| Security upgrades for later L322's | |
As I found out a few months ago the rolling code security system used by these fobs has now been cracked and readily available devices such as the Flipper zero can intercept your lock or open command and then access your car at will. Not much you can do to stop it happening but you are most at risk in public car parks where someone with one of these devices can be lurking nearby. I'm in a communal CP so have to assume my car is now compromised and accessible at anytime although I've been parked elsewhere (inconviniently but safe) for a while since the break-in a couple of months ago. My partial solution has been to replace the folding load cover with a solid one that can't be lifted up and a locking system on the rear seats so they can't be folded down. This combined with activating the Valet mode when parking effectivley makes the boot pretty secure. Next vunerability is to actual drive away theft via key creation with the OBD port so I've moved this and blanked the port under the dash. It would need a lot of effort to get at the cable and even if they did I put a kill switch on it ( also means I can have my GAP IID permenantly attached but powerd off). Being particularly paranoid and thinking whoever accessed it may have already created a spare key I also put a kill switch on the gear control module and topped this off with a stoplock pro elite on the steering wheel. Apart from making the solid load cover it was pretty easy DIY although a bit fiddly.
2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322)
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14th Sep 2025 7:31pm
