Borderlands 3 (BL3) has 10 Hijack Target Locations that reward you with vehicle parts to upgrade your cars. They also count as Crew Challenges (Collectibles) and are needed for 100% game completion. This guide shows all of them. Getting 10 vehicle parts unlocks the Mechani-Cool trophy or achievement but it doesn’t have to be the 10 from the Hijack Challenges (vehicles that drive around randomly earn you parts too).
The vehicles you find during these Hijack Target challenges have fixed upgrade parts, while the ones that drive around randomly only get you random ones. Getting to the vehicles involves some climbing or manipulating power buttons / electric cables. After entering the vehicle, drive it back to a Catch-a-Ride station to unlock the new vehicle upgrades (body, paint job, driver weapon, armor, wheels, mod). At the Catch-a-Ride you can also choose between the 3 main vehicles (Outrunner, Technical, Cyclone) and customize them with the new parts.
None of the Hijack Targets are missable! You can still get all of them after the story in free-roam. To keep track of which ones you got, either look at their icons on the map (uncollected ones are green, collected ones are a faint blue) or press L3 / Left Stick on the world map and D-Pad Right to scroll to “Challenges”.
Once you get close enough to a Hijack Target it gets marked on the map. If you haven’t been to a mentioned area yet you must advance the story further. You go to all listed areas automatically as part of the main storyline.
Note: The Hijack Targets give 10 fixed and unique vehicle parts but there are many more parts that you get randomly from vehicles driving around the maps. You can steal those too and drive them to a Catch-a-Ride vehicle station to earn their parts. Each planet features vehicles with new parts.
#1 – Outrunner’s Heavy Armor
Location: Pandora, Ascension Bluff
The trick here is to hit the button at the end of the yellow cable (screenshot 2). This turns on the power and opens the nearby door so that you can drive away in the vehicle.
#2 – Technical’s Spike Wheels
Location: Pandora, Devil’s Razor
You reach Devil’s Razor during your 2nd visit to Pandora (Main Mission: Blood Drive). This vehicle is parked on a rooftop. Climb the house (screenshot 2) to retrieve the vehicle and drive it off the roof.
#3 – Outrunner’s Zip Wheels
Location: Pandora, Devil’s Razor
Climb the scaffold with the yellow ledges under the vehicle (screenshot 2). Then drive it off the ramp.
#4 – Technical’s Tire Launcher
Location: Pandora, The Splinterlands
Found in the Homestead area, you must hit the button at the end of the yellow electricity cable. Then the garage door to the hijack target vehicle opens up. Climb up the building where the vehicle is parked in to find the button at the top (screenshot 2).
#5 – Technical Sticky Mines
Location: Promethea, Meridian Outskirts
This marker won’t show up until you’re right next to the vehicle, it’s one of the trickier ones to find. But it’s easy to reach – all you need to do is climb up to the vehicle via the yellow ledges (screenshot 2).
#6 – Cyclone’s Sonic Booster
Location: Promethea, Meridian Metroplex
This vehicle is behind a yellow energy barrier. To open the barrier you must “fix” the yellow power cable that is wired to it. From the barrier, follow the yellow power cable and shoot the 3 red targets above it (on the pipes) – this makes water flow out and electrifies the gaps between the cable (screenshot 2-4). After you shot the 3 targets, press the power button at the energy barrier.
#7 – Outrunner’s Razor Wings
Location: Eden-6, Floodmoor Basin
This is one of the harder vehicle hijacks. The only way to reach the vehicle is to jump to it from a ramp on the cliffs above it (screenshot 2 – the cliffs near Knotty Peak). Climbing to it is not possible. It’s a far jump, use your boost to make it. But you can’t go too fast or too slow. If you ram into the vehicle it might explode. The best vehicle for this jump is the Cyclone.
#8 – Cyclone’s Wide Wheel
Location: Eden-6, Floodmoor Basin
Jump around the corner of the building where this vehicle is at. Then you land on the “balcony” where the building is parked and can drive it away.
#9 – Cyclone’s Digithruster
Location: Nekrotafeyo, Desolation’s Edge
This one’s easy – simply melee the red vines of the garage where the vehicle is parked. This destroys the vines and you can enter the vehicle.
#10 – Outrunner’s Energy Cell
Location: Nekrotafeyo, Desolation’s Edge
This vehicle is behind a yellow energy barrier. To make the barrier shut off, you must follow the 3 yellow power cables connected to it and shoot the generators at the end of each one (screenshot 2-4).
That’s all 10 Hijack Target Vehicle Challenges in Borderlands 3 (BL3).
For all other Collectibles and Crew Challenges check out our full Borderlands 3 Wiki & Strategy Guide.
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