Mechanic finds hidden tracking device on woman's car
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2015
- The vehicle was in the shop for a routine oil change, when a tracking device was discovered hanging from the small, four-door sedan. The car's owner had no idea the device was attached to her car.
Finally an honest mechanic
Well at least the mechanic was doing his job unlike other mechanics
I liked the mechanics concluding statement, " knowing you are being followed around can cause a lot of harm". Being aware of it can cause anxiety and make it even harder to trust people.
I use them all the time. I sell you a car on payments you're getting one and I'm going to have it so hidden that you won't know where it's at. I had a guy stop paying skipped town 8 hours away. I hit him up asking when he was going to pay. He said he would by the end up the week. The following Monday I repoed it in Denver. Guy told me he was still in town.
Most of the time this is done by police. Not random "criminals".
Lots of car dealerships install GPS on their cars for sale on the lot to help recover them if they're stolen and some dealerships that offer buy here pay here will install GPS on their to keep track of them until they're paid off. But many times dealerships forget to remove them once the cars are off of their ✋ hands.
I work at a junk yard. I find these type of devices all the time.
If that's TRUE... Hit me up to send me a few of them..
@@bmaiceman weirdo
@@bmaicemancreep
How do u detect a gps
wow worlds best oil change place i would say... good job guys,,,, nice to hear about the good guys for a change.
If I found such a device on my vehicle, I would remove said device and either 1) attach it to a long distance tractor/trailer, or 2) a local taxi.
Common for people that have shit credit.
john .. Why? The device would be deactivated within five minutes of it showing erroneous data.
Cop car
Removal/tampering (there is an automatic email sent) would result in automatic repo....it's buried deep in your loan contract language, and at that point they would require 100% payoff.....bottom line, don't let your credit go to shit.
I put one on a board and put it in the river.
It's funny that we can't see his face but she gave us his full name
SIMPLE answer, that people group only has about a dozen names LOL , there are MILLIONS by that same name, even in THAT town LOL
I would love to know if she managed to discover who it was that attached it to her car in the first place.
Finance companies put them there.
That's illegal without full disclosure to the vehicle's owner.
I put one on my wife's car, which was registered in MY name, so it was legal. It's how I found out she had a boyfriend, of ten years. Thank you.
Wow slick move. Sorry about that though.
Should have just took it down the truck stop and slapped it on an interstate truck would have fucked them up
John Sweeney I clap and jump up and down when i see a dog barking and chasing its tail in a circle .
John, you're a twisted man. I like the way you think >: ]
most of the time it is the dealer who puts it there. its done to those who have bad credit so they can find the car if payment isn't paid. its on more cars than you think. if you have not so good or bad credit I bet your new car has one. its still the dealers property until the last payment is made.
Christopher Morrissey would have been fun though wouldn’t it it’s in Ohio wait it’s in Utah WHAT the hell its it’s in Canada
correct, and its not illegal to put one on your own car.
If anyone finds a Gps tracer please. 1) Take it apart 2) remove the sim card 3)use the sim card to a spare phone 4) Make calls to the other side of the GLOBE. (Most gps tracking devices need a unlocked sim to work) MAKE THEM PAY THE BILL NOW.
I like,
Calls from Bulgaria! Could get them into more problems with the CIA...........
This needs more likes
Coyote .. And then you'd be billed for your intentional theft and misuse of their property. You're certainly not a wise coyote.
Brayan .. Why? The device would be deactivated within five minutes of it showing erroneous data, and, assuming it's their device, they would know you did it.
Take it off, conceal it in some obscure spot where it would make sense such a device might fall off a car. Then set up a security camera on that spot and see who comes looking for it when it hasn't moved for several days. Someone put it there for a reason and curiosity will likely get the better of them in wanting to see what's up; and frugality will encourage them to retrieve and re-use a device that is obviously still working.
you buy a car at a dealeship and you get a gps tracking devise.
Finance company hired a repo man to put the gps on repeat offenders. If they miss multiple payments and skip town the car can still be located and taken back into possession.
I KNOW THIS THATS WHY I like buying my cars flat out!
your phone has a GPS and microphone
I did car audio installs for 10 years. I found them probably twice a month. I think repo places use it to track high-risk loan defaulters. I used to mention it to the customer and most would reply surprised and claim they didn't know about it. Maybe. Maybe not. But I stopped even asking after a while. I see them all the time. Heck. Maybe this tracker was on the car when they bought it and is now dead and broken. Who knows.
