Mystery Object, Anyone Shed Any Light Please?

[Charlville]

Whilst I was working behind the dash on my Ranger I found the following object.

It's about 2 1/2" across with a tail and looks like an antenna of some sort, garage opener maybe?



It has a sticky pad on one side.

 

[Rifleman]

That is an antenna. I'm not sure what it was there for, it's not a Ford part. It may be from an aftermarket stereo or alarm.

 

[NickRanger89]

An antenna would have coax cable on it. Looks like a shock sensor from an alarm system

 

[iceracer60]

heres a question, did you buy the vehicle new or used. if you bought it used it could have been a company vehicle of some sort and that would have been a satelite antenna to keep tabs on where the vehicle. when i worked as a tech at an international dealer i used to install units all the time

 

[Charlville]

heres a question, did you buy the vehicle new or used. if you bought it used it could have been a company vehicle of some sort and that would have been a satelite antenna to keep tabs on where the vehicle. when i worked as a tech at an international dealer i used to install units all the time

Bought it used and it's many thousands of miles from home here in the uK

I think you could be right however!