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I bought a 2017 Ram 2500 on Saturday, and am puzzled by this. Picture enclosed. It is attached to the bottom of the dash to the left of the hood latch. If anyone has seen one of these, I would appreciate your help.

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Any markings or numbers on it? What happens when you push the button


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No markings or numbers. when I push the button nothing happens.
This is why I am asking for help.
 

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Interwebs says its a KARR alarm valet switch. Other pics included a rats nest of splices into the wiring harnesses. Found same exact module on a Tundra site.
 
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So, can we tell what model of Karr this is? Also, would this be a remote start?
 

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Woah weird I bought a used 2013 a couple months back and I have the exact same thing in the exact same place.

I thought it was related to the 8.4 upgrade he put in
 
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So this is a KARR High Performance Series 3 security system. The truck already has the Ram remote entry system so does anyone know if this does remote start, or do I need to just remove it?
 

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some times when you buy a truck from a leasing company they install a tracking device >>just encase you miss a bunch of payments then they know where your truck is and come snatch it up Makes the repo mans job very easy
 
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From the pictures in jbryon’s link, we know that it is a KARR security system instead of a camouflaged tracking device. I would like to know if the KARR supports remote start.​
 

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I’m guessing ours are disabled and was just used for the dealers purposes while on the lot?

I have the regular key RAM keyfobs and nothing else. Do you have additional keyfobs?
 
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I also have the RAM key fobs, but I don’t have additional KARR key fobs.
 
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There is a Utube on removing one of these KARR systems. It seems like a fair bit of work, so I am going to wait until I have a problem with the wiring.
 

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I would have ask the p/o owner when looking at the truck and have him explain what it is and does. But that is just me.
 

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No markings or numbers. when I push the button nothing happens.
This is why I am asking for help.

My first thought was some place someone's garage door keeps opening and closing everytime you push it...
 

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That is a garbage “alarm system” they just tap into harness wires with cheap ass connectors. We have a lot of issues with them here at my dealership in Phoenix. If you have the know how and patience to do it is remove that crap and avoid any future problems. I’ve seen the “professional” guy here at work install them takes him like 20mins to just clamp **** onto wires in the harness. We had a a new JL that wouldn’t start because of that ****, a whopping 2 miles and wouldn’t start
 

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