-wheel-drive F-250 crew cab, has a claim frequency of seven per 1,000 insured vehicle years, or nearly six times the average for all vehicles. An insured vehicle year is one vehicle insured for one year.

The F-250 was ranked second in the survey of 2008-2010 claims.

GM pickups and SUVs hold eight of the top 10 spots for highest insurance claims, but the Detroit automaker is offering new anti-theft devices on its new pickups coming out this year.

The insurance group says new anti-theft technology on the Escalade, as well as declining sales, are two likely reasons the luxury SUV has fallen from first to sixth place in the ranking of vehicles with the highest rates of insurance claims for theft. Escalade sales were down 11 percent in 2012.

"General Motors has put a lot of effort into new anti-theft technology, so that may help explain the decline in the Escalade’s theft rate," says Matt Moore, vice president of the Highway Loss Data Institute. "On the other hand, sales of the Escalade have fallen in recent years, so there may be less of a market for stolen Escalades or Escalade parts."

Thieves continue to target large pickups and large SUVs at higher rates than cars and other vehicles, according to the group, a division of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a non-profit research organization funded by the industry.

In this year survey’s, following the F-250 are another four pickup trucks and an SUV: the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 crew; Chevrolet Avalanche 1500; GMC Sierra 1500 crew; and Ford F-350 crew. Rounding out the top 10 are the Chevrolet Suburban 1500, GMC Sierra 150 extended cab, GMC Yukon and Chevrolet Tahoe.

Ford Motor Co. said it has taken steps to make its trucks more secure.

“Ford vehicles, including F-Series trucks, offer the latest in anti-theft technologies and features to help provide customers with peace of mind for the security of their vehicles and belongings,” Ford spokeswoman Kelli Felker said.

She said that since the 1990s, Ford has offered a standard SecuriLock feature that helps prevent vehicles from being started without keys that have specially coded computer transponder chips.

Many pickup claims result from the theft of equipment or goods left in the truck bed, and that may be the case with some of the F-250 claims.

Top 10 targets (Vehicle Claims)

Ford F-250 crew 4WD…..............7.0
Chevrolet Silverado 1500 crew…. 6.7
Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 .......…6.1
GMC Sierra 1500 crew ............…6.0
Ford F-350 crew 4WD .............…5.6
Cadillac Escalade 4WD …............5.5
Chevrolet Suburban 1500 …........5.4
GMC Sierra 1500 extended cab ….4.7
GMC Yukon …............................4.5
Chevrolet Tahoe ….....................4.4

Subject: Re: Most Stolen July 10th 2013, 9:48 am

Many pickup claims result from the theft of equipment or goods left in the truck bed, and that may be the case with some of the F-250 claims.

And most every other truck claim...common sense. The whole truck ain't getting stolen, it's the equipment in the bed that is.

Now the Escalade and the other pimp mobiles, they are stealing the rims. Rampant around here. Tailgate thefts too. Third row seats in the SUV's are a big item also.

Posts : 1491 Join date : 2013-02-28 Location : About Mid AZ

Interesting the F250 leads and the most popular seller (F150) isn't in the top 10. And I guess somehow GM HD pickup owners don't leave items in the bed?

Posts : 1916 Join date : 2013-04-17 Location : Texas

My Silverado HD was broken into in the middle of the day, taking a client to lunch at an upscale Mexican restaurant in Plano TX. They busted out the passenger front door handle to access the interior and steal stuff.

My brother's Silverado HD was attempted stolen from his house in Allen TX around 2am just a couple months ago. They busted out is driver side door handle to access.

Interestingly I've never had anything stolen out of the bed of any truck. Lucky I suppose. That's a hell of circumstance and says a lot about our country.

Two weeks ago my wife's 2012 Edge was broken into at my nine year old's soccer practice through the driver side rear passenger window. In two and a half hours they tallied up around $1000 on her credit card and the with the estimate on the car at $2600 currently.

Guess my current F150 hasn't been around long enough for them to break into or attempt to steal it.

If it isn't bolted down, chained down, and sometimes when it is they'll find ways to steal it.

Our country is on a fast rate of degradating into a third world country. Measured comparable metrics are validate this. Greatest country in the world? Nope not for those of us who have to participate with all forms of our diverse society.

Subject: Re: Most Stolen July 10th 2013, 2:09 pm

http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/why-ford-pickup-isn-t-most-stolen-vehicle-160021655.html

The reports all stem from the same study by the Highway Loss Data Institute, part of the Insurance Institue for Highway Safety, the research arm of the insurance industry. Its numbers showed that the four-wheel-drive F-250 crew cab had the highest losses per insured vehicle year for 2010-2012 models, averaging $7,060 per claim. That average displaced the Escalade, which had topped the rankings since 2003.

To its credit, the HLDI never says its data shows the F-250 gets taken whole from its owners more than other vehicles. Because it only has insurance claim payments, the HLDI can't say what happened in any particular case — and clearly states that its numbers don't distinguish between thefts of entire vehicles and thefts of property from inside or outside one, which helps explain why five of the top 10 vehicles in the HLDI list are pickups. Given that the F-250 comes with an anti-theft ignition immobilizer and weighs more than three tons, moving one against the owner's wishes takes some skill and a large tow truck — but the recent re-growth of the construction business means more such trucks are back on the road with expensive tools in their beds.