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Thief jacked up my car overnight, stole wheel hub and...
Hello everyone I am humbly reaching out to anyone on this one that can look at this picture and tell me what seems to be missing so that I may have a starting point on what parts I need to start getting.
overnight somebody jacked up the car and it seems they took the wheel hub from the rear passenger side they didn't take the wheels or rims I went underneath didn't take the categoric converter I started the car no check engine lights and sounds normal. They left the car supported on a milk carton.
but I know they took some parts I just don't know what if anyone can look at this picture and tell me what's missing that would be such a help thank you so much for anyone that can advise advisewhat's missing.
1. That is a W212. Not a W213. I would post that on the 212 forum and ask as there are people more familiar with your car model there than on the W213.
2. They did not take your "wheel hub". I'm not sure what you're referring to as your "wheel hub", but in the pictures you posted they are all there. In order to take a wheel hub, the thief would have to remove the break rotor/caliper, center axle bolt, etc.
3. Judging by your pictures, you might need rotors/breaks soon. Get them inspected.
4. All your suspension components seems to be intact. I don't believe they stole anything.
get DNA from the cigarette butt !
seriously though this sucks
Happened to me about 15 years ago, they stole my 4 wheels
very weird to find your car like that in the morning!
We can see a tire in one of your pictures so we are probably confused at what the thief scumbags took. Your hubs are what the rotor is connected to and are all in the pics.
Did they take the wheels and tires?
Did they take the lugnuts?
nothing else appears to be missing.
Can you circle what you think is missing in your pic?
I just wanted to take the time to personally thank you for your comment and suggestions. It was a pretty shocking thing to see and embarrassingly I realized after posting that nothing was taken the Hub is still there and again I feel dumb for posting but it was in a moment of panic coming out and seeing the car jacked up like that and the wheel off to the side I'm assuming somebody was in the process of actually stealing something and probably got startled and just tossed the tire and nuts that they managed to take off up until then and left so in a way I'm very lucky and yes absolutely will take care of those rotors and brake pads.
Originally Posted by Billyismyname
1. That is a W212. Not a W213. I would post that on the 212 forum and ask as there are people more familiar with your car model there than on the W213.
2. They did not take your "wheel hub". I'm not sure what you're referring to as your "wheel hub", but in the pictures you posted they are all there. In order to take a wheel hub, the thief would have to remove the break rotor/caliper, center axle bolt, etc.
3. Judging by your pictures, you might need rotors/breaks soon. Get them inspected.
4. All your suspension components seems to be intact. I don't believe they stole anything.
I realized after I posted to this forum that nothing was taken. I'm just assuming somebody was in the process of actually stealing something maybe my wheels and they were interrupted and just took off.
the tire and all the lug nuts were a few feet away on the ground nothing else was taken no attempt to get inside so I just got lucky and thank you for your reply.
Originally Posted by Baltistyle
We can see a tire in one of your pictures so we are probably confused at what the thief scumbags took. Your hubs are what the rotor is connected to and are all in the pics.
Did they take the wheels and tires?
Did they take the lugnuts?
nothing else appears to be missing.
Can you circle what you think is missing in your pic?
I think it was an attempt at stealing the wheels and maybe there were just interrupted and got spooked by something and took off. It did occur to me that it might be an ex spouse not of mine but of my girlfriend we've been together for 5 years now but her ex has been a pain in the *** a few times with harassing her but that was dealt with and for a moment I thought that might be it but I really don't have a clue what happened other than I got lucky I guess.
I almost did get insurance involved started the process of a claim but when I took a closer look I realized nothing was taken they got as far as taking off the wheel but then they just left it with all the lug nuts so getting Insurance involved wasn't needed after all. I put the tire back on and everything seems as it was before this happened so I got lucky.
Originally Posted by hyperion667
Damn sorry to see it man. Getting insurance involved? Good luck to you.
That sucks sorry to hear that I've priced out Benz rims before and they're expensive for a set even used sorry that happened to you. Funny thing is we called the cops just to let them know what happened and to do a report ended up not doing that just because they literally acted like it wasn't even worth their time when we mentioned the cigarette and that neither of us smoke and it's obviously from whoever did this the gentleman on the phone almost laughed and said yeah we're not sending anyone out for that just do it online if you want to report.
Originally Posted by Egonvdv
get DNA from the cigarette butt !
seriously though this sucks
Happened to me about 15 years ago, they stole my 4 wheels
very weird to find your car like that in the morning!
Funny you say that because that's exactly what I did after I made this post and realized that nothing was taken and felt like an idiot wasting everyone's time.
Originally Posted by streborx
Why not jack up the other side, pull the wheel off and compare the two sides? I'm not sure anything but the lug bolts are missing.
Funny you say that because that's exactly what I did after I made this post and realized that nothing was taken and felt like an idiot wasting everyone's time.
Thats what we are here for. No need to feel any way about it. Glad it worked out. And as much as a pain as they are, get some wheel locks because criminals dont stop being criminals just because they got interrupted. A dash cam that has sentry mode could also help, but im personally not a fan of recorded surveillance.
That sucks sorry to hear that I've priced out Benz rims before and they're expensive for a set even used sorry that happened to you. Funny thing is we called the cops just to let them know what happened and to do a report ended up not doing that just because they literally acted like it wasn't even worth their time when we mentioned the cigarette and that neither of us smoke and it's obviously from whoever did this the gentleman on the phone almost laughed and said yeah we're not sending anyone out for that just do it online if you want to report.
Yeah, it's not like the TV shows where they are going to get DNA from a cigarette and solve the case. Most cases are not worth the time, effort, and money to go through that.
Scary that they intended to use a milk crate to hold all that weight. Thankfully they didn't drop it onto your rotors.
So in the end, you got a good scare, a milk crate, and a jack?
Scary that they intended to use a milk crate to hold all that weight. Thankfully they didn't drop it onto your rotors.
So in the end, you got a good scare, a milk crate, and a jack?
those people would just steal the wheel.
Wheel hub is cheap and stealing it require 5x more effort, which worth 5x less. Pretty sure your wheel hubs are still inside the rotor (i doubt that they would put your rotor back after taking the hub away)
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I'm glad this worked out for you. I truly wish people knew to leave other people's things alone. I travel a lot for business -- 6 - 10 days at a time. And instead of our W213, I take our family's work truck to the airport just in case some crazy decides to risk arrest on airport property in order to break in and damage vehicles.
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