Good evening-

I was working in the trunk in 2004 XJR this weekend and spotted the item in the photo.

I do not recall seeing this before in a 2005.

It appears to be an antennae of some sort.

What really is this part?

Thank you
Mag

 

Maybe it's a LOWJACK?????????????

bob gauff

 

I just took a peek in the trunk of our '04 XJR but it's too cold to start removing trim right now. In your photo it appears to be just below the CD changer - is that correct?

I like Bob's guess that it could be a LoJack antenna. I did a web search and most of the images for LoJack antennae look nothing like your device, but the one at this thread isn't too dissimilar:

http://www.m3forum.net/m3forum/showthread.php?t=354840


Could your mystery device be an antenna for Sirius/XM satellite radio? That just seems like an odd location in which to mount an antenna.

Looking at the parts diagrams in the Electronic Parts Catalog (EPC), I wonder if that could be Part 7, which is identified simply as "Isolator." I assume it is a radio noise suppression capacitor/condenser. Does the short wire at the bottom left in your photo connect to the body? If so, that would tend to support the idea of a suppression capacitor. The diagram doesn't show us exactly where in the car Part 7 is mounted.






Cheers,

Don

 

Don/Bob-

The cable runs toward rear of car. I will take another look and see if I can tell where it terminates.

How common was lowjack?

Was it an assembly line item, a dealer installed option or other?

Thanks Mag

 

I found one in my 2002 XJ8. My local mechanic said it's a Tracker. Whether it really was I have no idea. I removed it.

 

Was the tracker, by any chance, marked GCHQ or NSA?

 

I've read a story about car dealers installing tracking devices in the cars, so they can easily repo the car. Maybe it's something like that.

Secret GPS Devices Are Latest Repo Tool For Shady Car Dealers

 

Additional photos taken last week...

Thanks Mag

 

That's gotta be a tracker, whatever is under that black tape, was not put in by the factory.