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On April 15, Ford owner Briony Simon posted a picture on Facebook showing three Ford vehicles in close proximity to one another which had all been broken into that evening at the Centurion Mall. Simon claims Ford is aware of the problem, but that the company charges R5 000 to repair the locks. "When they found nothing in my boot, they moved to the front of my car, hoping to find stuff there..."When I opened my door and the lock cover fell off, I actually started laughing. I genuinely couldn't believe that I got hit again. I parked against the wall and everything else I could possibly think of."

While it is possible to open other makes of vehicles in the same way, it does not disable the alarm system as it does with these Ford models, Parker says. Parker says Ford has taken the approach to replacing people's locks, rather than modifying them."But then the same thing happens. Insurance companies might pay to have the locks replaced two or three times, but they can't carry on doing this," Parker says.

BraGrobbies Ford can't seem to catch a break

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BraGrobbies I got a shock of life when a rented Ford was tempered with at East Rand Mall last year... I lost all my valuables.

BraGrobbies My Ford Focus was broken into last Wednesday, same MO, lock broken and laptop stolen out the boot

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