Although most GPS vehicle trackers are used in fleets, logistics, assets, leasing and other industries. There are also many people who use the positioning function of GPS to secretly install GPS trackers on target vehicles to make the vehicle’s driving route and stop The time and place are clear at a glance, causing great trouble to car owners. Some GPS locators also have the function of cutting off fuel and power, so that the vehicle cannot be started, which can be said to cause a great safety hazard to the vehicle and the owner.

What types of GPS vehicle trackers are there?

Find the GPS vehicle tracker installed on the car, there are different methods for different GPS devices. First of all, there are two types of GPS vehicle trackers, wired GPS trackers and wireless GPS tracker.

1. Wired GPS vehicle tracker

Wired GPS vehicle tracker is a GPS tracker that takes power from inside the car. There are many places to take power on the car, such as the OBD interface, fuse box, interior lights, A, B, and C pillars, trunk, etc. Simply put, any wired place in the car may be installed.

2. Wireless GPS vehicle tracker (installation free)

Wireless GPS vehicle tracker is no wiring. The device itself has a built-in large-capacity battery, which can be used as a locator for long-term standby. Some GPS devices have built-in batteries that may last for 3-6 months, or even last for as long as three years. Jimi’s JM-LL01GPS asset tracker has a long standby time, and its low-power built-in battery can provide up to 3 years of working time on a single charge.

Due to the strong magnetism of the wireless GPS, it may be installed anywhere in the car, including outside the car, and it is difficult to find them all.

How to find out the installed GPS vehicle tracker

Once you know the classification of GPS vehicle trackers, you will be able to search for them 

Let’s talk about wired first. As mentioned above, the GPS vehicle tracker can take power from only a few places, such as the center console, interior lights, A, B, and C pillars, under the steering wheel, rear window, and other places. Therefore, you can start from these places first when searching, and the difficulty is reduced, so that you will not be unable to start.

And since you know it’s wired, you can slowly find it along the line when you’re looking for it, as long as it’s wired, you’ll be able to find it! Wired GPS vehicle trackers are usually not hard to find for someone who knows how to drive a car.

Let’s talk about wireless GPS vehicle trackers. Wireless GPS vehicle trackers can be placed almost anywhere in the car, but you can still find these places first based on experience:

1. OBD interface, which is the simplest;
2. At the roof lamp above the front windshield; 
3. The hidden place in the decorative panel under the front windshield; 
4. Hidden places around the front dashboard; 
5. In the door partition; 
6. Under the decorative panel under the rear windshield; 
7. Inside the front bumper, you need to pay attention to waterproofing;  
8. Under the wiper board, pay attention to waterproofing. 

These are the most common installation locations, so start with them. However, it should be noted that the concealment of wireless GPS vehicle trackers is very good, and it is easy to be ignored.

The most difficult situation may be encountered, that is, those wireless GPS vehicle trackers that can stand by for a long time and enter dormancy may not be detected by detectors for a while. Because it sleeps most of the time, it will wake up to send location data only at a certain time. Its standby time is long, and it is difficult to wait until it loses power by itself.  

Maybe some people will say to buy a jammer or something directly, put it on the car, no signal will be lost, and you are afraid of GPS. This method is bad, there is no signal on the car, and it is more troublesome for the car owner. The car owner’s mobile phone, navigation, etc. can’t be used anymore, and they can’t avoid it for a while but not forever.  

But there is another way to find a professional testing company to use professional testing equipment to test. Some GPS vehicle tracker detection tools can detect the tracker in deep sleep mode as well.

The above are several methods on how to find out the installed GPS vehicle tracker, I hope it will be helpful to everyone.