Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has reaffirmed its commitment to vehicle security, ensuring vehicles are protected and updated with the latest technology to prevent thefts.
Vehicles manufactured from 2022 onwards are built on JLR’s most advanced electrical architecture, meaning they have the latest security features and are proving resilient to theft: since January 2022, only 0.07% of new Range Rover and new Range Rover Sports on the road have been stolen, while only 0.3% of new Defenders have been affected since 2020.
The latest security and technology can
also be deployed to previous generation vehicles, including those out
of warranty, ensuring they are updated with the same levels of
protection as current models: since 2022, more than 65,000 eligible
vehicles from 2018 models onwards have so far received security updates
via their retailer. JLR has carried out this extensive rollout out by
contacting clients directly and remaining owners are being urged to take
up these updates.
In 2018, JLR pioneered the development of
Ultra-Wide Band protection to counter the ‘relay attack’, where
criminals intercept signals between the vehicle and key to unlock the
car. Vehicles are not vulnerable to that method when equipped with this
technology, which also mitigates the requirement to store keys in a
faraday pouch.
JLR always recommend clients use every available
measure to protect their vehicle, including the Jaguar and Land Rover
‘Remote’ apps. These are connected service which JLR has made available
so clients can access a suite of security features, such as vehicle lock
reminders and ‘Guardian Mode’, which monitors the vehicle and provides
an alert if there is any unauthorised interaction.
JLR also
strongly urges any Range Rover, Defender, Discovery and Jaguar clients
who have been contacted about the security updates available to them, to
ensure they are completed via their authorised retailer.
JLR
has worked closely with automotive risk and intelligence company
Thatcham Research for almost three decades, to develop industry leading
security systems.
