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OK, I admit that I am an old fart.
What in the world am I missing here?
Why on earth would a dealer place something like that in your OBD11 port?
What do they have to gain? Could it be that they have had problems with trucks stolen from their lot and they use these devices routinely for tracking but forgot to remove it before you took possession? You are obviously not local to them and if another dealer had to access the OBD11 they would find it. Maybe they include it with every vehicle they sell as an accessory for the buyer? Guess I am naive. I just cannot see any benefit to the dealer in deliberately leaving a device like that connected. Anything on the invoice that shows a fee for some kind of recovery service system?
@Different Drummer they dealer installed the tracking device not only incase it's stolen off the lot but if the person who buys it stops making payments. Easier for the repo company to find it.
Knowing you paid for it up front takes me back to my original question then.But, I paid Cash... No Finance... No Payments...
I have been talking myself out of a new RAM for years because I did not want to finance and have payments.
Two weeks ago I got the bug again... My wonderful wife of 53 years said to me "If you want a new RAM, find the one you want and buy it"
Unbeknownst to me she had been making "Truck Payments" to the savings account for the last 6 1/2 years.
Knowing you paid for it up front takes me back to my original question then.
Please, post here and let us know what the dealers explanation is for placing the device.
It's not like it is not easy to find in the OBD11 port. Try as I may to come up with some nefarious reason for the action I cannot find one.
...My wonderful wife of 53 years said to me "If you want a new RAM, find the one you want and buy it"
Unbeknownst to me she had been making "Truck Payments" to the savings account for the last 6 1/2 years.