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Found tracking device in my truck

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Super Trucker1, Jul 12, 2012.

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  1. Jul 12, 2012 #1
    Super Trucker1

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    I'm an owner operator still making payments on my truck. I was doing some work in my dash and I think I found a tracking device. It was hide very good. If I wasn't taking my dash apart I never would have found it. I guessing the dealer or bank had it put in when I bought the truck. My question is is it legal to put it in my truck without me knowing about it. I have a picture of it, still trying to figure out how to add a picture to a post.
     
    Super Trucker1, Jul 12, 2012
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  3. Jul 12, 2012 #2
    bullhaulerswife

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  4. Jul 12, 2012 #3
    Winchester Magnum

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    Who owned the truck before you? That's probably the one who put it there.
     
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  5. Jul 12, 2012 #4
    FLATBED

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    Likely from the previous owner , lot easier for them to just deactivate it than tear the truck apart to remove it when traded or sold.
     
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  7. Jul 12, 2012 #5
    Opus

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    as long as you're making payments, you don't own the truck and whomever does, can do as they please........
     
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  8. Jul 12, 2012 #6
    aiwiron

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    If you disconnected it due to electrical issues.
     
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  9. Jul 12, 2012 #7
    Cat sdp

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    Don't they have to put something like that in the contract, or tell you about it?
     
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  10. Jul 12, 2012 #8
    Tazz

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    I think they have to notify you in Tennessee Law. Not sure about other states. Pretty sure they hide it in the mouse print you sign in the loan documents.
     
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  11. Jul 12, 2012 #9
    CAXPT

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    Nope, it's probably like a Lo-Jack. Until you pay the truck off, they want to know where it is if they have to repossess it.
     
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  12. Jul 12, 2012 #10
    RickG

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    I remember hearing a news report about a guy in GA that reported his Mercedes stolen . He didn't know the previous owner had installed LoJack . The police were able to activate it and found the car hidden in a warehouse owned by the owner that reported it stolen.
     
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