Device found under dash

[RicRecon]

There’s a flashing light mounted to the panel under my steering wheel on my 21JTO which I bought used and paid off. When I opened the panel, there’s a box wired in. I would like to remove it but not until I know it will not disable anything. Truck was first purchased in Vegas so I suspect it’s a LoJack type tracker or ignition disabling device. But not sure.

My 21 JLUR I purchased new doesn’t have anything.

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[4x4 Mule]

A local CDJR dealer here puts LoJack on every new vehicle that hits their lot and charges $600 for it.

 

[alphawolff]

defiantly not OEM, get some info off the label and do a search to find out what it is. kinda scary to find something like this.

plenty of dealers install these. here in so-cal just about every dealer installs some form of these to try and sell to the first owner.

they're called SWAT trackers

 

[NPC 20883467]

I'm assuming this (orange box and red wire) is one of those trackers that dealers/banks put on cars....

It's a tracking device all right. When I worked for the private investigator, we used these all the time. Your woman don't trust ya, bruh...

 

[GeorgeYJ2JL]

I'm assuming this (orange box and red wire) is one of those trackers that dealers/banks put on cars. I am the 2nd owner of my Jeep and paid cash for it -- no loan. The 1st owner most likely had a car loan. Maybe it's from that original purchase. So, I'm going to cut it out but wanted to make sure it wasn't something else that I wouldn't want to mess with. It is crudely wired with DIY connectors, etc. It's obviously not a factory item.

Was that directly under the steering wheel? I looked, but it's not easy to see under the dash. I appreciate your help in identifying for us where under the dash yours was. Locating something like this can be confusing. This is another example of how our right to privacy continues to be eroded.

 

[Wkaz]

never cut the blue wire

 

[Raydar]

It might be interesting, just for grins, to leave it in place for now. Contact the dealer where you got it and be really pissed about it being in your vehicle. Especially if you are really pissed.
See what transpires.

 

[Rolling heavy]

It looks to me like an insurance tracking device. Most likely somebody optid for this service to get a reduced premium , possibly for a young driver. doubtful , it's anything nefarious. The same types of devices are on most all rental cars.The original poster never stated where he bought the car. If he bought it at a jeep dealer , it most likely would have been picked up and removed during a trade in or resale inspection. To me, what would be more interesting to know or to get access to Is the information stored on it to find out how the Jeep was driven, How much speeding, reclining etc

 

[Heimkehr]

It looks to me like an insurance tracking device. Most likely somebody optid for this service to get a reduced premium , possibly for a young driver.

State Farm, for example, offers a nice discount on auto policy premiums when one of their insured enrolls in the company's Safe Driver program. Yes, younger drivers are the target demographic here, understandably so.

Anyway, the program functions by the driver plugging a small OBD-II device into the vehicle port, and linking the resultant telemetry to the related app on their phone. The latter must be open and running when the vehicle is driven, natch, so that the data can be captured and transmitted. There aren't any hidden modules or wiring connections required with that particular program.

More to the point, the insured themselves is responsible for making the physical connections. As mentioned, that means plugging a dongle in and turning an app on.

 

[cj7ox]

When I was purchasing my '20 JLURD back in '23, I noticed something similar. I had the dealer's tech look at it, found it was wired into all manner of things including the ignition. A real hack job. When I decided to purchase the Jeep, I made it a condition that they had to remove it, return the wiring to stock, and note it in the vehicle service record in case there were any resultant issues. So far, so good.

 

[ShellNate7974]

I’m not sure what State Farm had years ago, but until I left them it was a small self contained device about 2” sq that has its own self contained battery & connected by Bluetooth to the Safe Driver app. There is not any hard wiring. At this time I don’t know of any insurance company that has permanent wired modules.
Progressive did have one for the same purposes that plugged into the OBD II port.

State Farm, for example, offers a nice discount on auto policy premiums when one of their insured enrolls in the company's Safe Driver program. Yes, younger drivers are the target demographic here, understandably so.

Anyway, the program functions by the driver plugging a small OBD-II device into the vehicle port, and linking the resultant telemetry to the related app on their phone. The latter must be open and running when the vehicle is driven, natch, so that the data can be captured and transmitted. There aren't any hidden modules or wiring connections required with that particular program.

More to the point, the insured themselves is responsible for making the physical connections. As mentioned, that means plugging a dongle in and turning an app on.

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