I believe you need a police report in case of identity theft. Get one if this is true.

Does our Passat alarm "beep" several times when you disarm to notify you the alarm went off?

 

make a police report .. it will bring the statistic of crime in your area up so that they will increase patrols there more often ..

i bet it was that radar detector that was mounted on your windshield that attracted the thieves .....:hmmm:

 

I would absolutely file a police report for anything like this. Doesn't sound like there'd be much reason to go through auto insurance, since it would only cover damage to the car itself. Your homeowner's or renter's probably covers your possessions while they're in the car, so that might be worth looking into.

 

Your homeowner's or renter's probably covers your possessions while they're in the car, so that might be worth looking into.

Meh, make sure you want to do this. Our homeowner's policy is very sensitive to incidents. I filed our one and only homeowner's claim when a large tree on our property was struck by lightning. We were told, in no uncertain terms, that if we submitted another claim in the next 3 years for any event, they'd cancel us. This is with no prior claim history and after having been with the carrier in excess of 10 years...

 

Yea the car notifies me that the alarm has gone on and gone off. I hear the beep when I engage the car lock/alarm. My radar detector was stored in the cubby hole near the steering column to the left. It was out of sight but apparently not somewhere safe enough...

The sad thing is that I live 2 blocks away from the Sheriff's department and 100 feet from a middle school, so cops actually patrol there often...

At least I don't feel nearly as bad as I thought I would (first time this has happened to me). I'm just a bit bitter that I wasn't smarter and locked the glove with my credit card.

It just makes me antsy that my credit card was stolen, and I lost a whole bunch of "expensive stuff" and my car didn't make a peep. I'm just confused as to 1) I didn't lock the car, and it's all my fault, or 2) the car was broken into without someway of me noticing afterwards. The first is bad, the 2nd might be worse.

 

My radar detector was stored in the cubby hole near the steering column to the left. It was out of sight but apparently not somewhere safe enough...

Does your Passport mount to the windshield with a suction cup? Is there a noticeable ring-imprint on your windshield because you always attach it in the same place?

Thieves look for these sort of things. (That's how my cousin lost his portable nav unit ...someone saw the suction cup ring, busted the passenger's window, leaned in, opened the glovebox and - presto - bye-bye navigation.)

 

Maybe I missed this, but was the car locked or unlocked when you went to drive it?

Also, I wouldn't blame yourself for not locking the glove box - it's not like it's really going to protect your stuff. I think mine would open itself if a thief gave it a good stern look...

 

My theory:
Your door lock mechanism might be screwed up
Did you 100% verify that your driver's door lock pin was down?
If the door lock mechanism is failing, when you press the lock button the drivers door will not lock. You ahve to lock it by hand.
Unfortunatly, it does this intermittantly so its hard to notice sometimes.
I think this happens because the car still thinks the drivers door is open and has this mechanism to prevnet lockouts.

 

I believe they do lock automatically when left unlocked, after 30 seconds or so, but I've definitely said to my friends "check this out", tried it, and had it not do so.

 

If you unlock the doors and don't touch the handle for 30 seconds, it relocks. This is to prevent you from accidentally unlocking as you leave. If you open the door, though, I don't believe it will ever relock itself.

As for whether or not it's worth filing a homeowner claim, I'd bet it's not worth it. Hence "may want to look into"...

 

I think they don't automatically lock, per se.
I know that if I unlock my car with the remote, but don't open a door within 30 seconds or so, it does relock itself.

 

I do not think they lock automatically but I wish they did. I think I have heard that you can change a code with the VAGCOM and make it lock automatically....but I may be wrong. Anyone know? Thanks.

 

After my car was broken into 2 years ago I leave nothing of value in it...no loose change, no sunglasses, no registration or insurance cards (photocopies only)....it is a pain to always take it with you in my little bag but so be it....