Mechanic finds tracking device during woman’s routine car service

A mechanic has made a chilling discovery on a woman’s car during a routine service – with another saying it happens “all the time”.

A mechanic has made a sinister find on a female client’s car during a routine service on the vehicle, discovering a tracking device that had been installed by her ex-boyfriend.

The man took to TikTok to explain how he made the shocking discovery, saying that the woman had been worried that her ex had fitted a tracker somewhere in her vehicle.

The mechanic, under the username @kaos_noe, shared a clip of the tracker to TikTok, along with the caption, “What the F**k”.

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A mechanic has discovered a tracking device fitted to his female client’s car during a routine car service. Picture: TikTok

The female client had been concerned her ex had installed some kind of tracker on her vehicle. Picture: TikTok

“So a customer is scared there’s a tracker in her vehicle from a crazy ex-boyfriend,” he says in the clip, before showing himself looking at the car’s underside, where the small device is near a wheel.

“What the heck?” he says incredulously, before scanning the QR code and searching a number associated with it online.

The video – which has clocked up more than 2.3 million views – is believed to have been taken in the US, with people praising the mechanic in the comments for taking the woman’s concerns seriously.

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The mechanic scanned the QR code on the device after finding it hidden under a wheel. Picture: TikTok

“Thank you for checking and not blowing it off. You might have saved her life,” one user wrote.

Another commented, “I’m glad you found it, but never second guess a woman who suspects safety issues around an ex until it is proved safe beyond a shadow of a doubt.”

“This is a huge thing … abusers go to extreme lengths and this person needs a restraining order ASAP,” a woman added.

A fellow mechanic wrote that he “finds trackers all the time and normally the customer has no idea”.

“Most of the techs at my dealership just rip them out,” he said.