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[TMND]

Carjackers don't want to kill you, they want the car. If you are getting car jacked, just get out and let them have it. You live, call the cops, move on with life.

I recall a toggle that switches between driver's only or all doors. Does that not work with the key fobs? Since I'm always getting in with family I leave it set to unlock all doors.

Carjackers are irrational, armed, and unpredictable and usually high on something then just good ole relaxing MJ. I’ve seen videos of people getting popped in the face with a bullet before they even had a chance to open the door.

My old F250s key fob. One press would unlock the driver door and two presses would unlock the rest. Why did we ever go away from that?

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[K6CCC]

Carjackers don't want to kill you, they want the car. If you are getting car jacked, just get out and let them have it.

You hope. Does not always work out that way. Obviously it depends on the situation.

 

[Zprime29]

Carjackers are irrational, armed, and unpredictable and usually high on something then just good ole relaxing MJ. I’ve seen videos of people getting popped in the face with a bullet before they even had a chance to open the door.

My old F250s key fob. One press would unlock the driver door and two presses would unlock the rest. Why did we ever go away from that?

The situation here is that the door is already open, with the complaint about the auto shifting into park. If the door is open, I would just slowly exit. Seems to me like a sudden move to shift into drive would elicit undesirable responses.

I'm with you on the key fob part. Double click to open all doors is well known, I'm surprised the lightning does not do that.

 

[TMND]

This is a very unique situation for sure and have gotten off base from the original topic slightly. Definitely not gonna bother me too much but considering what happens to kids that are left in backseats when carjackers do get said vehicle. If I found myself in that unfortunate spot, I would want to stomp the gas and get the hell out of there.

Knowing what I know about our trucks that would be impossible because even if you do open the door and then put it in drive the E brake also sets so you’re kind of trapped either way without some very fast critical thinking. I guess you just have to hope that the criminal is considerate enough to give you time to get your family out of the vehicle after you leave the driver seat. Or carry.

 

[Altivec]

Instead of trying to escape with the door open, just say to them, this is an EV, it's electric and only has a range of a few miles, that might discourage them?

Being aware of your surroundings is the first rule of avoiding serious trouble like carjackings.

This made me LOL... So you are going to negotiate with them by trash talking your truck.. No, you don't want this piece of crap, it's an EV. And the guy is going to say... Oh man, you're right. My apologies, you have a good evening now. LOL

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