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Posted on 26/11/06 6:48:48 PM
mycarsucks
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2004 or Newer
You have one of these systems in your car if you have a 2004 or newer. This EDR system is like an airplane's black box. It records what you do and will hold up in a court of lae too.

I bet your sales person never told you what it is or what it does.

How do you get rid of it without disabling your car?

Posted on 28/01/07 09:52:10 AM
edkedz
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Posts: 11

2004 or Newer
MyCarSucks wrote:
You have one of these systems in your car if you have a 2004 or newer. This EDR system is like an airplane's black box. It records what you do and will hold up in a court of lae too.

I bet your sales person never told you what it is or what it does.

How do you get rid of it without disabling your car?
You don't - some if not most are part of the airbag control/deployment circuitry. One of the worst aspects of this is that law enforcement is able to download your data into a laptop if they have the skills and the proper connectors to do so. The data recorder has a limited memory and is triggered by some event such as an airbag deployment and /or a crash - it only saves data for a timeframe just before the event - I read in one of the car magazines that 10 seconds was what one of the car mfgs used. I feel that other things such as EZ pass is a larger concern - big brother could easily find out exactly where you are or went and what your elapsed time is between 2 points. Cell phones with GPS and Onstar pose much bigger concerns - and there has been much written about this lately. Ed



Posted on 07/08/08 7:34:37 PM
Liz
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Posts: 3

2004 or Newer
mycarsucks wrote:
You have one of these systems in your car if you have a 2004 or newer. This EDR system is like an airplane's black box. It records what you do and will hold up in a court of lae too.

I bet your sales person never told you what it is or what it does.

How do you get rid of it without disabling your car?



Yeah, and the little f-er does not work to tell them what they need to fix my car.


Posted on 14/10/11 7:37:36 PM
mak min21
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Posts: 2

Re: 2004 or Newer
One of the bottom aspects of this is that law enforcement is able to download your data into a laptop if they mortal the skills and the straitlaced connectors to do so.



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