Suggestions for EZ-Pass tag placement.

[Bamsi]

Mine, been a sticker, I placed it in the moonroof and works fine.

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[sholescurtis]

Hello All,

I just went out to put an EZ-Pass tag on my wife's Bronco Sport Heritage. The best place I could find is centered on the plastic housing behind the rear view mirror. Is this OK or is there a better spot? I think this is a sensor bank. that is why I ask.

I found a picture online of a tag in the place that I mentioned above.

thanks

That’s where mine landed as well

 

[Escape2Bronco]

A neat solution, but the E-ZPass authorities tend to word pretty strongly that the velcro strips are the only approved solution. I believe this is for two reasons:

1. The plastic technically creates a barrier between the E-ZPass tag and the windshield/RFID reader outside
2. Having the tag mount via velcro strips means that, if they review a tag not read, they can see the white tag on the windshield and validate that it's a proper class (E-Zpass tags for commuter vehicles are white, E-Zpass commercial tags are blue, orange E-ZPass' are issued to emergency vehicles & the MTA/PANYNJ/NYSTA, green E-ZPass' are issued to certain low and zero emission vehicles.) If they see a black spot on a windshield #1 it's harder to see, #2 it could be a dashcam or radar detector, etc. and isn't obviously a toll tag.

Personally for me I'd be more annoyed by the little rings that suction cups leave on the windshield surface vs. just having the base two velcro strips remain on the windshield for easy mounting/unmounting and moving between vehicles (it also helps that, when mounted properly, neither the tag or the windshield strips are visible...)

Fortunately for me at least is the I-pass does not include any color coded tags on the back. Also the I-pass transponders are not affected by plastic only by metal.

My wife would completely agree with you on the suction cup marks though! Doesn’t bother me a bit but it annoys the hell out of her. Since I’m normally driving, I don’t look all around like she does and generally don’t use that area of the windshield for viewing out of. I put mine on the right of the mirror as well so I don’t have to see it!

 

[TRWXXA]

Mine is on the lower, left corner of the windshield -- where inspection stickers usually go (we don't have those here). 16 years, on multiple vehicles. Works just fine.

 

[Poolmanz Sport Bronco]

For me it’s FastTrack . I placed it same place as the OP photo. However, the same agency uses the license plate as a backup so I’m covered either way.

 

[Navyicman]

I put mine to the right side

Another +1. Same location on my wife's BB.

 

[Poolmanz Sport Bronco]

 

[petegee77]

I put mine to the right side

Thanks for the pic. I have my in exactly the same spot with no problems at all.

 

[jason202]

Our E-ZPass is mounted next to the bank of sensors behind the rearview mirror and has worked fine from day one. However, we use these stick-on windshield tags for entering and exiting our parking garage at home, and we've been having intermittent trouble with the one that permits exit from the garage. Does anyone know if Ford windshields have a metallic coating that could be interfering with the signal? The transponder works fine for getting into the garage (and through the interior gate to the residential area of the garage) but there's just one sensor that gives us constant trouble. You have to move the sticker around to get it to work most times. It's this type of sticker:

 

[Gents]

Hello All,

I just went out to put an EZ-Pass tag on my wife's Bronco Sport Heritage. The best place I could find is centered on the plastic housing behind the rear view mirror. Is this OK or is there a better spot? I think this is a sensor bank. that is why I ask.

I found a picture online of a tag in the place that I mentioned above.

thanks

I went with letting it sit on the passenger side of the mirror just to keep it out of that limited center space. Even having a phone holder floating around in the middle seems a little excessive for the area.

 

[CODIY]

I designed and 3D printed out one that I could just stick to the window on the few occasions I use it. Bought some plastic suction cup feet and they fit in the key holes and the velcro goes on the inside. Allows me to easily switch vehicles and keep in the glove box when not using,

3D printing FTW!

I went with a printed solution as well, though it was designed to work with the solution I made for my previous vehicle.

Frankly, I like this iteration much better that the last implementation:

 

[CODIY]

Hello All,

I just went out to put an EZ-Pass tag on my wife's Bronco Sport Heritage. The best place I could find is centered on the plastic housing behind the rear view mirror. Is this OK or is there a better spot? I think this is a sensor bank. that is why I ask.

I found a picture online of a tag in the place that I mentioned above.

thanks

I already have a problem with the fact that the mirror and sensor cluster completely blocks my view toward the passenger side, making me duck my head to look under it. That's my own issue, though. The other reason that spot didn't work for me is that I installed my dash cam on the mirror arm (photo was taken before I ran the cable in the headliner)

 

[coopny]

Our E-ZPass is mounted next to the bank of sensors behind the rearview mirror and has worked fine from day one. However, we use these stick-on windshield tags for entering and exiting our parking garage at home, and we've been having intermittent trouble with the one that permits exit from the garage. Does anyone know if Ford windshields have a metallic coating that could be interfering with the signal? The transponder works fine for getting into the garage (and through the interior gate to the residential area of the garage) but there's just one sensor that gives us constant trouble. You have to move the sticker around to get it to work most times. It's this type of sticker:

I'm not aware of a metallic coating in the windshield of the BS and can't find anything to support it having it, but in terms of nedap uPass stickers, these are instructions with the recommended mounting locations. If you have a metallic windshield, they basically recommend to put it below the rearview mirror; if you don't, either that location or a couple rectangular blocks on the windshield upper portion, at least 2.5 inches from the top of the windshield and no more than 6 inches below it, and at least 12 inches from either A pillar/sides of the windshield. Also at least 12 inches from any other AVI transponder like a toll tag.

 

[jason202]

I'm not aware of a metallic coating in the windshield of the BS and can't find anything to support it having it, but in terms of nedap uPass stickers, these are instructions with the recommended mounting locations. If you have a metallic windshield, they basically recommend to put it below the rearview mirror; if you don't, either that location or a couple rectangular blocks on the windshield upper portion, at least 2.5 inches from the top of the windshield and no more than 6 inches below it, and at least 12 inches from either A pillar/sides of the windshield. Also at least 12 inches from any other AVI transponder like a toll tag.

Thanks, this is very helpful because the parking management company clearly is unaware of this information. They instructed everyone to put it in the far upper corner of the driver's side. Fortunately I've affixed it with a little piece of packing tape so it can be moved around. I will try moving it over to see if it makes a difference.

 

[Robins21]

I have seen the easy pass readers that attach to the license plate screws. When we lived in NJ we had ours on my Ranger & my wife's Explorer Sport behind the rearview mirror on the windshield, on the BS you could put it on the windshield just below the black plastic piece behind the rearview mirror.

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