The Dealership Installed This Without My Permission!!!

The Dealership Installed A GPS Tracker On My Car WITHOUT My Permission on my 2023 Toyota GR Corolla. T

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[alex.n]

Oh for everyone saying "you financed the car". I bought my car cash brand NEW and didn't sign up for any tracking services. And I still found one under my dash hooked up to my OBD II port. Light was still one so it clearly wasn't deactivated.

[rdbchase]

The installation of tracking devices in cars without the express permission of buyers should be made a criminal offense.

[fourthhorseman]

That dealership is lucky that nobody's brought one of their GPS trackers back to them and physically inserted it into the service manager.

[Qwuxx]

OBD-II piggyback sounds like the automotive version of a credit card skimmer at a convenience store.

[christhgman]

THIS SAVED ME!

I have lojack installed on my F150 and couldn't figure out why my tuner couldn't read my OBD2 port. I had a "piggyback" adapter installed from LoJack on the actual port which prevented my tuner from working. So basically I had to disconnect that adapter so I could have access to my REAL OBD2 port. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[LazyBunnyKiera]

Check the gps for a SIM card.. you might have a free simcard that you can use on an extra phone.. it'll take them forever to figure out you put it in a phone and disconnect the sim. Also feel free to go nuts on data usage. The sim cards come in bulk and are all connected to 1 account, so if they don't disconnect your sim, the data overages will affect their entire account.

[LordCeeJay]

I'll one-up you... I ordered a new F-250 from Ford through Young Ford Morgan, Utah. When I got it, they tried to charge ME $400 for the LoJack that THEY installed "to track ALL our inventory we have". I said NO, so they said okay, we'll cancel the sale. This was in 2022 with the country-wide chip and auto shortage so all vehicles were in high demand, and I'd ordered through their Military "X Plan" with a discount. Of COURSE they wanted to cancel the sale, that way they could resell it with a $20, 000 dealer markup.
I ranted and raved enough to have them knock half the $400 off and give me two free years of that LoJack. I didn't find out until a year later that what they did is a violation under the Fair Trade Act. If I'd have known, Young Ford Morgan, Utah would have been in court in ten seconds.
The ONLY reason I agreed to pay extra is because it would negate THEM from getting that extra $20, 000. I also cancelled my Dealer Financing by getting a Credit Union loan to pay it off so the finance guy at Young Ford Morgan, Utah would NOT get his bonus from selling a dealer-backed loan as it had to be in place for six months.
NEVER EVER USE *YOUNG FORD, MORGAN, UTAH.* Criminals!

[LandonMcDowell-od]

After watching this video I checked my son's Toyota 4Runner and found one. He removed it, disconnected the internal battery and removed the SIM card. We will see if he gets a phone call from someone. He bought it at a Toyota dealership in Rockwall, Tx.

[stevenmoomey]

Had the Same thing happen on a Ford. When it went in for a Pollution Inspection. They told me, they couldn’t pass it till I removed the GPS Tracker. I’m like what, it passed when I first registered the Ford. Sure enough it had a Tracker. Was put on when some Recall work was done. After I removed it, got a call from the local dealer about two weeks later. They wanted their tracker back. Told them I didn’t know what they were talking about.

[mysilentnoise]

This is very common, unfortunately. About a week after my wife bought her SUV from a used car dealership, I found a tracking dongle plugged into the OBDII port. I immediately removed the tracker and took it into the car dealership (after I cracked it with a hammer). Of course, they denied having any knowledge of any trackers installed on the vehicle and suggested that it may have been installed by the prior owner. I agreed that this could have been a possibility, but cornered him when I stated that the dongle should have been found and removed by their mechanic/technician when they plugged the vehicle into their scanner during the used car “inspection.” He gave me a blank stare and didn’t have an answer.

If dealerships install a tracker on your vehicle for potential “repo” purposes, they should disclose this fact to you.

[PatrickRupnarain]

This happened to my wife's C300 Merc. Kept discharging the battery, changed battery twice, finally after a 20 km drive and parked for 2 hours, car battery dead. Finally our mechanic checked all the systems and found a GPS tracker installed by someone because we did not request anything above and beyond the vehicle. No loans or leins on the car, paid for outright at time of ourchase. Since removal, not a single problem. Thanks for exposing this practice.

[brucestrickland]

Bought my Integra in May. In October I noticed a little box hanging down by the clutch. It had red and blue LEDs blinking. AVAS on the label. Google says it's a GPS tracker. Took the car to the dealer for a recall and they removed the tracker. The guy said they install them on every car they sell. The dealer will sell subscriptions so the car can be located in case of theft. My stick shift is my anti-theft device.

[jasonmaxwell]

FYI most dealers are doing this and selling your gps/driving data to insurance companies. There is a big court case on this right now, so I have heard.

[RavTokomi]

Louis Rossmann would have a field day with this.

[FlatMcdonaldSprite]

Louis Rossmann would rip apart the dealership. This sounds like the dealership wants to sell your GPS data to insurance companies.

[RussellBond-zhqw]

After watching your video me and my friend searched his new Toyota GR and wow found one. We removed it and I installed it on a dump truck that was parked at a road construction project.

[narly]

I bought a used 2016 Subaru in May from a dealer. They tried to sell me a anti theft tracker device for $900, when I looked up the brand name it showed the device only cost $60. I refused and they said it would be removed. Having just now watched this video I checked, and sure enough, the device was still in the car just like in this video. Thank you for making this video.

[markharding]

I'm 65 years old, driving a 2012 Tundra. With all the crap going on with these vehicles, once the Tundra bites the dust, I'm going back to my bicycle.

[henry]

Son-of-a-B.... My Honda is 1 year old, bought it new, paid cash. I found one, and it's more than just piggybacked onto my OBD II port, it was connected to a wiring harness that disappears behind the driver side left kick panel. I figured out how to get that panel off and traced the parasitic wiring harness to where it was spliced into the factory wiring, removed the dang thing. The "communication"/GPS module (as labeled), it had two LED indicator lights on, even after I disconnected it from my wiring, I opened it up and there was an internal battery... not anymore, pulled out the battery, lights are off so it can no longer do its thing. I'm pissed.... thanks for this heads-up video!

[DimeLowDino]

Good man for your keen attention. Thanks for bringing this to the surface for us!