What method did a car thief use to start a car if the steering column was busted off the file broken off in key slot and one wire stuck in key slot and the other just hanging?

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Probably just a kid trying to steal his first car. There is no way to start a car just by cutting wires and sticking them into the ignition, also the ignition has a fairly strong locking mechanism in it, so a small file would be useless for trying to break the lock in the ignition cylinder. The most common ways of stealing a car would be either using a dent puller or similar tool to extract the ignition itself, or cracking the steering wheel lock and hot-wiring it, or on some vehicles it is as easy as breaking off the plastic around the steering column and gaining access to the (rack and pinion) or other control arm and forcefully operating it. If you have problems in your neighbourhood with theives I would suggest installing a car alarm, or moving. The bottom line: If a theif wants your vehicle bad enough, they are going to get it.

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the file and wire werent ment to simply break the lock mechinism on the ignition he was going to pick the lock but the file broke in side but i dont think that he would have got that far with just a file and a wire with out a lock pick kit it is near impossible.

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