When I bought my 2025 Rav4 hybrid the dealer offered to install a tracking device. He gave me a sales pitch, telling me how useful the tracking device will be. It sounded good at the time so I agreed and paid $474 to have it installed. The tracking company is called Plad Tech. But when reading their website I found out that Plad Tech collects location and vehicle information then sells it. I strongly suspect that Plad Tech gives some of the money to Toyota. I also believe the device can disable the car if payments are not made. I realized I made a mistake when I bought the device, but I disabled it by unplugging it from the OBD port. But I lost out on $474. If you are buying a car and the dealer offers you Plad Tech, think carefully before you buy it.
Checked and found one on my 21 corolla! It jad a white OBD port and took 2 minutes too remove after remoking kick panel under steering wheel, thanks for the help!
Outstanding delivery really sensible thank you for revealing these people that are greedy and selfish and how they sell a car. Lease loan no matter get this item removed and everything placed back to factory original.😃
If you owe money meaning you financed... thats between customer and bank not customer and dealership. Even if you financed the vehicle through them. They're out of the picture. They got their money and you owe it to the bank. As it was mentioned if you owe into it specially in a buy here pay here scenario. It is different. But ought to be disclosed upfront.
Some dealers install trackers in all their cars so they can sell you overpriced “theft recovery” packages. I bought a used truck and the dealer insisted they did “vin etching” on all their cars for theft deterrence. I told them if they etched my windows I would have them arrested for vandalism. $200 saved.
My car is Paid in Full. The little dealership used a starter disabling device, and a year after purchasing, it was used to stop my car. I have the Title. This is done to generate sales, and cause trouble.
Youd have to prove their intent, there are instances of dealerships trying to put hits out on buyers once they paid in full, wack them and take the car back
Everyone hates car dealerships so it doesn't matter what the truth is. If the comments are negative, everyone will agree and complain regardless of what the facts are. Do dealerships install these trackers on all of their vehicles? Yes they do. Why? to sell them to the customer at the point of sale. And we can figure all of this out by using simple common sense. Do car dealerships lend money to customers? Of course they don't, so why would they take money out of their pocket to install trackers for no reason? If you have one, look at the left front door jam where they put the stickers for tire inflation, VIN, etc..., and you'll see another one with all the tracker info on it. The reason they install them on every car is because they're very cheap and enough people buy them it covers the cost. The only exception I'll give is for those small, rip off used car dealerships. You would expect something like that from them, but 99% of cars sold don't come from these places. And even with those, they typically get the customer to sign off on it when they buy the car. Most people don't read documents before they sign papers, so who's really at fault?
Nope, this is completely false. The very tracker he is talking about is for inventory management. It is not used by the bank. The gps trackers for the bank are much different and do NOT interface with the ODB as it can easily be removed. Real trackers are hard wired into the wire harness in areas that thieves and others would generally not look. Oh, the finance company will order a unit to be installed and it will be one of their choosing, and there is paperwork that you sign that states that there is a tracker in it. The exception is the odb add on for dealership asset location. It is supposed to be removed upon sale. It does not always get done as these passive devices are cheap. Good video of fake information..
I personally never experienced this, but my niece who had bad credit purchased a car from dealer that will finance anyone. This dealer installed a device that shut the car off when her payment was late. I don't know if she signed something authorizing this or not. I don't know if it tracked her or not, but it did shut the car off.
When I bought my 2025 Rav4 hybrid the dealer offered to install a tracking device. He gave me a sales pitch, telling me how
useful the tracking device will be. It sounded good at the time so I agreed and paid $474 to have it installed.
The tracking company is called Plad Tech. But when reading their website I found out that Plad Tech collects location and
vehicle information then sells it. I strongly suspect that Plad Tech gives some of the money to Toyota. I also believe the device
can disable the car if payments are not made. I realized I made a mistake when I bought the device, but I disabled it by
unplugging it from the OBD port. But I lost out on $474. If you are buying a car and the dealer offers you Plad Tech, think
carefully before you buy it.
@@kenfrank2730 thanks for sharing it,
Checked and found one on my 21 corolla! It jad a white OBD port and took 2 minutes too remove after remoking kick panel under steering wheel, thanks for the help!
