Stolen duramax found

[aaro9991]

Hey everyone,
What a crazy 24hr this has been…I travel quite a bit for my construction job and have been leaving my LBZ at Denver International Airport.

Long story short: I land, walk to where I know my truck was parked and it was gone. Talk about a panic attack, I instantly call 911 and at this point figured it’s long gone as I’ve been out of state for a week.

I get a call today and an officer found my truck. All exterior lighting is gone (headlights, tail lights, fog, etc.) and door locked punched out and ignition was damaged. But other than that, the officer said it looks like it is in good shape and the robbers didn’t appear to start tearing into motor. Some fuses were missing and box tampered with but at first glance, doesn’t appear that any wiring was cut out. WHEW!

I haven’t seen the truck yet, but my questions to y’all is:

With having to replace ignition, and whatever associated parts on steering column, will this affect me with efilive? From what the officer said, everything in my center console was gone and that’s where I keep my autocal…

What a mess but please whoever reads this, invest in security system, and kill switches. I went back and forth on it for years and truly kick myself for not doing more to protect my investment that literally pays the bills for me. I know I am lucky compared to folks who’s trucks are chopped up and nothing is left but please protect your investment! It’s crazy now that I look and have googled crime, that how rampant auto theft (especially these pre 2010 trucks) are.


Thanks guys


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[2004LB7]

That sucks to hear. but I think you will be ok. sounds like everything can be put back from insurance

if the ECM hasn't been touched then your tunes will be fine. if I'm not mistaken, the ignition switch and the associated sensors for the security is is just that. sensors, the actual security codes are stored in the ECM, BCM and possibly the cluster. the ignition is just a transponder to read the keys and sends the readings to the modules

 

[aaro9991]

That sucks to hear. but I think you will be ok. sounds like everything can be put back from insurance

if the ECM hasn't been touched then your tunes will be fine. if I'm not mistaken, the ignition switch and the associated sensors for the security is is just that. sensors, the actual security codes are stored in the ECM, BCM and possibly the cluster. the ignition is just a transponder to read the keys and sends the readings to the modules

I appreciate that LB7. I’m just grateful that it was recovered! I will make sure to post pictures. What a whirlwind


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[superswamper003]

This has happened to another member on here as well, maybe he will post something but who knows. Hopefully everything works out well for you

 

[darkness]

My Lbz didn’t have chipped keys. And my door lock and ignition weren’t damaged (the first time they stole it). They had a key that fit. We watched the guy cruising the parking lot checking doors. That sucks about your truck!!!

 

[aaro9991]

Yeah my keys are not chipped but officer told me that the ignition is damaged. But yeah I’m really bummed about it. I just am still so thankful they were able to find it tho!!! Most vehicles that are stolen are instantly chopped up and parted out


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[aaro9991]

I will have dealership do repairs on the steering column and associated parts. As LB7 said, I hope it’s all good and nothing will affect ecm


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[1TRIKHD]

My LBZ was stolen, evrything that you mentioned that got stolen, lights inside and out ect ect....
They punched my doot lock as well and f'd the ignition. I dont have chipped keys either. Some of my wires were cut in the fuse box, mostly for my gauges, nothing major though. Ecm and tcm were fine. Sucks they got your AutoCal, but as mentioned above tunes should be fine if the ECM wasnt messed with.

Mine was gone for a month and used to steal other stuff. I finally got mine back after 1000 harsh miles were put on it, a police chase, and some bent rods and a toasted built trans.

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[aaro9991]

Trik that is crazy. Did you have extra security on the truck?


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[aaro9991]

I know your keys aren’t chipped but did you have like viper or anything else? I’m wondering if that’s the way to go or if I should do something along the lines of just pulling fuses if I park an extended amount of time


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[1TRIKHD]

Trik that is crazy. Did you have extra security on the truck?


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No but it will when it gets all back together. Onstar couldn't track it, because it had been turned off for so long. Crazy with the technology we have today, it was impossible to do. Guess they dont have the capabilities.

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[1FastBrick]

Another member turned me on to Compustar alarm systems. It has to be installed by a dealer to get the lifetime warranty. I have it on both trucks now and it has an app that you can download and monitor the vehicle. You pay for the service though.

I also installed the jimmy jammer door handle pieces to slow them down.

If your parking it for extended periods of time you can pull the relays in the fuse box under the hood.

 

[darkness]

I also installed the jimmy jammer door handle pieces to slow them down.

I was looking into those too. When they tried taking my ‘02 they just yanked the door handle off. Luckily some laborers saw what was happening and scared the guy off.

 

[1FastBrick]

I was looking into those too. When they tried taking my ‘02 they just yanked the door handle off. Luckily some laborers saw what was happening and scared the guy off.

They sure did a number on my buddies truck. He Epoxied the Door lock hole closed and removed the lock rod. They still broke the handle and attempted to get in. That set the OEM Alarm off when they tried grabbing the rods for the inside door handle.

They tried to get his dads truck too at the same time.

He saw them exiting the scene when he jumped up and ran out side to see what was going on.

 

[2004LB7]

Another member turned me on to Compustar alarm systems. It has to be installed by a dealer to get the lifetime warranty. I have it on both trucks now and it has an app that you can download and monitor the vehicle. You pay for the service though.

I also installed the jimmy jammer door handle pieces to slow them down.

If your parking it for extended periods of time you can pull the relays in the fuse box under the hood.

I was thinking you could add a ball valve to the fuel line under the truck near the fuel cooler. engine will still turn over, maybe start for a second then stall. confuse them enough to move onto another vehicle

 

[1FastBrick]

These are the pictures my buddy sent me the next day.

 

[aaro9991]

I’ll post pics guys but they did a number to the door handle like above. I used a screw driver to turn truck on and it didn’t sound pretty either…they ran it hard and I’m afraid it may be a rebuild


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[aaro9991]

Another member turned me on to Compustar alarm systems. It has to be installed by a dealer to get the lifetime warranty. I have it on both trucks now and it has an app that you can download and monitor the vehicle. You pay for the service though.

I also installed the jimmy jammer door handle pieces to slow them down.

If your parking it for extended periods of time you can pull the relays in the fuse box under the hood.

This is exactly what I need. I will be looking into this as soon as this crap gets sorted out. I had my door lock shimmed so it didn’t work either but whole bottom was broken out


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[aaro9991]

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[Lparrill]

This is why I stopped driving my duramax down here (I work in Northern Colorado). I had a buddy who had his half ton chevy (04) stolen from Brighton, and another buddy found it at a construction site down in denver a week later. They destroyed the interior, swapped his rims and stole the cats. Exterior wasn't in too bad of shape. They just punched the driver lock on his.

Glad you got it back! If you need any help with it I have a V2 and am more than willing to help you out with it.