Where did you find them at
Under law must be disclosed in the contract.
It can disable your car remotely! This was wrecking havoc on my car that I paid for in full with cash!
It can be put by the police. Most of the time they don't respect citizens rights.
skip locator. guarantee that car was being financed.
Phil Roy I think a mechanic and a new channel would have already checked that and ruled it out.
Dr. Savage who wants to tell *the evening news* that they're up for repo? of course if she knew that she's not gonna share that. if she didn't know about Skip Locating practices (governed by state laws) she might not make the link.
agree 100%
Right I work for a finance place and track cars all day long that have gps trackers on them and we have had a few taken off by mechanic shops because of the stupidity of someone not being honest or tampering with the device and then the buyer goes MIA with the vehicle and we are out another bit of money
Michael Lawson it is legal and the customers are always informed about the gps being in the car when signing the contract.they just aren't told where it is.its a way of making sure if the customer isn't going to pay then the car can be found.
we removed a half dozen off of several different cars last season with everyone coming in for remote starts.
That is so terrifying
The NSA tracks all phone calls but we are worried about our cars being tracked? On star does the same thing and all the smart cars do it as well
k dawg The NSA does not "track calls" you fucking idiot. They listen to your calls, and its a lot different when some random person tries to track you odds are they want more then to listen to your phone calls
@chad w my gps,data and cell connection are turned off , no tracking here with the phone on, i'll turn it on if i need to make a call but i got wifi everywhere
@Steve 'o what are you talking about?
good on ya, Terry. a free sweep over to see what doesn't belong. what a legend.
That is a very cool service the garage gives.
It could have been the finance company/repo man after she'd missed a few payments....
I use them all the time. It's most likely up for REPO!
I would be interested to know of what is a model GPS you install i have a classic car i would like to protect..Thanks
Even back in 2015 when this was uploaded coin-sized trackers that you could access via a smartphone app were just months from hitting the market. I'm pretty sure it now defies all but the most earnest detectives to check a car over for tracking devices. Chances are that car was fitted with a locator by the leasing firm that owned it at some point or it used to be in a rental fleet.
It's not necessarily some jealousy or stalking issue. The bank maybe just wanted to be able to retrieve their asset if a lease defaulted. Done fleet-wide then some units sold off but the gadget wasn't retrieved.
I bought several of the "Coin Sized" trackers.....they don't work for shit.
most of these trackers were installed by the state.
NOT random criminals or whatever...
If they never told you that a tracker was on the vehicle before they sold it to you, then it's illegal.
@@restezlameme*KNOWINGLY* doing that - yes. As I tried to suggest above, it's perfectly feasible that it *may* have been the careless result of the vehicle changing hands a few times between corporate owners rather than personal stalking. That does remain a possibility, however. I only mentioned a more innocent theory because recently the world has been too in love with instant grand conspiracies for everything that happens. Drought on the prairies? The Illuminati must have messed with the climate using magic chemtrails and top-secret invisible stealth spacecraft. That kind of nonsense.
not the same but my boss has trackers on all our trucks..for location business purposes..
As in a DiY store? I know of one that does that.
I wouldn't have called the police. I would've kept the tracker, waited for the person and teach em a lesson
CosmicHijacker most likely finance company because they keep missing payments and ducking the repo guy. More "news" where victimhood is alive and well.
I saw this on Hogan knows best, when Hulk Hogan put a device on his daughters car when she went on a date.
And how exactly did you figure that 'waiting for the person' would work? It's not like someone is coming down the street yelling for his tracker.... Or did you maybe think you could catch him while he's trying to get his tracker back? How would you know the day? How would you know the hour of the day? You're gonna lie there waiting in the bushes for a couple of weeks?
Be honest, you didn't really think this through, did ya?
You know who did? The guy who placed the tracker....
TheBushdoctor68 Very true. But think about it. You have the tracker they want. They have to come to you.
If they have a tracker placed, they already HAVE WHAT THEY WANT: to track YOU!
