I removed the rear seats in attempt to repair the blown ML subwoofer today. Unfortunately, I was unable to completely remove the rear deck to remove the sub so I merely disconnected it. However, while the seats were removed, I noticed some wires that were poorly dressed with electrical tape and seemed out of place. I ran along the wires until I found what it was connected to and did not appear to be from factory. It's an unmarked and unidentified device. I snapped a few pictures if anyone has an idea what this is? I thought it may have been a LoJack device but comparing with pictures I found on google, this doesn't appear to be it.

I found it along the side near the rear passenger door when I removed the plastic lining.

 

Somebody is tracking you...... Jk, I have no idea

 

It is a seat ejector device. When you press the horn twice the rear doors will pop off and the rear seats will split in half and project itself out of the car and eject the rear passengers.

It is an option from lexus in 2008 for anyone who had annoying children.

 

^^^ true story bro, i walked on the moon!

 

Cool I love a mystery.

Back up alarm battery? ....no telling until you unscrew the cap and have a look inside.

Digger08

 

under the cover it's the magic crystal turn our car into transformer!! I knew it!

 

ejecto seato cuz i love this button!!! Haha!

 

I have no idea, but if iy is not stock my guess would be LOJACK.. I believe they install under the rear seat

 

its a bomb :O

naw its probably lo jack

if your really that curious hit up the previous owner

 

looks like a lojack does it have a barcode on the bottom of it?

 

I did not see a barcode. If this is a lojack, can I safely remove it?

 

Is it connected to something else? Lojack has a unit and a battery. The thing in your pic looks like a battery, not the transmitter. Did you trace the wires coming out of the end of it?

 

Lojacks are normally located in more accessible areas for the unit and then for the wire antennae, like in passenger footwell, underneath the carpet. Under the rear seat seems a lot of trouble for install, but then again that seems like a great place.

If it is a LoJack, don't take it out, just renewal the protection or re-register. The wire you see is probably the antennae, as the LoJack is battery powered.

 

Thats pretty strange. I wonder how many of us have things in our cars that we have no idea about......

 

I was thinking it could be Lexus's version of a flux capacitor? :P