rikonium@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
I think while the topic is up it’ll be fun mentioning that the Colorado/Canyon does not have a physical headlight control anymore - in favor of defaulting to Auto and touchscreen controls and the project lead(?) claimed that the system was 100% bug-free.
Also later there was a bug with some OTA update for that model that’ll kill the battery.
Anyways, I bought a 4Runner and immediately called to disable its cellular radio. (dubbed DCM in Toyota-land)
bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
How do you disable the DCM?
rikonium@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
There have been some experimentation but the best (IMO) option is hitting the SOS button to call and navigating the phone menu to get to a representative, not emergency services and having them disconnect your car. You may need your VIN, you’ll need to confirm that you do not want connected services and it may take a day or so to take effect. Now, my SOS button doesn’t have the green light and while the radio - according to the infotainment - is still powered, it is no longer connected to the network.
Another way if you don’t plan on using the microphone (like for calls) you can pull the DCM fuse but I prefer the above option.