CIT fix
/rob does not work, or Car Theft fails
/rob only works for Criminals and Gangsters next to a robbable static car in LS. Once you have the car, stay in it and deliver it before the 4 minute delivery timer runs out.
The mission timer has run out, you've failed the robbery.
Steps
Be a Criminal or Gangster next to a static car in LS
/rob only works for Criminals and Gangsters, next to a robbable static vehicle in LS. It does not work on a player's own F2 vehicle.
Source: CIT Live KB · commands-criminal-and-gangster.md
Wait after /kill or Rapid Transport
Only if you used /kill or Rapid Transport.
After /kill, you cannot rob a car for 5 minutes. After Rapid Transport, you cannot rob a car for 2 minutes.
Source: CIT Live KB · criminal.md
Get back in the car quickly
Only if you left the car.
If you leave the car, you have only a few seconds to get back in before the mission fails.
Source: CIT Live KB · criminal.md
Repair the car if it breaks
Only if the car is disabled.
A mechanic can fix it. Or press X, click the car and use a Repair Kit. The robbery goes on after the repair, but the delivery timer keeps counting down.
Source: CIT Live KB · criminal.md
Deliver before the timer runs out
The delivery timer is 4 minutes. When it runs out, the robbery fails and the game shows The mission timer has run out, you've failed the robbery.
Source: CIT Live KB · criminal.md
Police vehicles cannot be robbed with /rob.
Other problems like this
- Robbing Uncle Sam failed, or a box is stuck
- Illegal Trucking ended, or a drug mission lost its progress
- House Robbery: the alarm went off, or the house cannot be robbed
- ATM Robbery fails or will not start (/robatm removed)
- Turf control does not go up when I stand in a turf
- Weed Farm gave me no drugs
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The CIT knowledge base, the same one CITBot answers from.
Read on 23 October 2026 and written in our own words here.