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Re: Help me identify possible tracking device found in my car

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Post by post_break »

WalterBright wrote: post #128
NikolaNovak wrote: post #50

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It's hyper super duper useful in rough climates. Primarily when it's minus 40 outside and you have kids, it's nice to warm up the car slightly before entering it. If you get spoiled, you might then also remote start it when it's plus 40 outside and you want ac to at least start. Also note that "if it's left in gear" is virtually irrelevant in North America, fwiw - something like under 2 percent of cars here are manua…

My car is manual, and I always leave it in gear when parked in case the parking brake fails.

That's why they make remote starters with clutch lockouts. Can't remote start if in gear.

Re: Help me identify possible tracking device found in my car

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Post by WalterBright »

avidiax wrote: post #108
hirvi74 wrote: post #100

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No manual I have ever driven will even start without the clutch engaged, so I assume a remote starter can bypass that somehow? I always leave my manual car in gear in the opposite the direction the car would be likely to roll if the emergency brake ever failed. (If the car would roll forward, put it in reverse. If it would roll backwards put it in 1st).

There's nothing preventing the engine from turning backwards. Engage the highest gear if you are worried your handbrake will give out.

Put it in 1st to stop the car from moving. Put it in 4th to push start it.

Re: Help me identify possible tracking device found in my car

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Post by brigandish »

Barrin92 wrote: post #99
burrows wrote: post #94

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Yeah, people are just imagining the NSA led global surveillance apparatus.

the NSA is certainly real, the likelihood of them bugging your car unless you're smuggling nuclear secrets is rather low the three letter agencies don't care about people who play video games and watch cat videos all day

And yet they engage in mass surveillance, even of their own citizens.

Re: Help me identify possible tracking device found in my car

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Post by sgtnoodle »

aspectmin wrote: post #88

Ahh. Looks familiar. A dealer in the PNW installed one of these (without our knowledge) in a Honda CRV we purchased. Something about anti theft and vehicle recovery by finance, for all the cars on their lot. The car had all sorts of crazy power problems. Smart display would randomly crash, interior lights wouldn’t work, just… flakey. Called the dealer and demanded they remove this. Electrical problems went away insta…

They put them in so that they can use a single key fob to open up all the cars in the lot. There's a socket that accepts a module. When they sell the car, they pop out their key fob module and pop in the "security system" blinking LED module and try to upsell you $1K for the privilege of having your wire harness butchered.

Re: Help me identify possible tracking device found in my car

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Post by behringer »

nebulousthree wrote: post #118
Barrin92 wrote: post #99

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the NSA is certainly real, the likelihood of them bugging your car unless you're smuggling nuclear secrets is rather low the three letter agencies don't care about people who play video games and watch cat videos all day

You make it sound like the NSA can never fail. If it's monitoring you then you are likely doing something deserving of monitoring. They can be wrong though and you'll still have been spied on and information collected for future use. Consider a career in politics, perhaps?

The NSA is known to surveil people who are completely harmless, including spouses, loved ones, romantic interests, etc.

Re: Help me identify possible tracking device found in my car

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Post by blakespot »

jowsie wrote: post #24

If you google KARR Honda or KARR Alarm you should find some better information. I found identical looking devices by using Google Lens and focusing on just the black box with the green button. https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2016/08/never-buy-car-alar... https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisit/comments/rnr48t/found_unde... https://www.reddit.com/r/subaru/comments/7m9dv9/mysterious_b...

KARR - Knight Automated Roving Robot

Re: Help me identify possible tracking device found in my car

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Post by dilyevsky »

hirvi74 wrote: post #100
carom wrote: post #33

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Most people in the US do not drive manuals. You can get them in manuals but you have to hack some stuff, and yea, it will stall your car out if you start it in gear. In the US they are largely for convenience so you can heat or cool your car before you go out.

No manual I have ever driven will even start without the clutch engaged, so I assume a remote starter can bypass that somehow? I always leave my manual car in gear in the opposite the direction the car would be likely to roll if the emergency brake ever failed. (If the car would roll forward, put it in reverse. If it would roll backwards put it in 1st).

You haven’t driven a lot of manuals then. My friend’s dad once got his hyundai up the porch starting it with a gear in.

Re: Help me identify possible tracking device found in my car

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Post by dilyevsky »

WalterBright wrote: post #132
avidiax wrote: post #108

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There's nothing preventing the engine from turning backwards. Engage the highest gear if you are worried your handbrake will give out.

Put it in 1st to stop the car from moving. Put it in 4th to push start it.

I’ve had most success with 2nd or rear

Re: Help me identify possible tracking device found in my car

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Post by nopenopenopeno »

NonNefarious wrote: post #73
judge2020 wrote: post #57

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Manufacturers must prove a modification to a car caused the fault in a product to deny an otherwise-covered warranty issue, regardless of who installed it. As for if this device kills the battery or what-have-you, i'm not sure what sort of liability the dealership is taking.

The law isn't limited to cars.

The relevant context is, though.
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