FordPass Helped Track Down Stolen Ford Transit With Six Dogs Inside

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In recent years, Fordā€™s mobile-connected vehicle application ā€“ FordPass ā€“ has enjoyed tremendous success, racking up a 91 percent adoption rate among owners and, along with Lincoln Way, has nearly doubled its membership since 2020. But while FordPass is useful for doing simple things like locking and unlocking doors or remotely starting a vehicleā€™s engine, Ford has also started to integrate some anti-theft features as well. And that technology recently helped London resident Rory Cellan-Jones recover his dog named Cabbage, as well as five other canines, which were riding in a stolen Ford Transit Custom owned by dog walker Brett Holte-Smith.

FordPass Helped Track Down Stolen Ford Transit With Six Dogs Inside

Holte-Smith had parked in front of a relativeā€™s house to see if they wanted to tag along on the ride to the dog park, but he left the van running with the key inside. An enterprising thief took advantage of the situation by hopping in and taking off with the van and the group of dogs. With the authorities contacted, Cellan-Jones also took advantage of his online presence by creating a tweet asking for help that contained the vanā€™s license plate number, and that tweet quickly went viral to the point that the story was picked up by the local news.

FordPass Helped Track Down Stolen Ford Transit With Six Dogs Inside
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Thankfully, authorities had another tool at their disposal to locate the stolen Transit ā€“ FordPass. The police were able to track down the vanā€™s location and find five of the six missing dogs, though the culprit was already gone. Shortly thereafter, the last missing dog and the Transit were located, thanks to the app. Ford has even offered to provide Holte-Smith with a vehicle to drive until his Transit can be repaired. But above all, this is a story of how useful connected vehicle technology can truly be.

ā€œConnectivity is the cornerstone of our mission to deliver smart vehicles,ā€ said Mark Harvey, Ford enterprise connectivity director. ā€œWhat brings that plan to life, and makes it all the more rewarding, is real-life stories such as this, with Fordā€™s technologically advanced vehicles bringing about a better outcome for customers in need.ā€

Source: Ford Authority

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