I purchased a used truck from Drive time... and I found a tracker under the dash... ripped it out & threw it away! I was told by a couple of dealerships, every new car with gps is tracked all the time... I was also told some new cars without GPS can be tracked... that's why most of them don't care if you test drive alone.. old school cars are the best! Lol
I have a Spot Trace GPS tracker in my '04 Tacoma for theft-recovery purposes, and they said in the mounting instructions not to place it anywhere that metal will cover it. I tried placing it under the hood, and it would not work since the antenna needs to be free of any overhead metal cover. I'd like to know how someone installed a tracker under a vehicle here,
all modern cars have something like this installed at the factory so they can be tracked if stolen. Naturally, there are other uses too. Don't trust the TSA or whoever tracks these.
Most likely it was put there by the dealer she is making car payments to. Its legal in some states and you don't have to tell the owner.
source: my father owns a used car dealership.
Brent Wickliffe, I've heard about that before, Car Dealerships using gps locaters to track people who finance on vehicles in case they try to duck vehicle payments and the bank's Repo tow truck drivers. I wouldn't be surprised if that's going to happen more and more on a regular basis where the dealership does it without the owners consent.
Legal Hacks, Oh look, the gaming channel is boasting about politics 😂😂😂
Until it is paid for, you aren't the owner. That's why banks and finance companies keep the title.
I work with a gal that bought a car at 20% interest and they had something on the car that if she got behind they called her and told her to take it home as the car would be turned off that evening and not released till she brought it current
Pfffffft. BIG YAWN. Ur girl lost we know, it will be ok pumpkin.
Where do the get the power to run them or do they only get turned on when required and stay in standby most of the time. just interested as to how they work
Yeah it stays in standby most of the time. It only needs to send out info every couple of seconds, and if the device is smart/well-designed, it would transmit less often when it is not moving, because there is no need to transmit data that has already been transmitted!
In SOME cases these tracking devices are installed by the company (or their agent) that financed the vehicle's purchase or made a title loan. Some agents attach trackers to a vehicle that's subject to lender repossession when the vehicle can't be towed right away. Those installations might be permitted in the loan agreement.
I bet the bank put it on there, they do that alot.
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A mechanic or her hubby/boyfriend must've done this!
Stalker stepped up his game
The bank or the husband!!!
Or the FBI? Or a creepy stalker?
seems like there aren't enough facts to this story to call the person a "victim"....maybe she's a spouse suspsected of cheating or something....
who best to call an idiot an idiot but the biggest of idiots themselves...thanks for admitting your idiocy!!!!!!! settling for a partner's lies when you know something isn't right IS THE IDIOTIC thing to do....sadly our civilisation is plagued with liars....even under the oh so holy vows of marriage....those vows are sacred....or do vows mean nothing to you? are you a liar? are you a cheater? only a cheater and a liar would TRULY be upset at their loved one taking such steps if they truly had doubts and had attempted to ask directly, only to be lied to. Any LOGICAL honest person, may take initial offense, and if nothing is found then they are TRULY vindicated and they now know their partner's mistrust is misplaced and can make an educated and informed decision on how to proceed, either continue to be with and love them for fighting for them or leave them for not trusting them, but now it's all out in the open.... So truth be told, TRUTH aids like trackers and such in cases where infidelity is suspected can only HELP BRING ALL THINGS TO LIGHT, no secrets, no lies. So.... "psycho! idiot!" those are the words of someone deathly afraid of getting caught, the words of TRUMPISTS scared of microwave cameras and such...people who want to live their lives based on "alternate facts"
.... So yeah..good luck with that
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CUTTING SOMEONES BRAKE LINES (AKA MURDER) is TOTALLY the NON-PSYCHO thing to do.....you're so very right.....
Hayley Maree yes...that you are a psychotic troll that is dangerous (willing to commit premeditated murder) to people around you....yes we can agree on that 10000%. Enough time wasted on your gibberish nonsense. Enjoy the rest of your trolling adventures...and may you get all the enjoyment you can from your insults and absurdities because karma, even to an insignificant sociopath willing to murder rather than find TRUTH will find you...so in the meantime, may your wicked giggles to self keep you warm under that TROLL bridge you have made your home (hope the walls are padded!). Toodles:-D!!!
