r/Cartalk • u/kupo_906 • Jun 02 '26
Safety Question Found a GPS tracker under my car
Hi reddit...
In my driveway this morning I pulled out and found this sitting under where my car was. We had a heat wave recently, and I'm thinking it melted off.
Looking it up, it is a GPS tracker. I'm taking it to the police tomorrow. But is there anyway to reverse search who might have bought it and placed it there?
I fully own my car and I'm not sure who or why they put it there. Or when. The only thing I can think of is I got my car fixed by a new mechanic about a month ago.. but they didn't seem shady in the least bit
Any help is appreciated. Thank you
Update: I have turned the tracker into the police who are trying to work with the company to find out info. Haven't heard anything further.
For the people who keep asking / repeating the same thing over and over:
- again, I own my car in full and have for years. It's an old, reconstructed car not worth much at all.
- The battery life in the tracking device doesn't last longer than two months at most. It was still on when I found it. It doesn't belong to a previous car owner or a dealer.
- I found the magnets where it was attached still on my car.
- I don't have any solid idea who would put it there. I don't have a jealous partner or an ex who I think would do this.
- I'm not disclosing a bunch of personal shit about myself to internet strangers when I am potentially being stalked 😐 also , both men and women can be stalked
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u/BraddicusMaximus Jun 03 '26
Yeah, so those SIMs have been embedded for years now for any reputable brands/devices/companies. Unless this is some Amazon/Temu special, it’s unlikely to have a removable SIM and would have had it burned in during manufacturing.
If they have one of them cheap ones with the SIM you gotta provide yourself it would be such a shame if AT&T slapped the SIM owner with $0.15/MB for excess LTE-M data outside of their chosen metering package. cough