Had a Spireon on my 2019 f-150. Followed the cable up to the left, had to pop access panel to the left of vent to get to it. One zip tie was holding it in place.
miley said:
2019 Expedition. The vehicle has a Kahu/Spireon unit but I'm drawing a blank on locating it.
Based on this, I'd say the SIM card either doesn't have active service or it's locked to the IMEI of the device.1agswitchin4lanes said:here's an unlocked phone...slappy said:
Damn, if I was closer to 1ags I'd volunteer my two unlocked phones to test. Unless you want to mail it to me.
miley said:
Any other guesses on location? I've looked high and low without luck.
I know it's there as the wife set up the app and I just checked and it's very much active. She doesn't care about it and I'd like it gone.
Mac Haik fwiw and I'll never forget the argument had that day.
Old Sarge said:
The Apex "Car Theft Management System" was one of many reasons I did not deal with my local Toyota dealer when I bought my Tacoma last year, who had the $995 add on listed on the dealer "adds" decal. Went out of town to a dealer I had used and trusted. No Apex or GPS management was discussed, but the truck came via a dealer trade to get what I wanted.
Does 1Ags or anyone here have a pic of what this would look like on a 2020 Tacoma?
Old Sarge said:
OBD?
On Board Diagnostics Port?
Will be tomorrow, at best.
miley said:
Any other guesses on location? I've looked high and low without luck.
I know it's there as the wife set up the app and I just checked and it's very much active. She doesn't care about it and I'd like it gone.
Mac Haik fwiw and I'll never forget the argument had that day.
You story explains why many of us negotiate via email and have a completed bottom line before we set foot in the dealer.miley said:
It wasn't so much the argument itself but rather the lessons learned.
The wife wanted to be a part of the process which meant dragging the kids along (4 and 6 at the time). The popcorn machine kept them busy for about twenty minutes and their iPad bought me another hour. As the transaction drew on and the kids began to melt away I quickly came to the realization that the upper hand had already been given away.
I should mention that I was happy with all other parameters. Car was priced right, trade in valued very fairly, the new car was what the wife wanted, etc.
We only went back and forth three times about the tracker until they went to find the service manager and get him over to "see" about removing it. Another 30 minutes of waiting and, in an act of desperation, I caved and became the reluctant new owner of the dealership's inventory tracking equipment.
Yeah, that is pretty much their playbook. Get you in there...get you close to a deal...then make you sit around and wait and get bored and frustrated, then come back and hit you up for just a few more things to "make the deal work". You give in because you just want out of there and want it over with, and that is exactly what they are counting on. Next time, when the waiting and haggling starts on their part, just get up and leave and tell them to email you the details when they figure it all out and you will see if anybody else can make a better deal with you in the meantime. They will get it worked out real fast before they let you get up and leave.dubi said:You story explains why many of us negotiate via email and have a completed bottom line before we set foot in the dealer.miley said:
It wasn't so much the argument itself but rather the lessons learned.
The wife wanted to be a part of the process which meant dragging the kids along (4 and 6 at the time). The popcorn machine kept them busy for about twenty minutes and their iPad bought me another hour. As the transaction drew on and the kids began to melt away I quickly came to the realization that the upper hand had already been given away.
I should mention that I was happy with all other parameters. Car was priced right, trade in valued very fairly, the new car was what the wife wanted, etc.
We only went back and forth three times about the tracker until they went to find the service manager and get him over to "see" about removing it. Another 30 minutes of waiting and, in an act of desperation, I caved and became the reluctant new owner of the dealership's inventory tracking equipment.
Theres a gateway somewhere installed on it.Flaith said:
Does anyone know how NissanConnect is installed to the car and how it is able to remotely get vehicle data, unlock doors, start car, etc? I assume that this has to be a factory-installed thing to be so integrated and isn't a dealer-installed 3rd party inventory management parasite...
I'm going to check my 2018 Pathfinder's OBD tonight
DaveHimself said:
Howdy, made my way to this thread from the "bait and switch" thread. Checked my wife's 2016 Honda Pilot and it's hooked up as shown below. I'm guessing these Sky Link devices are similar to the Apex devices? Can you confirm?
Then show us a video of you running that thing over and obliterating it into a 1000 pieces.1agswitchin4lanes said:
Plugs are likely factory plugs for features you don't have.
Unplug at obd port and remove all the extra bs that the gps is attached to.
Kvwina said:
What type of data can be collected by these things other than your location??
Picard said:
APEX removed from a 2017 Expedition. Sort of. I had looked at it a while back and saw the factory diagnostics port with the blue clip and stopped there thinking I was good.
But after this evening I went and checked again and found the in-line fuse. Pulled the panel off below the steering wheel and found APEX zip tied up in there but not plugged into anything.
This was purchased used from a Mac Haik dealership but I don't know why it wasn't connected. Kinda looks like it never was based on the way it was zip tied in there. Well it'll never be connected now.