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sleblanc63 Enthusiast

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There are times when someone else might be driving your truck... and you may be in another vehicle driving nearby. I was two vehicles back on the highway driving a U-Haul and listening to voicemails when my phone started acting weird. My girlfriend was driving my truck... there were two cars between us... my truck grabbed my Bluetooth signal and started playing my voicemails over the speakers. Potentially dangerous situation. Just sayin...

Chris Senior Enthusiast

Chris

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Keep a Google Voice number for the dangerous calls

redwngr Senior Enthusiast

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There are times when someone else might be driving your truck... and you may be in another vehicle driving nearby. I was two vehicles back on the highway driving a U-Haul and listening to voicemails when my phone started acting weird. My girlfriend was driving my truck... there were two cars between us... my truck grabbed my Bluetooth signal and started playing my voicemails over the speakers. Potentially dangerous situation. Just sayin...

Same problem can occur when the truck is idling nearby and you're not in it.

 

Similarly, someone calls and can't hear you because the truck microphone is active and the one in the phone is not.

SouthernSilveradoGuy85 Senior Enthusiast

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I just keep my bluetooth off on the phone unless I'm driving and usually when I know I'll be driving a little while. A little quick trip around town I wouldn't worry about it. But then again, I'm the only one that drives my truck, but if someone else were to my bluetooth would be off anyways. To me if you're not doing the driving you don't need bluetooth on since you can safely have the phone to your ear or just have it on speakerphone.

Josh Senior Enthusiast

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I keep my Bluetooth turned off whenever I'm not using it. Funny story though, could have been bad!

Flying Tomatoes Enthusiast

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I had this happen too, lol. Except I was in my audi, on my blue tooth in that car. Some how it grabbed both and I was having a conversation. I guess she was hearing the other half of the call but obviously not what I was saying, lol. Quite funny really.

Isriam Enthusiast

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i turned bluetooth phone off in my truck and left bluetooth media on, however a lot of visual voicemail apps treat voicemail as media instead of phone now. either way, its annoying when you're in the house on the phone and the wife cranks your truck and sends the call to the truck.

sleblanc63 Enthusiast

sleblanc63

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Wait, What??? You let your girlfriend drive your truck???

It was either that or walk back from the U-Haul place... She liked the vibrating seat... I wondered why she kept bumping the line...lol

LSR Mike Enthusiast

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Yeah, found out the hard way myself. I was on a work call in my garage when my wife pulled up in my truck from the store (she likes the tonneau covered back for the BIG grocery runs) my call goes dead? I think the other guy hit a bad cell. Nope he's talking to my wife in the truck....

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