bhigdog
Stainless
- Joined
- Jul 20, 2005
- Location
- Eastern PA
I have a 2018 Grand Cherokee. Two days ago my car flashed a tire pressures low warning. OK. I added air and all was well. Later that day I got an EMail saying "Safety Warning, tire pressure indication."
Thinking it was perhaps a recall I opened the message.
It showed my VIN#, then the tire pressures, mileage (32,299), dealer info, and percent of oil life remaining until change.
So, I'm thinking this is sort of a generic averages type of deal and some kind of sales pitch for service and don't give it much thought.
Later on I went out and checked my mileage. It was dead nuts on (32,299).......W. T. F........???
I called the dealer service rep and he said, "Oh yeah, your cat is monitored by satellite"..........W.T.F.....???
I asked if I could opt out of being monitored. He said "you can't".......W.T.F..........???
I asked what all was monitored and what was done with the data. He said he really didn't know.
Now I don't have anything, or much, I want to keep secret but just what is being monitored/recorded? Car location via GPS, speed, braking force, acceleration/deceleration, etc etc etc. Who gets to access this info? Law enforcement, insurance company, lawyers, private investigators, ad infinitum?
BOY! I don't like this AT ALL.............Bob
Thinking it was perhaps a recall I opened the message.
It showed my VIN#, then the tire pressures, mileage (32,299), dealer info, and percent of oil life remaining until change.
So, I'm thinking this is sort of a generic averages type of deal and some kind of sales pitch for service and don't give it much thought.
Later on I went out and checked my mileage. It was dead nuts on (32,299).......W. T. F........???
I called the dealer service rep and he said, "Oh yeah, your cat is monitored by satellite"..........W.T.F.....???
I asked if I could opt out of being monitored. He said "you can't".......W.T.F..........???
I asked what all was monitored and what was done with the data. He said he really didn't know.
Now I don't have anything, or much, I want to keep secret but just what is being monitored/recorded? Car location via GPS, speed, braking force, acceleration/deceleration, etc etc etc. Who gets to access this info? Law enforcement, insurance company, lawyers, private investigators, ad infinitum?
BOY! I don't like this AT ALL.............Bob