LoJack is a stolen vehicle recovery system that helps law enforcement to track and recover stolen vehicles. It is a battery-operated device that is installed in a vehicle and emits a radio frequency signal that can be picked up by a network of police cars and aviation units when the vehicle is reported stolen and entered by the police in the National Crime Information Center computers. The LoJack system is directly integrated with law enforcement, and it is the only stolen vehicle recovery system that works directly with them.

The LoJack system is not a GPS device, but it utilizes GPS and cellular technology to locate users vehicles, view trip history, see battery levels, track speeding, and maintain vehicle health via a native app. The original LoJack was a hardware and radio-based system designed to prevent theft of a vehicle and aid in the vehicle’s recovery by transmitting vehicle location to the LoJack receiver. However, modern transponder key-based systems made the original LoJack starting system obsolete.

LoJack is worth considering if you live in an area with a high rate of car theft, and you want to increase the chances of recovering your vehicle if it is stolen. However, LoJack may not be useful in some areas, and there may be better alternatives such as trackable GPS.