Scorpion Tracker

[Orchardbike]

Has anyone got a Scorpion Tracker fitted to their vehicle? What are your thoughts, good idea or not? Does it drain the battery much? What discount did you get off your insurer?

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

I have the scorpion tracker and have an airtag. I don't really see much benefit over just the AirTag. I don't use any of the features on Scorpion.

 

[Orchardbike]

I have the scorpion tracker and have an airtag. I don't really see much benefit over just the AirTag. I don't use any of the features on Scorpion.

Thanks SixSpeed. I believe you have to pay to have the Scorpion removed. Do you think it drains the battery much?

 

[Beachbum]

I have the Scorpion Tracker. Cant say I use it, but then, I dont want to be in a position to need to either. Not worked out if it saves much on the insurance yet, but will work that out in the new year.
As for battery drain, cant say either way, as it was installed when I got the car, so have no idea what the drain is like without. What I can say is that so far I have left the car for 2 weeks and it started fine. Have a trickle charger, that I use for durations greater than 2 weeks

If yours was installed by Lotus, you should get a years subscription with it, so dont see the point in not getting it setup. After the year, decide if you think its worthwhile

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

Thanks SixSpeed. I believe you have to pay to have the Scorpion removed. Do you think it drains the battery much?

Not sure. My car hasn't had any battery issues. I wouldn't mind removing it though. I don't like that all data is recorded - but that could just be coming from the ECU.

 

[Orchardbike]

I have the Scorpion Tracker. Cant say I use it, but then, I dont want to be in a position to need to either. Not worked out if it saves much on the insurance yet, but will work that out in the new year.
As for battery drain, cant say either way, as it was installed when I got the car, so have no idea what the drain is like without. What I can say is that so far I have left the car for 2 weeks and it started fine. Have a trickle charger, that I use for durations greater than 2 weeks

If yours was installed by Lotus, you should get a years subscription with it, so dont see the point in not getting it setup. After the year, decide if you think its worthwhile

No free years subscription as it was supplied via a third party.

 

[Orchardbike]

Not sure. My car hasn't had any battery issues. I wouldn't mind removing it though. I don't like that all data is recorded - but that could just be coming from the ECU.

If you want it removed, you have to pay for an engineer to remove it. I’ve got the options of ‘pay to keep it’ or ‘pay to remove it’! I can of course just leave it, but was concerned that it is draining the battery as I get a low battery warning after two days.

 

[Carig5A]

I have it installed by the dealership. Got a courtesy email ( posted in here ) . I hope I will never have a need for it

 

[MikeR]

Has anyone got a Scorpion Tracker fitted to their vehicle? What are your thoughts, good idea or not? Does it drain the battery much? What discount did you get off your insurer?

Been running a factory fitted Scorpion since Hethel collection of my V6 FE Auto in August 2023. No battery drain issues and no need to trickle charge during garaged winter ‘off season’. Just made sure the 12v battery was fully charged beforehand.

The issue here in the UK is that an increasing number of mainstream insurance companies will not quote on an over £50k value vehicle without a tracker. So its not a case of insurance premium discount, it more about getting a quote at all.

First year subscription is included with factory fit for year 1. The discount at subscription renewal time for multi-year is considerable.

Hope this helps.

 

[Nick Sticks]

If you want it removed, you have to pay for an engineer to remove it. I’ve got the options of ‘pay to keep it’ or ‘pay to remove it’! I can of course just leave it, but was concerned that it is draining the battery as I get a low battery warning after two days.

I have the Scorpion tracker fitted. You can set it up for custom alerts. I have mine set to email me and have notifications on my phone when the car starts and for when the battery voltage gets low. There are many types of alerts you can set such as geo-fencing, speed limits, car movement without the engine running and odd hours to name a few.
The phone app also shows the battery voltage and when it was last updated.
The reports you can get off the website login are quite good and detailed if you like that sort of thing - journeys mapped, date/time taken and even the speed you were doing at regular intervals. I generally turn the speed tracker bit off unless the car is going into a garage etc.

