raiachat

Car was not even two months old and tried to activate TeleAid but the thiefs disabled the tracking system almost immediately. do not rely on it. Geico said that thiefs have fitured out how to disable the system and they have seen an average of 1 per day in the NJ area.

wally AMG

stolen at home? parking lot? how long it take ? (from get in get out after you realize car was gone)

raiachat

stolen in my driveway at home. not sure how long it took but it took a ridiculous amoutn of time - probably ove 45mins for the MBrace/ TeleAid people to start trying to track the car - the amount of red tape to get the tracking aid activated was stupid.

alx

It is 2007 all over again- Eastern Europe and the Russian republics want their new gl trucks for the well- heeled "businessmen" there...

raiachat

it's ridiculous that MB can't find a better solution than TeleAid. there are alot better systems out in the marketplace.

alx

You think thieves that have the skill to start a new truck would not be able to defeat a factory tracking device? Some of those guys are very good.

You will get another one and forget about it. The thieves on the other hand will always be thieves and stats are stacked against them.

wally AMG

It's not that easy, just to think someone stole you car out of your house, I mean... took your car and just forget about it and get another one ?... when you pay a monthly service for a "peace of mine" if someone stole your car but when that happened you just realize that device can't locate your car... it is good to let us know.

aggst1

Tele-aid is not a theft deterrent system. It's main function is to call for help in the event of an accident. As an added feature, they provide the lookup service in the event the car gets stolen as in this case. Of course this will work against a low level thief but not for a professional. A pro knows exactly where the teleaid module is and either disconnects or removes it. The same would have happened with ANY such device.

IMO the best defense would be to install an engine cutoff switch at the place only the driver knows and hide any wires. A thief would not waste more than a minute looking for it and run for another vehicle. The down side is that the driver has to engage/disengage it each time manually.
I had something like that under the passenger seat of a car I owned in the 90s that I installed myself.

N_Jay

Insurance.

Enjoy your new GL!

Fung63

and the massive wait for that new GL :/

pkvoss

My 2007 GL was stolen with being serviced at the dealer...what recourse do I have?
Thanks!

N_Jay

Insurance to replace the car, then let the insurance Co. chase the dealer for negligence.

That is why you have insurance.