{"id":9758,"date":"2024-08-31T23:39:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T20:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=9758"},"modified":"2024-08-31T23:39:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T20:39:40","slug":"how-prado-spare-tyre-is-stolen-in-2-minutes-and-how-to-prevent-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/how-prado-spare-tyre-is-stolen-in-2-minutes-and-how-to-prevent-it\/","title":{"rendered":"How Prado spare tyre is stolen in 2 minutes and how to prevent it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">A factory flaw in the design of Toyota Land Cruiser Prado has left owners vulnerable to theft of the vehicle\u2019s spare tyre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Because of the flaw, thieves can circumvent the security of the car by hitting the back boot with a thin metal rod at a precise point, giving them access to the spare wheel and lowering to the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Motorists driving Toyotas in Kenya are already more susceptible to instances of theft.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">According to the Association of Kenya Insurers, 71 per cent of stolen cars in Kenya belong to the Japanese automotive manufacturer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Approximately one in five Prado owners in Nairobi have reported damage of their vehicles in robbery attempts of their spare wheels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">\u201cBuying a new tyre can be a daunting and costly experience. With more brands, body styles and engine options available today than ever before, it can be hard to detect the issues that will give you a challenge further down the road. Our focus is on providing security products to address the often hard-to-detect technical issues that plague car owners, especially Toyota Land Cruiser Prado owners,\u201d said Emmanuel Okeyo, Managing Director of Defprad Investments.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"in-article\"><\/div>\n<div><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">SOLUTION<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Install an additional defender lock that will hold the tyre in place.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The demand for defender locks has steadily increased over the past year as incidences of stolen spare tyres have been on the rise<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A factory flaw in the design of Toyota Land Cruiser Prado has left owners vulnerable to theft of the vehicle\u2019s spare tyre. &nbsp; Because of the flaw, thieves can circumvent the security of the car by hitting the back boot with a thin metal rod at a precise point, giving them access to the spare&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1915],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-review"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pej6K6-2xo","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-Prado-spare-tyre-is-stolen-in-2-minutes-and-how-to-prevent-it-magaripoa.jpg?fit=1248%2C831&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}