Australian bound Ford Rangers to lose anti-theft features

Feeling the effects of the global semiconductor shortage, Ford has announced that Australia-bound Ranger models may lose their anti-theft sensors.

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Many automotive manufacturers are still reeling from the effects of the long-standing semiconductor shortage that was brought on as a result of the hard lockdowns experienced around the world. “Global supply chain constraints, including shipping logistics combined with high demand around the world for our Next-Gen vehicles, have limited our delivery capacity of these exciting new models” — a statement found on SA’s Ford website

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The Drive Australia highlighted that a recent dealer bulletin released by Ford forecasts some troubling changes made to Ranger models earmarked for the Aussie market. Ford stated that models produced from March this year, earmarked for the Australian market, would lose their two hi-tech anti-theft motion sensors and even an omission of the exterior heated mirror caps.

The absence of an interior anti-theft sensor means that the Ranger is unable to detect if there are occupants in the vehicle while the Ranger is locked. Australian-bound Rangers will also see the removal of Ford’s Vehicle inclination sensors, which allow would-be thieves and criminals to raise the Ranger without any deterrence or sounding the alarm.

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Related: Exports begin for the Next-Gen Ford Ranger bakkie from Mzansi

What Ford has done to alleviate the absence of primary anti-theft motion sensors is the implementation of a perimeter alarm that activates when the bonnet or doors are opened while the car is locked. On top of fewer features, Australian-bound Rangers are expected to experience a price increase of between roughly R4000 and R18 000. There is no mention of South African Ranger models experiencing the undressing, but with SAPS reporting a concerning incline in carjacking and theft in the previous year, the removal of this feature for SA-bound models would spell disaster.

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