Bomb in my car!

sn95jones · Nov 11, 2012

Haha made you look didn't it

No bomb here however today while removing my gauge cluster I found I nice little gadget. If any of you guys remember me saying a couple months ago I remember seeing a blue light flashing behind my gauges? Well here it is.

I'd like to introduce to you guys my gps that the dealership oh so kindly decided to place in my car

Twista · Nov 11, 2012

Did u buy from a "Buy Here Pay Here" type of lot? I know the lot i brought from before was a big dealer, but they only put them on people they classified as credit risk.

Otherwise thats odd

Rice_slayer · Nov 11, 2012

Ugh I HATE working on cars with those that are bought through "finicial help credit rebuilder" companies. They always have those stupid f*cking dinging chimes that if you don't know it's there, will start ringing and won't shut off for a while and won't allow you to start the car, major PITA when working flat rate. Have to take keys out, shut door, get in, turn key on, wait until you get the ok 2 rings then it starts. Such a pain!!!

sn95jones · Nov 11, 2012

Twista said:
Did u buy from a "Buy Here Pay Here" type of lot? I know the lot i brought from before was a big dealer, but they only put them on people they classified as credit risk.

Otherwise thats odd

Yeah I did considering I haven't built my credit up yet and it was too good of a deal to pass up, so that would make sense as far as "credit risk" goes.

Rice_slayer said:
Ugh I HATE working on cars with those that are bought through "finicial help credit rebuilder" companies. They always have those stupid f*cking dinging chimes that if you don't know it's there, will start ringing and won't shut off for a while and won't allow you to start the car, major PITA when working flat rate. Have to take keys out, shut door, get in, turn key on, wait until you get the ok 2 rings then it starts. Such a pain!!!

Haha sounds like you have your fair share of encountering these

mine doesn't chime at all, just turn the key and go!

Rice_slayer · Nov 11, 2012

Lucky lol. The ones I have worked on are just a nightmare. If it was mine car, I would just cut the sh*t straight out

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sn95jones · Nov 11, 2012

Rice_slayer said:
Lucky lol. The ones I have worked on are just a nightmare. If it was mine car, I would just cut the sh*t straight out .

I would but I'm worried they'll be notified if it stops transmitting or something idk how they work

proudgeek · Nov 11, 2012

I am not familiar with this dealer practice but this is a clear invasion of privacy, Is it a loan requirement that you sign for or something that they do on their own?

g36 monkey · Nov 11, 2012

They use them to find the cars if you stop paying

proudgeek · Nov 11, 2012

I figured that but does the purchaser need to agree in writing?

sn95jones · Nov 11, 2012

proudgeek said:
I figured that but does the purchaser need to agree in writing?

yes

Twista · Nov 11, 2012

I see. Well my credit is shit and they wanted to put one on my car after i brought it. They never did, but kept contacting me saying the finance company wants to put one on my car. Never did happen lol. That was over 1.5 years ago.

wildride02gt · Nov 11, 2012

The dealerships can track the vehicles for certain risks. New cars are all tracked in some system somewhere, for all types of purposes. The notification of the tracking device and associated BS is usually buried in the contract paperwork. I've had a few cars that had devices like these, mainly just tracking units, no the cut-off device. Review your contract, the dealer may have certain rights until the loan is paid off, as they do technically own it until then.

jedpony · Nov 11, 2012

g36 monkey said:
They use them to find the cars if you stop paying

+1 my dad works for a finance company and they put in a gps device in every car in case they need to repo the car.

Steven · Nov 11, 2012

I'd be taking the bish off. Or just ripping the power wire out, so if they come running you could be like "Why what ever do you mean? I haven't done anything. I don't know anything about cars or wiring"

MustangChris · Nov 11, 2012

yea. I'm with Steven... Id try and route it down by my clutch pedal, rip it apart, that way if they look into it it'll just look like the clutch pedal snagged it/mashed it into oblivion. ;-)

Rice_slayer · Nov 11, 2012

I'd cut it out of the harness they spliced it into. I have to start running gauges in my car when I do my procharger install, If I had that sh*t clustering up my wiring, I'd say f*ck the legal reasons lol.