CalAmp GPS tracking device plugged into obd II port?

[midnight20pro]

Hey all, any clue why I have a 4G/LTE GPS tracker from CalAmp plugged into my obd II port? Was this one of my fantastic dealer addons I had to pay for? I didn't lease or finance the vehicle so I'm pretty pissed they tagged me with a fkn gps tracker. Anyone else have one of these? Is it part of the Toyota app? I haven't used that at all

 

[Mr. Nobody]

I've never heard of a GPS tracker plugged into the OBD-II port being a dealer upgrade. I'd yank that thing out. Maybe it was some kind of anti theft device for on the lot that they forgot to remove upon sale.

 

[black_taco]

Is it LoJack?

 

[midnight20pro]

So I bought the truck out of state and they told me there was some anti theft bs they had to do but they assured me it was only etching my vin into the windows (totally useless, but they did it). I asked them specifically if this also meant some sort of gps tracking device and they said no. So here we are ripping out a 4g/lte gps tracker from my taco

I'm going open it up and see if I can figure out where the signal was going being pinged back to. For now, it's been removed. Thanks all

 

[FrappuccinoTaco]

My company uses gps trackers for our drivers when delivering trucks. It lets the boss see where the drivers are for micromanaging purposes. They've lost a few lol

 

[nickyreno]

Any news on what that was?

 

[midnight20pro]

nope. I don't have it yet to take it apart or anything and dealer's playing dumb

 

[nickyreno]

Is the dealer Dolan?

 

[FrappuccinoTaco]

Was it previously a fleet vehicle or a demo?

 

[midnight20pro]

Is the dealer Dolan?

yes total dumb dumbs

Was it previously a fleet vehicle or a demo?

nah brand new, but it was a dealer to dealer transfer because it was an exact match of the build I was looking for and it was 60 miles away

 

[Papa Brewski]

There should be a serial number on it. Contact CalAmp with that, and they should be able to tell who it belongs to.

 

[RevN3]

Sounds like you've got a jealous ex or the feds tracking you. You might try posting about it here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/

The people on that site have a pretty good track record when it comes to IDing tracking devices.

 

[midnight20pro]

There should be a serial number on it. Contact CalAmp with that, and they should be able to tell who it belongs to.

Will reach out to them to find out who registered this thing. It was on the truck from the dealership, so not an ex