Strange Module in Drivers Door

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Hi. I am hoping someone can help me. Whilst upgrading to tow mirrors, I noticed this module in the drivers door. Does anyone know what it is and what it does.20210726_114603.jpg
 

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Your Drivers door is on the Right ? correct ?

This is my 2016 Left Front door

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Left Rear Door

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Right Front Door

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Hi. I am hoping someone can help me. Whilst upgrading to tow mirrors, I noticed this module in the drivers door. Does anyone know what it is and what it does.View attachment 465762
Did you buy the truck new or used? If you bought it used was it from a dealer or a used car place? Some used car dealers will install a GPS tracking device on vehicle's they sell so they can be easily found and repossessed when the buyer stops paying on the loan. I used to repo cars
 

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where does the wiring go? is it riveted (silver on the tab)? Can you take the 4 screws off and the cover and see if there is a manufacture name/part number on a circuit board?


This is the drawing for a '18 2500 CTD's door https://parts.allmoparparts.com/
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I would have to agree it's a GPS tracker. Most of the time it would be under the dash or under the console
 

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My moneys on it being a gps tracker for financial issues should they arise ,the bank gets their collateral returned. I would remove it and cap the ends of the wires so no future issues arise from it ,if it was my truck. Hope the mirrors work out well for you.
 

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I showed the images so that Skeletor would have some idea of where to indicate to us just where that part was.

I doubt if many members have seen just what is behind the doors inner panels

I wish that i had taken some more detailed images of the Mirror Module & the Door Actuator Module
 

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If it is a GPS tracker, who ever it belongs to likely has Spare Remote also
 
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Okay. It is a '17 Ram 1500 Sport. I purchased the truck new. However, since I am in Australia, it was apparently purchased new in Canada, shipped over here, converted to right hand drive and then sold by a dealer (not RAM) to me. Strange thing is there is no finance on the truck, so I dont know why a tracker is installed. Weird.
 
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I showed the images so that Skeletor would have some idea of where to indicate to us just where that part was.

I doubt if many members have seen just what is behind the doors inner panels

I wish that i had taken some more detailed images of the Mirror Module & the Door Actuator Module
Ignore the red circle as that is to show how the left hand mirror sensor is wired to the right hand wiring loom. You can see the little box in the Right Door picture. It is wired into the wiring loom. I suspect that this was installed by the conversion company as the door looms are made by them as the main window and mirror switch panel is in the Right door, not the left.

Notice that the door modules are also swapped over. I have tried to enable the mirror turn signals with AlphaOBD but when i indicate right, the left mirror turn signal operates. I have swapped the modules over and all that did was stop the window and mirror buttons from working at all. I even set the vehicle to Right Hand Drive in AlphaOBD and that had everything working, but the left window switch operated the right window etc.
 

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I saw a newspaper or magazine article several years ago, about a Ram conversion, but i did not know just what all could be involved


One gentleman down under had the right hand drive conversion done, Then he called it the Bat Ram. It was all black, from what i recall, but he had BAT decals & emblems nicely done.
He even went so far as to make a couple of short videos
 
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