Is there a way to disconnect/block OnStar

[lowrider64]

hey....is there a way to disconnect or block OnStar. I don't like being tracked and for tuning reasons

 

TIA

Edited July 2, 2019 by lowrider64

[Country Bumpkin]

Don’t think so....... it’s not like when they first started out. Units were plug and play. Now they are hard wired into every system of the vehicle. You try to unhook it now and your dash will light up like a Christmas tree. 

 

I am with you on not not wanting OnStar. I don’t like the aspect that GM puts it in every vehicle, makes the consumer pay for it while they sell the info it gathers. If it was a dealer option to install or not at point of sell (which it easily could be), it would not be viable for them to continue to offer it.

 

If you holler too loud about OnStar on forums, people will just tell you to get more aluminum foil to wear. They don’t mind giving up their freedoms.

[Imcrazy]

Best way to get rid of onstar is to buy a Ford LOL...Things are so integrated in vehicles now it's tough to eliminate any electronic features really... 

[jlong1984]

 

 

 

On 7/3/2019 at 9:09 PM, Country Bumpkin said:

If you holler too loud about OnStar on forums, people will just tell you to get more aluminum foil to wear. They don’t mind giving up their freedoms.

The problem is, there's no way around it. Pretty much every vehicle nowadays can act as a Wifi hotspot, and therefore, can connect to the internet. All of them store data which can then be transferred over said connection. If you want to keep your privacy, you better buy something from the 80s or earlier. Oh, and don't use the internet unless you have a VPN. 

[amxguy1970]

On 7/4/2019 at 7:43 AM, Imcrazy said:

Best way to get rid of onstar is to buy a Ford LOL...Things are so integrated in vehicles now it's tough to eliminate any electronic features really... 

So Ford doesn't have integrated tracking in their vehicles? 

 

Tyler