I am picking up my 2024 M2, and I’m coming from a 2021 Charger Redeye which was stolen. I was very vigilant with my Redeye but those are some of the most stolen vehicles. Is that an issue with BMWs or M cars?

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    1 year ago

    Any car can be stolen if the thief wants it bad enough. A lot of BMWs had the key signal cloned from inside the house and used to start the car. Just keep your key far away from where you park or inside one of those signal blockers. The systems are much more complex than what Dodge was using.

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      1 year ago

      I think the new keys also stop emitting after a minute or two of being stationary to prevent those attacks

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        1 year ago

        This is true. And the even newer ones probably uses UWB to make it impossible to relay (this is the right term, not clone) since that’s how the inplemented their Digital Key Plus.