First to have...Ranger Stolen

[VAMike]

My 2016 mustang will not let you lock the doors if there is a key in the car

it should if you lock with the keypad

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[Johnpenn]

So you don't need a faraday bag even with the keyless fob? I'm curious as to how you like it once you use it. I'm pretty sure I'm getting one for Father's day.....

Don't need a faraday bag since the fob is inside a an aluminum box inside the trailer hitch receiver. I am keeping the spare fob inside the HitchSafe. I did put the fob in one of those cushioned plastic bags so it doesn't bounce around. It isn't detected by the truck's security system the doors won't open unless you take the fob out of the safe.

It's much less hassle than having to beg for a ride home to retrieve your spare key. I guess some highly experienced well equipped car thief could tow your truck away or torch the receiver open but he would be stealing Ferraris not Rangers. The typical crook would move on to something easier to steal.

I tested it and like it so far.

 

[MSG W]

I have thought long and hard on this. I still lean toward just "locking" the key fob in the back underneath the locking bedcover... and extra HitchSafe is a nice idea but what do you do when you want to haul a trailer? are they hard to remove and place back in?

 

[Rviator]

it will tell you where your car is....
And how much fuel is in the tank...
when your next service is due, and what your tire pressures are....

But to my knowledge, it won't lock your push start ranger with the fob inside. If there is a way, I havent figured it out yet.

Just like I can't pull on the handle to confirm the vehicle is locked. I have done that going all the way back to my 1975 pinto. It is reflexive, it is instinctive, it is part of my DNA. And every time I get out of my truck I have to remind myself not to do it.

You can pull the handle to confirm it's locked. There's a slight delay when locking the doors with a finger press. At least it works that way for me.

 

[Johnpenn]

I have thought long and hard on this. I still lean toward just "locking" the key fob in the back underneath the locking bedcover... and extra HitchSafe is a nice idea but what do you do when you want to haul a trailer? are they hard to remove and place back in?

I don't use a hitch very often so I'm not worried about it. As long as you know the combination you can easily remove the safe by opening it and sliding two plates so you can remove the pins. Takes a few seconds. If you have a hard bed cover you should be ok but mine is a soft one and easy to cut open with a knife.

Don't you need a key to unlock the cover?

 

[RedlandRanger]

Don't need a faraday bag since the fob is inside a an aluminum box inside the trailer hitch receiver. I am keeping the spare fob inside the HitchSafe. I did put the fob in one of those cushioned plastic bags so it doesn't bounce around. It isn't detected by the truck's security system the doors won't open unless you take the fob out of the safe.

It's much less hassle than having to beg for a ride home to retrieve your spare key. I guess some highly experienced well equipped car thief could tow your truck away or torch the receiver open but he would be stealing Ferraris not Rangers. The typical crook would move on to something easier to steal.

I tested it and like it so far.

Good to get real world experience with it. I would only use it while I was hiking - I wasn't intending it to be used full time. I used to have a spare key with one of those "hide a key" boxes under my old Ranger. I had to use it once, as I lost my keys while hiking (they flung out of my pocket somewhere along the trail). I could do the same thing for this, but since it it keyless and additional fobs are like $300+, it seems like the hitchsafe is a good alternative.

 

[MSG W]

I don't use a hitch very often so I'm not worried about it. As long as you know the combination you can easily remove the safe by opening it and sliding two plates so you can remove the pins. Takes a few seconds. If you have a hard bed cover you should be ok but mine is a soft one and easy to cut open with a knife.

Don't you need a key to unlock the cover?

no, poor choice of words I have a flip back, so you have to open the tailgate to open the cover.

 

[Johnpenn]

Good to get real world experience with it. I would only use it while I was hiking - I wasn't intending it to be used full time. I used to have a spare key with one of those "hide a key" boxes under my old Ranger. I had to use it once, as I lost my keys while hiking (they flung out of my pocket somewhere along the trail). I could do the same thing for this, but since it it keyless and additional fobs are like $300+, it seems like the hitchsafe is a good alternative.

Same here. I hike a lot more than I tow and always worry about dropping my keys somewhere on a 5 mile trail un-noticed. The hitch is always there for emergencies so I can always get home. When hiking or out on a friend's boat, I plan to leave one key at home and stash the key I'm using that day in the safe while away from the truck.

Locked my standard car keys in the trunk one time and it was an expensive time consuming event to get a locksmith to let me in. I still remember that "oh crap" feeling just as the trunk lid slammed shut.

 

[RedlandRanger]

Same here. I hike a lot more than I tow and always worry about dropping my keys somewhere on a 5 mile trail un-noticed. The hitch is always there for emergencies so I can always get home. When hiking or out on a friend's boat, I plan to leave one key at home and stash the key I'm using that day in the safe while away from the truck.

Locked my standard car keys in the trunk one time and it was an expensive time consuming event to get a locksmith to let me in. I still remember that "oh crap" feeling just as the trunk lid slammed shut.

Well, it is an even worse feeling when you are at a remote trailhead with no cell service and after a long day of hiking you realize you lost your key somewhere. And there is no one else around..... That is why I put the hide a key on my old truck. And I needed it on one occasion, which I was VERY glad for.

 

[Johnpenn]

Well, it is an even worse feeling when you are at a remote trailhead with no cell service and after a long day of hiking you realize you lost your key somewhere. And there is no one else around..... That is why I put the hide a key on my old truck. And I needed it on one occasion, which I was VERY glad for.

Yep, that has me beat by a long shot and why I got the HitchSafe. Cheap insurance.

 

[Sandman Ranger]

Amazon has a small foil lined key pouch I put my keys in and put them under the rear seat. At least the truck won't detect them and somebody would have to really look to find them

Aluminum foil. Wrap it.
Some install hidden kill switch.

 

[toddiscdn]

I tried just foil wrapping, didnt work, maybe I didnt use enough.

Made a nice hat out of it though

 

[Floyd]

I tried just foil wrapping, didnt work, maybe I didnt use enough.

Made a nice hat out of it though

That way the space aliens can't control your mind or steal your truck!

 

[THLONE]

Aluminum foil. Wrap it.
Some install hidden kill switch.

Kill the thief?

 

[Stan McKinney]

So you have a keypad that you use to get in the truck?

I thought the truck would not lock if it detected a key inside it?

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