- First Name
- Mitch
- Joined
- Mar 11, 2021
- Threads
- 26
- Messages
- 2,310
- Reaction score
- 4,014
- Location
- Cape Cod, MA, formerly Flagstaff, AZ
- Vehicle(s)
- 2021 2 Door Badlands manual, 2021 Tacoma TRD OR
- Your Bronco Model
- Badlands
For all the Ravelco people, can they be installed without voiding factory warranty? It seems like Ford would point the finger of blame for any weird electrical glitches at the device that taps into eight separate circuits. For those who care, kiss remote start goodbye unless you leave the plug installed.
There have been a bunch of theft rings installing an airtag on vehicles to track them for later theft, there was a thread here from someone in Houston who found an airtag on their Bronco. Maybe the thieves in this case did something similar when they were checking out his truck at the In-n-Out.
I have a dozen AirTags and use them on vehicles, keys, luggage while traveling, my boat, etc. There is one hidden in my Bronco. I would recommend keeping them somewhere above the level of the windows, the metal in the doors really hurts their range. They work very well, my boat on the mooring finds something to ping off of at least hourly through the day. In my opinion Apple ruined them when they added the anti stalking feature that notifies the user of a foreign airtag riding with them. You make a good point that it might cause a thief to bail.If you are ever concerned about FordPass being disabled (or if you’ve pulled the telematics module fuse like I have), they have locking AirTag enclosures you can hide in the vehicle. Not only will it help locate the vehicle, but if the thief gets an alert that an unknown AirTag is tracking them, they’re more likely to abandon the vehicle. Better than a LoJack IMO, and you can install a few if you really want to go crazy.
There have been a bunch of theft rings installing an airtag on vehicles to track them for later theft, there was a thread here from someone in Houston who found an airtag on their Bronco. Maybe the thieves in this case did something similar when they were checking out his truck at the In-n-Out.
I get it, but I got over it. I doubt apple steals any more of the users data than Google does.Is there a comparable product you recommend from another company? I don't support Apple.
100% agree, AirTags dominate this space from a network perspective. Apple is more than 50% of the phones in the US and nobody has to be running a certain app in the background for it to work. My folks run android phones and I bought them Tile. The one superior feature is pressing the button to locate your phone, great feature for my 81 year old folks.Tile is Ok. the problem is that it requires ppl to be running the tile app in the background. Apple airtag takes advantage of the fact that iphones have a huge market share and the phones are constantly looking for apple products to connect to. you have a much better chance of crowd sourcing the location of your lost item with an airtag.
Sponsored