the reason i put mine in my toolbox is because i used to keep it in the little plastic baggie it came in w/ the serial number and all in the storage compartment with the jack, but it kept working its way back into the panel where i couldnt see it, i wonder if yours made it back there, there are also all sorts of little pockets behind your spare tire and around it, maybe in one of those? if not id recommend having a shop remove them for you, you dont wanna get stranded somewhere, esp if you end up going to moab and lose a tire on a trail