Found GPS tracker - is this normal?

[dimaj]

Hi all,

I just found a GPS tracker in my car
Model: sp-gv53mg-ql (https://mondotracking.com/product/gv50mg-lte-vehicle-tracking/)

I did not put it there. Is this legit?

Thanks!

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[chillyWilly]

New car or used? Could be prev owner installed dealing with partner issues?

 

[dimaj]

I bought it new over a year ago.
I did take it to the dealership for service last year.

I take it, it has nothing to do with FordPass app?

 

[chillyWilly]

I have no idea if this is a ford installed part or if it shouldn’t be. I hope you get a response soon.

 

[Jimrpa]

Do you own your vehicle? If so, go on a long road trip to someplace you’ll never return to, then dispose of the device responsibly (electronics recycling).

 

[Piolin]

Where was It placed? Any photo fitted in your car?

 

[dimaj]

Do you own your vehicle? If so, go on a long road trip to someplace you’ll never return to, then dispose of the device responsibly (electronics recycling).

I bought it, but it is financed.


ChatGPT is saying that dealer could've installed it, when the car was on the lot, to track it for theft... I am hesitant calling them asking questions.

Where was It placed? Any photo fitted in your car?

It was plugged into my ODBII connector. It essentially served as a pass-through ODBII. I did not take any photos of that thing being plugged in.

I discovered it by pure accident. It was raining and my car slipped on the turn. I ended up hitting a small center divide with my wheel (on surface street). The abrupt jolt was enough to dislodge the tracker from behind a panel next to the ODBII port.

I'll post a few photos in a few mins of where it was (without plugging it back in)

 

[MachhE-CT]

Is it possibly part of the Ford Security Stolen vehicle recovery system ? I would thing the regular Ford electronics would contain all the GPS tracking needed to support that application.

 

[MachhE-CT]

Maybe have been put there as a condition of the lease which would give the leasing company (the actual owner of the car) the ability to track it.

 

[HuntingPudel]

It’s relatively common for dealers to install low-buck LoJacks and not remove them. They also usually try to sell the anti-theft system. A lot of other people have found similar devices installed in their new cars.

 

[zvez]

Hi all,

I just found a GPS tracker in my car
Model: sp-gv53mg-ql (https://mondotracking.com/product/gv50mg-lte-vehicle-tracking/)

I did not put it there. Is this legit?

Thanks!

dealer installed no doubt.

 

[Maui]

there have been others that have reported finding these, sometimes after noticing a battery drain.

 

[ipca204]

Do what I do when I find them. Go to the mall or grocery store, find an unlocked car and install it on that vehicle!

 

[ipca204]

New car or used? Could be prev owner installed dealing with partner issues?

yeah,,,,that's the answer....

 

[Flint302]

Should you get behind on your payments it will come in handy to locate your car and repossess it. I would toss it.

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