Comment on Followup on the vehicle "kill switch" mandated by the Infrastructure Bill
mx_smith@lemmy.world 10 months agoYou know you can disable that with some foil. Wrap the On star module in it and it can’t send any signals.That’s assuming you don’t use the OnStar.
CADmonkey@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The last GM vehicle I had, it was possible to entirely remove the OnStar module without affecting the operation of the truck. I also knew someone else that found out that if something tears the little shark-fin antenna off the roof, it won’t work either.
mx_smith@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’m not sure about the interoperability between GM cars and OnStar, but almost every other car it can be disabled by removing the three plugs in the OnStar box. Here’s an article on how to do it.