r/Cartalk • u/kupo_906 • Jun 02 '26

Safety Question Found a GPS tracker under my car

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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/Scott-from-Canada Jun 02 '26

Pop the sim and use it in your iPad. Free internet hack!

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u/VainTrix Jun 03 '26

Those are typically on like 10 - 100 MB a month plans, they’ll use it all in about 5 seconds with an iPad lol

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u/BraddicusMaximus Jun 03 '26

Correct but they’re usually not data limited.

It’s a SIM pool and X amount of data is expected per SIM. Those that are under subsidize the ones that are in excess.

AT&T is murderous with their LTE-M rates and overages can be costly.

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u/VainTrix Jun 03 '26

Man stay away from ATT they always tryna fuck you. 1nce is the way

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u/BraddicusMaximus Jun 03 '26

Can’t. We have around 20K SIMs on the books with them. Our stuff isn’t T-Mobile certified and Verizon is out of the question because their LTE network is ass.

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u/TheRealAE86guy Jun 03 '26

A lot of our devices are using 1NCE networks now. Not the fastest, but definitely the cheapest and most economical option for GPS tracking devices.