Nov 10, 2013 · 35,508 recorded views
This customer had both a Trafic and a Vivaro broken into on the same day, both by the same method: the handle was torn off completely, giving thieves a hole to reach through and pull the rods that operate the latch. The repair was not just a replacement handle. It was a slam-plate carrying its own slam-lock barrel, so the plate itself no longer needed to be pulled to open the door — that job moved entirely to the key — plus a substantial piece of steel fitted inside the door specifically to guard the latch mechanism from being reached and manipulated directly.
You might think that you're safe by doing the double lock, and that would be wrong.
I tested that myself on this vehicle before recommending anything: even in the deadlocked position, the door could still be popped open by attacking the mechanism directly through the damaged handle area. That is the part of this job I still think is the most important lesson. A repair that only reinstates the handle's appearance, without addressing the mechanism a thief has already proven they can reach, leaves the same vulnerability in place under a new cover.
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The handle itself was torn off, leaving a hole. Thieves reached through that hole and pulled the rods that operate the latch to open the door, rather than needing to defeat the lock itself.
Not on its own. I tested this on the vehicle myself: even in the deadlocked position, the door could still be popped open by attacking the mechanism directly through the damaged handle area, because the deadlock does not protect the mechanism itself.
A slam-plate carrying its own slam-lock barrel, so opening the door is done with the key rather than by pulling the handle, plus a substantial steel plate fitted inside the door specifically to guard the latch mechanism from being reached and manipulated directly.
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