Car people - can anyone tell me what is hanging off the back bottom of my car?

[Drunken Irishman]

I just noticed it today?



I drive a Dodge Challenger.

[jmbar2]

1. Rope worms

Have you been putting ivermectin in your car?

[Drunken Irishman]

2. No.

[magicarpet]

3. An emergency brake cable ?

Maybe something you snared on the road and got tangled up in your undercarriage ?

[Thomas Hurt]

4. Brake sensor maybe

[MyOwnPeace]

5. Looks like it may be

something that may have been melted by the exhaust system (pipe nearby).
Are all lights working? Any 'dash lights' indicating a problem?
Something 'somewhere' is probably not working - notice the 'zip-ties' around whatever it is that's hanging.
Good luck getting is solved....

[SheltieLover]

6. Possibly 1 of straps holding gas tank up

Can you get petter pix from underneath car?

[Demovictory9]

7. A doodad

[Hugh_Lebowski]

8. My guess is something related to a 'variable suspension'

Like if you have 'comfort' vs 'sport' suspension you can choose, my guess is it's part of the mechanism that implements it.

[Drunken Irishman]

13. Could it be traction related?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

17. Could it? Well, I'm totally guessing here but that would not shock me :) nt

[Hugh_Lebowski]

19. Another thing that wouldn't shock me is Tire Pressure sensor system

But almost surely you'd be getting a warning if it was that.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

20. After further consideration I think parking brake cable is most likely

and very easy to check. If that's what it is, pulling up/down on the e-brake in the car will feel 'wrong' i.e. not like it used to.

[OilemFirchen]

9. That goes to your rear framitz.

Generally not a problem, but warn any rear-seat passengers not to wear cheese.

[dweller]

11. It's definitely a bracket of some sort

probably used for support of something, the c-clamp looking thing either clamps around a tube or holds something else … those are rubber bumper/vibration suppressors on the cable …
Temp tie it up to something and get to a mechanic for inspection on a lift

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[multigraincracker]

12. My mechanic calls those

one hundred dollar bills plus labor.

[dameatball]

14. Well, it's a Dodge so it's probably some kind of root system.........(Ok, I'm sorry).

[Sneederbunk]

16. Looks like a fuse.

[doc03]

18. A tracking device nt

[hay rick]

21. Obviously the car's penis. Next question please!

[2naSalit]

22. Anything not working?

Like lights?

It's the cord to something. Probably should have someone plug it back in.

[tavernier]

23. Ultra tampon string?

Too much?

[kacekwl]

24. ABS sensor wiring.

No light on dash ?

[jmowreader]

25. It may not be a parking brake cable

There are pictures of a parking brake cable for a Challenger online, and the ends are different. Also, the pictures of the cable routing for this car don't show that bracket the cable is attached to. But what makes me suspicious that it IS a parking brake cable: I zoomed in and there's a steel cable with a frayed end sticking out the side of a cable sleeve at the end lying on the ground.

So...crawl under the car and inspect the brake backing plates on both sides. If there's a cable and a hose attached to the left side, and just a hose on the right, what's lying on the ground is the cable that should be hooked to the right-side brake.

[Drunken Irishman]

26. Thanks, everyone. It's a sensor. $25 part.