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I doubt there would be any auto shops that can reliably deal with software side elements that aren't the dealership, and the dealership would refuse.
I assume that it isn't much technical knowhow to take a pair of wire snips and snip the power or antenna to the OnStar services. Least I assume that is what would be done
Car manufacturers are required by law to offer the same tools that dealers use for independent repair shops to repair their vehicles.
Some cars are more programmable than others. BMWs for example you can change pretty much anything about the car. But most cars aren't as modifiable as them.
I doubt car manufacturers offer the ability to jailbreak their car OS to independent repair shops.
You're looking for a hacker, not a dude who changes oil.
True, much easier to remove the antennas and SIM cards.
Until you find out the cars won't start without them :(
We're in a scary new world... I'm glad I'm old with no kids and not in great health.
Yeah, Subaru can have the Starlink disabled pretty easily by removing, essentially, a module behind the head unit. The only problem is that module also sends power to the front speakers. There's been workarounds created, but it's just asshole design at its finest.
If it's like "OnStar" where you could call for help, or they'd call you in an accident. I suspect that's why it was done :(
Yeah, good point, perhaps there is some engineering rationale for having them powered the same, so that the speakers are guaranteed to work as long as the Starlink does.
You mean stuff like chiptuning? People do that all the time?