@@nathanielsexton7337 all right that’s great
@@nathanielsexton7337 thank you for revealing where you found the device. I will now take that panel off and look there. Most appreciated.
Isn't it for the toyota phone app to see where your toyota is, and to have it recovered if stolen?
@@madrx2 no that’s connect to your GPS, and if someone wants to steal the car he can remove that and throw it away easily
Great video! Important information delivered clearly without the normal TH-cam bs. THANK YOU for this video!!
my pleasure thanks man
It's for voiding your warranty if you go 85 mph.
@@timothyortiz2222 yeah this is one of them
Sure, but its really to track female buyers and do bad stuff to them
Outstanding delivery really sensible thank you for revealing these people that are greedy and selfish and how they sell a car. Lease loan no matter get this item removed and everything placed back to factory original.😃
@@ashlyknapp1798 no problem my pleasure
If you owe money meaning you financed... thats between customer and bank not customer and dealership. Even if you financed the vehicle through them. They're out of the picture. They got their money and you owe it to the bank.
As it was mentioned if you owe into it specially in a buy here pay here scenario. It is different. But ought to be disclosed upfront.
It has nothing to do about financing, the tracker is to know where the car is and then to steal it back, often taking out the owner
they install it so they can steal the car later and sell it as parts or ship it to another country
@@calvingenius2977 yeah maybe this is true
Some dealers install trackers in all their cars so they can sell you overpriced “theft recovery” packages. I bought a used truck and the dealer insisted they did “vin etching” on all their cars for theft deterrence. I told them if they etched my windows I would have them arrested for vandalism. $200 saved.
Got anything for nissans?
@@ryeung30 never seen but can be
My car is Paid in Full. The little dealership used a starter disabling device, and a year after purchasing, it was used to stop my car. I have the Title. This is done to generate sales, and cause trouble.
@@lorraineanderson8896 wow yeah they do it, you can sue them
Youd have to prove their intent, there are instances of dealerships trying to put hits out on buyers once they paid in full, wack them and take the car back
@@FirstLast-dl8rtinterested in researching this.. Got a link to any relevant story?
Appreciate the insight
Can you go more in depth on location and show demonstration please
Imagine buying a racing car and not being able to take it on a track.... Waste of money
Everyone hates car dealerships so it doesn't matter what the truth is. If the comments are negative, everyone will agree and complain regardless of what the facts are. Do dealerships install these trackers on all of their vehicles? Yes they do. Why? to sell them to the customer at the point of sale. And we can figure all of this out by using simple common sense. Do car dealerships lend money to customers? Of course they don't, so why would they take money out of their pocket to install trackers for no reason? If you have one, look at the left front door jam where they put the stickers for tire inflation, VIN, etc..., and you'll see another one with all the tracker info on it. The reason they install them on every car is because they're very cheap and enough people buy them it covers the cost.
The only exception I'll give is for those small, rip off used car dealerships. You would expect something like that from them, but 99% of cars sold don't come from these places. And even with those, they typically get the customer to sign off on it when they buy the car. Most people don't read documents before they sign papers, so who's really at fault?
That's true
scary
@@alexdag692 yes it is
Nope, this is completely false.
The very tracker he is talking about is for inventory management.
It is not used by the bank. The gps trackers for the bank are much different and do NOT interface with the ODB as it can easily be removed.
Real trackers are hard wired into the wire harness in areas that thieves and others would generally not look.
Oh, the finance company will order a unit to be installed and it will be one of their choosing, and there is paperwork that you sign that states that there is a tracker in it.
The exception is the odb add on for dealership asset location. It is supposed to be removed upon sale. It does not always get done as these passive devices are cheap.
Good video of fake information..
I personally never experienced this, but my niece who had bad credit purchased a car from dealer that will finance anyone. This dealer installed a device that shut the car off when her payment was late. I don't know if she signed something authorizing this or not. I don't know if it tracked her or not, but it did shut the car off.
i did many of them by myslef
@@dennisgibb7958 you are probably correct. The dealership that sold this car never took the device off the car, even though it was paid for, in full.