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Black cord in driver footwell

1500DFW

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Just bought a 2019 Laramie. Once I got it home I noticed this black cord hanging out of the bottom of the dash on the drivers side. Attached a couple pics. Anybody have any idea what this is for?
 

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Best guess is it's a dealer test/reader cable for something. Kind of an odd place though, and only two wires. What's the part number on the cable?
 

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Looks like the tech left it in the truck by mistake. Most of the RAM owners that find a “loose wire” under their dash, discover a hidden GPS tracking device installed by the dealer. Looks like yours was just a jumper connector.
 

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thats probably part of a tracker..its going to the star connector, so was getting data from the can bus regarding vehicle speed, status, etc..probably plugged into some cheesy tracker box
 

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Gotcha. I appreciate all the info. I’ll just leave it plugged in since it’s not connected to anything, tuck it away and forget about it.


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