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GO TO A POLICE STATION NOW!!! SOMEONE IS TRACKING YOU AND IT MIGHT BE FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING

All these comments saying one was placed on your car, definitely a possibility.

Here’s a question no one is asking though, were you driving with someone else? If your passenger had an AirTag in their purse or backpack, you would also be notified.

A lot of people are saying that an AirTag has been planted on your belongings or car. This is a real and scary possibility. However…

I will note that your phone sensing an AirTag nearby can also be a glitch. Back in 2022 I freaked out because I got this alert on my phone, and I was terrified because I was in my dorm (and there was a real threat that someone I knew might have done that). I looked everywhere and there was no tag to be found, and the “play sound” thing didn’t work either.

I contacted campus police and everything. Eventually, they came to the conclusion that there wasn’t an AirTag at all. Turns out, it was a common glitch at that time for iPhone users to receive a notification that there was an AirTag with them when there was none at all.

The source of the problem? My AirPods. I don’t remember what I did to resolve the issue, but it probably had something to do with unpairing them. I may have disconnected Bluetooth first, I don’t remember unfortunately.

I don’t know if the glitch I experienced is the same issue you are having now. Whether or not this is a real threat, take the notification seriously. If you have accessories like AirPods with you, try disconnecting Bluetooth, or unpairing them. If that doesn’t work, search your car and belongings thoroughly.

Take care OP. Please be safe.

Please do not go home.

If it’s not your own car, call the owner & ask about it. People put AirTags on their own property & even their kids for safety reasons.

If it is, deff drive directly to the nearest police station & have someone inspect the entire vehicle inside & out.

Straight to the police!

Someone wants to know where you are without you knowing and you probably don’t want them to know. Check easily/quickly accessible areas of the car (inside gas door, wheel wells, under license plates). Also, please mind your surroundings before getting out and note cars that might be following you.

You are being tracked

Safety aside (and OP I hope whoever you borrowed the car from owns the AirTag) I’m curious how you drove across Lake Michigan

That means one might be on your car and someone is tracking you - if it’s tracking you for 200 miles constantly that means it’s with you or on your car / person etc

If it was tracking you for let’s say 1 mile and stopped , than it could of just been one In your vicinity and than you left the range of it

Apple purposely alerts you when an air tag is tracking you (any air tag even if you don’t own one) because of the “dark side” of air tags (criminals use it to rape, stalk , set up , track etc) - so being it’s been tracking you for 200 miles , it’s deft on your car somewhere or in your personal belongings

Did your wife/husband come with you on this trip?

You received this notification because of an Air Tag nearby that you do not own. Apple started doing this after people were being stalked and cars were stolen using Air Tags. If you owned the Air Tag, you would not be receiving the notification. It has been planted on/in the car, an article of clothing, or something that has been travelling with you. A search is warranted.

Some cars are more desirable by theives becausethey are easy to successfully steal.

Makes me wonder if pilots and flight attendants get this notification all the time.

How do these track a car? Aren't these Bluetooth? Not GPS? So how would one be used to successfully track someone? They are for finding frequently misplaced items. Unless I am missing something...

You do now

Elkhart area… sounds about right to me

Is it possibly a rented car?

You should navigate to a police station or call the police

Maybe a car next to u on same trip?

Wow I wonder what this means…why have you posted this to reddit before locating it

Update: no, I didn’t ride with anyone. It is my (30m) dads car. I was in Michigan for work for a few days. Downloaded a Bluetooth tracker and nothing showed up near the car. Any other thoughts?!

Please dear god tell us you went to the polixe

Are you on vacation and renting a car?

If someone is in the car with you, they have one in their wallet or keys. If not, someone hid one in your car. You said family car. Someone in your family may have put one as theft deterrent

I want to know how this gets resolved. OP please update how it went. Thanks

we’re you unable to use the “find nearby” feature?

How are u now? Still there?

Try using the find feature, with that you can trace via location

Op don’t go home go to the police please someone is trying to follow you odds are they are malicious since they removed the speaker let police or someone look over your car don’t pullover and look alone you might be at risk of abduction rape your vehicle being stolen or way worse

Your passenger was probably carrying one.

Trying to steal your car hmmm

If you’re female, then it’s almost certain someone planted an AirTag on your car or in your stuff.

This happened to me on a ~100 mile road trip.

Turns out it was a software bug and it was my Apple Watch, not an AirTag. Do you have an Apple Watch?

Is it your dads car keys?

This is so stupid it was obviously your dad’s, meanwhile the reddit warriors are coming up with all the crazy outlandish theories

This happened to me. My bf hid one in my car. My phone did not detect it for a long time. Not sure why.

Dead pet in the radiator?