Regarding the low battery warning have you fully charged your battery with a CTEK charger or similar? If you haven't and don't use your car every day it would be a good idea to get one.
The manual says that you should do this, it also says starting difficulties may be experienced after 18 days approximately.

 

[Biggles of Norwich]

If you want it removed, you have to pay for an engineer to remove it. I’ve got the options of ‘pay to keep it’ or ‘pay to remove it’! I can of course just leave it, but was concerned that it is draining the battery as I get a low battery warning after two days.

Low battery warning in two days is not down to the Scorpion, unless it is faulty. Mine can sit for two weeks with no warning.

 

[Orchardbike]

Low battery warning in two days is not down to the Scorpion, unless it is faulty. Mine can sit for two weeks with no warning.

The battery was fully charged by a ‘similar to C-Tec charger’ and a day later, I got a warning of low battery on the dash.

 

[Nick Sticks]

The battery was fully charged by a ‘similar to C-Tec charger’ and a day later, I got a warning of low battery on the dash.

Something's draining the battery then or the battery itself has failed in some way.
Do you lock the car in the garage? I've read that can keep some system type things up consuming power.

 

[Orchardbike]

Something's draining the battery then or the battery itself has failed in some way.
Do you lock the car in the garage? I've read that can keep some system type things up consuming power.

No, it sits on my drive. I’ll try a new battery. Thanks.

 

[MikeR]

If you want it removed, you have to pay for an engineer to remove it. I’ve got the options of ‘pay to keep it’ or ‘pay to remove it’! I can of course just leave it, but was concerned that it is draining the battery as I get a low battery warning after two days.

Could your frequent low battery warnings be from the Lotus e-call subsystem? I think there have been previous posts in this forum about low charge messages from that system’s separate battery in low-use Emiras.

 

[Orchardbike]

Could your frequent low battery warnings be from the Lotus e-call subsystem? I think there have been previous posts in this forum about low charge messages from that that system’s separate battery in low-use Emiras.

Thanks Mike, short answer is I don’t know, how would I be able to tell what’s causing it? I’m working on the basis that the battery is shot, but I don’t want to replace it and still have the same problem!

 

[Nick Sticks]

Thanks Mike, short answer is I don’t know, how would I be able to tell what’s causing it? I’m working on the basis that the battery is shot, but I don’t want to replace it and still have the same problem!

Normally the e-call battery warning appears when you start the car. If you then run the car for maybe a few miles, stop and then restart the car the message goes. That's what used to happen on mine but I haven't had that warning for a while now.

 

[nelly111s]

I’d suspect the charger first. A mate just had a similar problem with his F-Type. Poor connection on his trickle charger was the issue. I leant him my CTEK and using the croc clips his car returned to normal.

 

[Fil]

I’ve no experience with other makes of trackers so there probably there will be better ones out there, so I am in now way able to compare. I quite like the features of the scorpion that have already been mentioned by others.
Mine was factory fitted by choice.
Following the first years ‘included’ subscription, I purchased ‘life time’ subscription as It will pay for itself over the next few years with the insurance saving on having it fitted. I intend to keep the car a long time. Had my elan for nearly 45 years. Still do.
On the question of insurance. I recently renewed mine and found it saved me between £100 - £130 from quotes from other insurers (I was able to get insurance quotes ‘without’ a tracker fitted but majority of insurers required a tracker to be fitted)
Battery draining. I fitted a trickle charger as soon as I got the car as I read from early owners the issue with battery draining if the car is not used for several days. No draining issues to report apart from the ‘SOS’ warning light which is currently being investigated as I’m told it’s fed from a different battery source?? It does not affect any aspect of using/ driving the car.
Hope this bit of information helps.

 

[Lotus Fanboy]

Can the Scorpion tracker be retrofitted?
Unfortunately 1st owner of my car did not order it with the car.
How much will retrofit roughly be if possible?
Thanks