Expert: Rob Painter, Ase, CFEI, CAFATE - 11/14/2009

Question
On a transponder key. I had a vechile stolen with it
How does that happen? I though that was purpose of this key?
Does the car computer log what key??

Answer
Hi,

Here is the story. If your ins company denied you, you are guilty till proven innocent. The insurance company in many cases hires some forensic locksmith hack that always finds in favor of their client insurance company. Damn, the innocent insureds!

Its a scam--they give you a discount for an ati-theft device that does not prevent theft. What they forget to tell you is that you will be denied on your claim. Good class action material!

Many of the goofs that call themselves experts in this field are just con men that try to get away with fraud themselves.

I am very good at these issues, in fact, I am one of the best and except for a very select few, most of these experts commonly make statements they cannot support with fact. There is even one of these clowns that writes forensic reports on vehicles he never examined for the insurance company. Talk about fraud!!!

I have maintained my website http://www.autotheftexpert.com with honest substantiated information. These goofs are so immature (like little school girls) that they post half truths, statements out of context, and outright lies about me.

If they treat me as an opposing expert this way, how do you think they treat innocent insureds?

I have found I am very polarizing in this field. All these locksmiths working for insurance companies did not like me successfully opposing them. They hated each other, but they hate me more in unison!

As for your anti-theft system--never send a locksmith out to do an auto theft examination. They have no clue!!!

If I can be of assistance to you let me know.

By the way, I am getting emboldened these days and don't care if they take this answer out of context.

You did not state the type of vehicle. BMW logs keys, but this can be tricky to because if someone inserts the key into the ignition and turns it on, it just rewrote the mileage.

Transponders can be defeated. The vehicles can also be towed.

Allegedly, the Ford transponder was impossible to defeat. I did it with one wire, shared the process and the consensus was my process worked every time. I can be the "Unstealable" Land Rover and many other vehicles. Locksmiths (the people that insurance companies use to determine if a car was stolen) look at the vehicle as if they were going to make a key. This could take hours! I on the other hand have been directly involved in the repair of more than 10,000 theft recoveries and instead of thinking like a locksmith, I think like a thief.

Yes a transponder vehicle is easily stolen. Some easier than others.

Rob