Jim Mattei hiya Stan. Not totally sure which exact comment you were replying to in the string (hard to tell on the app version) so not sure if you're saying you would track, or, if like a certain person trolling me on this video comment section CZcams stated, you would rather kill them by cutting their brake lines lol....but either way I do appreciate the diplomatic delivery of your comment so thanks! :).
jamilmereck - I never implied any physical harm to anyone in my thread. Just placing a GPS tracker hidden inside a car. After enough incidents of extra-marital affairs, usage of a video camera catching the person in the very act would be most beneficial for proof helps when seeing an attorney.
Unfortunately it's starting to happen to most modern cars. My uncle's car repair, it happens so often that he stopped telling the owners because they were accusing him putting trackers in their cars himself.
What about if you affixed a GPS tracker to your own car so you can track it if it gets stolen? Is that permitted?
Could have been a boyfriend or husband
I'm followed most of the time in and out of the car, I'm black residing in the State.
Nice job...btw Bonita Springs is a nice part of the state (Florida).
The first day of my summer vacation. I went downtown to look for a job...
Someone would be pretty bored to find out I went to work, then to a restaurant for lunch, and then came home. Like pretty much every day...
When you got home all your stuff is gone. It's called patterned.
Maybe the woman's partner, if she has one, installed it in order to keep tabs on her.
seems like the type of thing you do if you suspect someone of cheating?
fastbike94 - I'd do the same.
finance company that really owns the car, older Lexus ES
Is there a way to track down the person who activated the tracker?
This is an older Lexus, however every new car now has some sort of tracking capability. Whether it’s through the infotainment system or antitheft module it can easily be tracked. Even semi trucks and trailers have trackers on them, when I did long haul trucking my company would use gps trackers to help the drivers find available empty trailers at warehouse lots. If a car is stolen from a dealer lot or shipping yard it can be tracked in so many ways, even through the infotainment systems.
And they couldn't even find Malaysian Plane
Syed Shah - I know. Sum sketchy shit.
Brando bee - im told Gazza Dresses up like a urinal and hangs out the truck stops men’s room.
Maybe plane needed cheap lo-jack or shady mechanic...
They took the plane, and flew it to a secluded island to sacrifice the occupants. Look at who our governments and elite truly worship, and do behind closed doors.
The used plasne dealer must've taken it off after the airline made the last payment
That's a joke son
You're sposta laugh
Foghorn Leghorn was awesome
Probably her husband or boyfriend Makin sure she ain't cheating
Or the repo guy
@@Pepecoin123 very original comment. Not
Repo service? Was the person behind in their payments?
High risk loans may require the debtor sign an agreement authorizing instillation of a GPS device.
Any possibility it was up for repossession? Putting GPS on cars that are garaged or otherwise inaccessible helps them find & pick them up the next time they are moved.
I would never say anything and tie it to a bird so the person that put it there can start following the bird all around town 😂😂😂
I think that attaching it to a drone would be more practical. LOL
disable the battery and wait for the guy to show up to replace it, then beat the sheet out of them
@@stevewayne8941 You gotta take his cheeks first and make them clap so much her basically becomes a bird and flies away. Then that’s when the buckshot comes in. I would say birdshot but that’s a flying human you know
The reporter's name is Bevis XD
"Hm..hmhm...hm hehehe. I am cornholio."
DementedButtHole I wonder if butthead also got a sex change.
That's "Evidence" in Swedish.
@@SwedishMindwacker Interesting. Does "Hmm bork bork bork bork!" mean anything in real Swedish?
@@buddyclem7328 Nope, nothing åt all
My ad says "shop GPS trackers''.. nice work CBS
Wow. Very scary.
What if this was the repo guy, like damn, the news knows nothing and doesn't give info on anything
dealerships do that to newer cars in case you skip out on paying it and hide the car from being repowed or she was cheating on her significant other.
Neat deal for garage. Free service at same time find defects on car
Was this car a rental before it was hers? Maybe the previous owner had installed it.
the nsa wants it gps back.
Chances are she financed the car with shitty credit and has a history of non-payment so the finance company put the tracker on the car before she got it
I live in Fort Myers and used to work for a repo agency in Cape Coral and they do this a lot
Had a buddy who moved to lehigh acres he went through the same thing
I lived in Fort Myers and....well just know if you get someone mad this is going on your car lol
I follow a few towing companies/repo guys; and they end up getting told by the bank/finance companies to put the trackers on so they can get the car if payments are late/missed, and the people haven't contacted the finance people, so they get repo'ed till a payment is sorted out.
