Hyundai GPS Tracker No. 11 Discovered 2021-11-04.
The heat is on. It Burns. I have continued with scanning using the bug detector. I put in the car key and started the engine. Then I scanned the key. I got an indication that there was a GPS tracker there. I disassembled the key.
Hyundai i20. Disassembled car key (battery is missing in the picture).
Hyundai i20. Circuit board for car key. It includes a GPS tracker.
When using the key's electronic function to lock or unlock, you can do so at a distance of at least 30 m. The condition is that there is a working battery in the key. If the battery is missing or not working, you can still open the car lock manually. You can also start the engine. When I scanned the key while the engine was running, I had no battery in the key. I still got an indication in the bug detector. This means that the circuit board got its energy from the car. The car lock, which is located at the steering column, can generate energy electromagnetically when the engine is running. It is not possible to start the engine with only the metallic part of the key.
Of all the trackers I have discovered so far, I consider this to be the most outrageous "spy case". My question to Hyundai is: why does there have to be a GPS tracker in the car key?