They used to, but people got complacent. I remember hearing about people hacking keyless entry systems on luxury cars (belonging to some European footballer for instance) in the mid-2000s, by the 2010s I remember hearing about people stealing Fords and cars like that.
In the 1970s Americans were terrified of car thefts, it got very hard to do, then carmakers started slipping.
In the 1970s Americans were terrified of car thefts, it got very hard to do, then carmakers started slipping.