Removing a Tracker

barryd

barryd

Full Member
Posts
17,268
Likes
32,656
The new van I am getting has (apparently) an expensive Tracker system on it. I don't know at this stage which one it is. Its not active I am told. The seller who bought the van off a guy he knew who passed away doesnt know much about it either. Ill have all the manuals and stuff when I pick up the van tomorrow and take it to the garage for a cambelt. Is this a job the garage could do and is it straight forward? Do they have any resale value?
 
I know naff all about them. I do remember people saying they are a battery drain though. Don't want it and when I took out the insurance I specifically told them it doesn't have one. Discount for having one is only 5% anyway. I just thought if it cost £1000 and i dont want it I might have been able to get it taken out and flog it. Will find out what it is when I get the van but if its worthless and not taking up any battery power ill just leave it.
 
Allegedly it cost £1000. If the Tracker company can read it and communicate with it then that means its got power which means when I am sat in a field for three weeks it will drain me battery! Probably getting ahead of myself. Will see what it is later. Its just that its going in for a Cambelt tomorrow and I might have just said, rip this tracker out please. Presumably its not that easy anyway otherwise the thief would just do exactly that.
 
I have similar dilemma, spoke to the tracker company and they’re happy to renew the contract at a (high) price but won’t tell me whereabouts in the van it is hidden :(
 
Tracker is a brand as well as a generic thing.

We had a genuine Tracker tracker on a previous motorhome. It worked really well and was not a significant drain on the battery, though its allied immobiliser locked up if the starter battery got really low. You had to disconnect the battery for a few secinds to reset it.

The tracker was fitted in an undisclosed location, and apparently it would need a new battery eventually (though not in the ten years I owned it). When the engineers worked on it, they used a laptop in their van, parked nearby. Presumably connecting by RF.

I'd definitely want a tracker on a motorhome, if only to retrace trips on the map. But I'd not pay £1000 for one.

It came with lifetime service as long as I owned the vehicle, but a subsequent buyer had to pay Tracker an annual fee.
 
If I was you Barrie if I did not want I would want it removed as , tim says insurance company insist on them up to a certain value only .they give discounts for things like wheel clamps high cataogary alarms reversing camaras , but if you don't use them all the time They are get out clauses for insurance company , that is my opinion not advice
 
best of luck to the guys attempting to remove it. I had a tracker fitted to a car back in 2002 and the engineers refused to tell me where it was located. Years later I scrapped the car and tried to find it (without success) apparently the modules are really small and hidden well away.
 
It could be as simple as a quick look around Barry. Think to yourself where you might hide one a lot of people attach them to the inside of the wheels. Worth a 10 minute search anyway.

Here's some suggestions but why anybody would put advice like this online beats me, like the thieves won't read it! :giggle:

www.rewiresecurity.co.uk

Best Places to Hide a GPS Tracker

Best places inside the vehicle where you can safely hide GPS trackers. Keep an eye on your car's location with a good hidden gps tracker.
www.rewiresecurity.co.uk www.rewiresecurity.co.uk
 
Last edited:
My Hymer is fitted with a tracker that is very responsive. Twice I forgot to notify the system that I was getting into the chunnel and it triggered a ‘power off movement’ when the train started. I got an app message and a phone call within 5 minutes to check on why it was moving. As an added ‘benefit’ I can get a map of each days journey to download if I want.
 
The insurance company aren't bothered about it as I explained that officially I don't have one. I was told there was one on it but I am declaring it as not having one fitted and just the standard vehicle immobiliser in place. Sounds like it might not be that straight forward to remove although ill watch Robs video later. When I finally get it back on Monday ill investigate further.

Main thing I was bothered about was drain on the battery and the thing somehow interfering with the use of the vehicle. If people are saying if its not registered or activated its effectively dead then hopefully that at least is not something I need to worry about.
 
Why wouldn’t you want to have the tracker working ?
It won’t have any resale value,as the £1000 you were told that it cost it is probably attached to an alarm system coupled with labour costs in its installation will be where most of its costs were.
I installed my own tracker but I haven’t informed the insurance, as because I installed it my self I doubt that they would recognise it.
You can buy a little gadget off eBay for very little money that will let you find where the tracker is, as this is what the scumbags use when they steal vehicles
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who viewed this discussion (Total:0)

Back
Top