05-02-2024, 10:27 AM | #10429 |
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05-02-2024, 11:25 AM | #10430 | |
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If upselling was part of the plan, they missed the opportunity since it never came up! Main thing is I don't want anything like it in my car anywhere, even if it's not activated.
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Just pull the fuse, should kill whatever it is if you’re concerned.
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05-02-2024, 12:47 PM | #10434 | |
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That's bad enough, but at least the ELO "just" hijacks the OBD II port, and doesn't require any wires to be cut or spliced. Yours looks like it has independent power from somewhere, likely by cutting into the factory wiring harness somehow. This can be done reasonably well, or you could find something like what this unlucky bastard found on his Ram pickup: There are a bunch of brands of these, but I'm guessing when you trace it you will find one of these trackers from Spartan Automotive: That was from a GR86 purchased new at an unspecified Toyota (but likely Lithia Toyota) dealer in NorCal. |
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05-02-2024, 03:33 PM | #10435 |
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If there’s nothing buried in their sales contract about a tracker (enabled or not) installed on a vehicle you’re purchasing from any dealer, they’re leaving themselves vulnerable for a lawsuit. Anyone finding trackers like this on their cars should at the very minimum burn these dealerships on Google Maps with a shit review and pics of what they found. These days, people don’t like finding undocumented trackers on anything they own.
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05-02-2024, 04:07 PM | #10436 |
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Got my Quickjack set up and got the M3 ready to go to swap in my AST springs
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They said a service manager will reach out but haven't heard anything since this morning. Shocker. Will share updates when I do connect because I'll follow up until I get answers. I'm only sharing so that it might help anyone else now and in the future by being aware.
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05-02-2024, 05:40 PM | #10438 | |
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I assume this is different than whatever provides you with your car's location in the BMW app?? |
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05-02-2024, 06:19 PM | #10439 |
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Correct, the app collects through the cellular antenna integrated into the car. This is separate.
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05-02-2024, 06:30 PM | #10440 | |
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Perhaps more people on here should take a peek under their dashes and see what’s up. |
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05-02-2024, 07:05 PM | #10441 | |
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To your last point, I totally agree. I wouldn't have known unless I went searching for the rattle which ironically, was this fuse block dangling in there unattached.
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Resonator delete (both) with a standard x pipe from Shop. I kept the secondary cats but was really not pleased with the sound for the cost of $350 (Los Angeles)
I just ordered a valve controller and will see if that helps. I cut out the secondary cats in my last car, a C7 and that helped but it also was a v8 |
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The service advisor I spoke to confirmed the service department did install atracking device upon delivery to the dealership, so I started asking questions and he said he needed to talk to a manager and never called me back. |
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Just prefer to not pull it out myself not knowing what and how they tied it into wiring. |
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FYI, if you were to have looked deeper when you found that red wire with the fuse is that wire is usually just tapped into a power wire somewhere. Could be a clean tap, could be bullshit, but that’s it. The other side goes to the GPS tracker box. There are no other connections tied in. It’s like hard wiring a radar detector, except the goons tapped a hidden power wire to hide it instead of tapping into the fuse panel.
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Ceramic coating complete. Is raining here now so no outside pictures yet…
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If the car is leased, it's not allowed to be removed per the dealership FYI.
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