Anyone had to deal with stolen car tracking features?

Recently, my partner’s 2023 Mustang Mach-E was stolen. We’ve filed a police report and sent it to Ford to see if they can track it, but it’s causing her immense stress, and it could take 24-48 hours for them to get a location. By then, the car might be long gone, wrecked, or partially ruined—who knows.

Has anyone had experience with their Mustang Mach-E getting stolen? I’d greatly appreciate any tips or information you may have learned through the process and how you handled it.

Thank you so much, any information would help. She’s been going through a rough time.

If the car has been paired with her Ford app, the car’s current location will show up on it.

Bela said:
If the car has been paired with her Ford app, the car’s current location will show up on it.

It has been, but unfortunately the person who stole it disconnected her phone, so we lost access. I would have thought Ford would have a feature to require a PIN to remove our connectivity, but apparently not?

@Billy
I don’t quite understand how the car was disconnected from the app? I don’t think there’s a way to disconnect the car from the app on the car side. It has to be done in the app, and in order to do that, it has to be the specific phone that the app is running on with your login credentials (username and password), which is why your car recognizes that phone as a key. I may be mistaken, and if I am, then someone please explain and correct me.

How was it stolen?

Bennie said:
How was it stolen?

Yes. Same question, please.

Peyton said:

Bennie said:
How was it stolen?

Yes. Same question, please.

Most likely with a tow truck, and then the vehicle was placed inside a shipping container (Faraday cage).

@Anthony
More likely a relay attack.

If it were me, I’d want it to either not be found or to be totaled. I’d rather get a new car than get the stolen one back, which is probably beat to hell by the thief.

Asher said:
If it were me, I’d want it to either not be found or to be totaled. I’d rather get a new car than get the stolen one back, which is probably beat to hell by the thief.

This.

How was it stolen??? What the heck?

This is why I have an AirTag placed somewhere hidden.

Stolen signal is my guess, from a fob or the phone. Won’t require a PIN if the car thinks it’s the owner.

A lot of the time, the dealer puts trackers in them if you financed.

Best advice I saw was to consider it gone and hope it never returns. If it does, it will be ruined and cause much more stress for you and your wife to sort it out. Better off going through insurance and getting a replacement.