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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 05:37 PM
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I found this "thing" behind my rear bumper and didnt know what it is... I followed the wire and it went into the column shifter.
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 05:38 PM
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I wonder if it had a back up alarm??? Maybe
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 05:40 PM
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looks like a backup alarm to me.
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 05:41 PM
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looks like one to me, had somthing similar fitted to a van i had.
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Cherokee 91
I wonder if it had a back up alarm??? Maybe
That's what it looks like to me.


Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.
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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 05:47 PM
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It's B.S. Alarm.

If it detects you telling lies about all the wheeling you've done with Hawt College girls....it goes off.











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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 06:04 PM
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^^ I think I hear the alarm.

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Old Nov 10, 2010 | 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by FrankZ
It's B.S. Alarm.

If it detects you telling lies about all the wheeling you've done with Hawt College girls....it goes off.


Awesome Frank! I'm gonna get me one of these now, just to say I have one. Don't suppose you make them to sell yet??
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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 03:37 PM
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thats horrible,,,, who in the world would want a back up alarm in a jeep..that peice of scrap is getting removed. never worked anyways

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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 03:58 PM
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must have been a fleet vehicle in another life
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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 04:03 PM
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I think that is possibly the "self destruct module". Just don't back up, you may set it off!
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Old Nov 11, 2010 | 04:08 PM
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That is Mopar's new Flux Capacitor.




lol, jk. It does actually look like the backup alarm. A buddy who works for the county replaced the one in a county SUV and it looked similiar to that.
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