What Is This????

[L a r r y]

OK, so I am following the instructions from a thread on here for installing a trailer brake controller. When I pull off the panel below the dash, I find this box zipped tied up and plugged into the OBD II connector. What is this thing?

 

[camaro430sut]

My company vehicle has something similar that is a gps/speed tracker

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[RHeller1]

they are tracking you

 

[L a r r y]

they are tracking you

Not anymore, I've disconnected all of that mess...Thank you for the info

 

[Amazing93]

Some dealerships install those incase you default on your loan. Easy for the repo man to find the truck. I think it BS and a total invasion of privacy.

 

[Trippi]

so it's a dealer install. not manufacture? Good you found and disconnected it

 

[L a r r y]

Some dealerships install those incase you default on your loan. Easy for the repo man to find the truck. I think it BS and a total invasion of privacy.

Amazing93 and Trippi

I did purchase the truck used, so I don't know if it was installed by the dealer, or someone else. If they want to find it, it'll be attached to a stray cat, with a 9v battery for power, by the landfill site if they want to look for it

so it's a dealer install. not manufacture? Good you found and disconnected it

 

[Richard320]

Save the female OBD connector. You can solder a couple wires to it that clip to a 12V battery and use it as a Keep-alive Memory device. That lets you replace the battery without losing any memory or presets. Or if you leave it sit for long periods, a small solar charger on the dash could feed it to keep the battery charged. Use pins 4 &16.

 

[Boston]

Prior owner tracker. Crazy there is no state or federal control on them.

 

[Jimmy07]

Save the female OBD connector. You can solder a couple wires to it that clip to a 12V battery and use it as a Keep-alive Memory device. That lets you replace the battery without losing any memory or presets. Or if you leave it sit for long periods, a small solar charger on the dash could feed it to keep the battery charged. Use pins 4 &16. View attachment 75826

This will not do what you are explaining on any FCA vehicle. You would literally be hooking power and ground up to nothing. The power and ground are to power devices that get plugged into the OBD port.

 

[Richard320]

This will not do what you are explaining on any FCA vehicle. You would literally be hooking power and ground up to nothing. The power and ground are to power devices that get plugged into the OBD port.

No, you'd be hooking power and ground to power and ground on the vehicle. Just cut the connector off and throw the rest away.

 

[Jimmy07]

No, you'd be hooking power and ground to power and ground on the vehicle. Just cut the connector off and throw the rest away.

Edit * I see what you’re saying now. I think you meant keep the male connector, since the OBD port is already female.

 

[njt07]

Reading through the owner manual, isnt that the sirius guardian module?

 

[L a r r y]

Reading through the owner manual, isnt that the sirius guardian module?

What section did you see this info under?

 

[njt07]

Manual isnt accessible at the moment, but in the uconnect section under paid services

 

[Jimmy07]

Reading through the owner manual, isnt that the sirius guardian module?

No, there is no separate Sirius guardian module. It is internal to the radio module. The device pictured is definitely a tracker, and it is absolutely aftermarket. You can tell just by the way the OBD pass through harness is built.

 

[Jimmy07]

OK, so I am following the instructions from a thread on here for installing a trailer brake controller. When I pull off the panel below the dash, I find this box zipped tied up and plugged into the OBD II connector. What is this thing?

Actually, I can’t believe I didn’t realize this before, as I’ve installed a few of them, and I have one sitting on my bench.

It’s the Car Link ASCL6. It’s an add-on module to most plug n play remote start systems. It makes the remote start system capable of starting from a phone app from anywhere.

 

[Brisoup1]

Food for thought: If your truck has Uconnect, it can easily be tracked.