Would this mean the loop hole is, the consent is given by the majority owner (the finance company)?
I think it had to be someone who knew her. Maybe her spouse. Also maybe her kids if they're little sneaks.
I'mAPeach it could be from the place she bought the car. Shady dealers or people on Craigslist have spare keys and steal it when you're not looking. They use the tracker to keep it random so they're not caught as easily
or its a financed vehicle that was up for repo.
the repo company will put these on cars, so if the finance company wants it reposed, they aren't driving all around town looking for it.
i worked for a repo comany, people will fall behind on their payments, and try to hide their vehicles at properties that aren't listed when they applied for financing.
we would charge the finance company to place these trackers on cars ( a service fee and they would also pay for the tracker itself).
sometimes we might forget to remove the tracker or they might drive the vehicle so far out of state that we aren't gonna retrieve it.
Robert Torres - Only a total idiot buys a car from Craigslist. I admit to using Craigslist to buy a guitar, but that's not the same thing.
akui88 - I've heard of people driving their cars into lakes, or setting them on fire if they know their car's going to get repossessed.
stan broniszewski i have bought 4 cars from craigslist with zero problems I just always bring a gun
Meanwhile, billions of fools are being tracked by Facebook and Google without a care in the world. If you have a Facebook account or use Google services, then you must not value your privacy.
Well, now I know NOT to send my son or daughter to this place..
YES, i monitor my kids!
this is crazy! 😨
What a scam, the mechanic can always say, hey look what found on your car. That will be $300 bucks for finding it. 🤔🤔
Em.. No they cant and wont charge you if they report something, only to remove it or fix a problem.
If someone presents you with a bill for finding a gps UNIT,JUST DISREGARD THE BILL. STOP BEING A MORON.
You 100% have to accept the work before they will charge you , If the want to replace something they have to ask you every time
maybe she's a cheating wife
John Doe more likely to have an abusive partner that is a power tripper and thinks he has the right to do that
@@myleneh1916 he does have the right to protect whats his.
@@axegod8613 you need mental health. I worry for the safety of any one around you. Get help
This seems more like a marketing scheme for that body shop when you think about it.
So what happened at the end.
someone loves her, too much.
I can relate. Wi fi, cellphones, modems, radios, mp3 players, cable tv. Etc can be hacked into. You can put devices in tv's and portable dvds, etc
Car City car dealership installs these on their cars. It's a "buy here pay here" type of place. They install these so when people don't pay they can immobilize the car and track it to be picked up by a wrecker.
Definition Owner the person or entity that has title not the person on the registration card. The finance company "Owns" the car until it is paid off. They can place it there. Also if the car is in joint ownership one of the owners can place it there.
was there a bank loan? was it up for repo?
get some security.thats not good😳
Correspondent helps train people how to install this devices.
Does anyone in Los Angeles know where I can take my car for a sweep?
also your cell phone has a GPS some can follow you...now in the Samsung smar tvs...
"he'll only do it if it's approved by an attorney"... that's comforting... attorneys are not judges.
Hmmm. Tracker is INSTALLED on my vehicle. Manufacturer and insurance company knows my location at all times. What about E vehicles, they MUST have trackers.
Damn it Beavis!
This is pretty common in the "budget/finance//buy-here-pay-here" crowd from well before 2015.
Def a high risk loan. Heard of a car around here that had been repo’d 18 times.
lol, "get permission from a lawyer." That was some funny shit.
there's some times where small dealers selling cheap cars put them on the cars to track them in case people slip on their payments it's easier to find and repo
Did she buy the car new? NBC did not say, and if she did the 1st owner may have installed it to protect from theft.
I would like to know what GPS sweep detector they used to find it.
Probably randomly found it by looking. I heard some of these gps trackers don’t transmit without moving
Just have an employee bounce up and down on the bumper, or turn on the sweep as they pull the car into the bay.
where can you buy a gps locator
I like how the newscaster points out they couldn't show the guy's face because he is a private investigator and then they say his name.
Oh ya. When you sign the purchase papers you okd the gos in the fine print.
This happened to myself and my significant other.the sheriff refused to make a report
A Maita Nissan Dealership we bought our vehicle from and financed put GPS trackers on the vehicles as well.
This has changed in 3 and a half years , now the Factory puts them in !