Anti-theft. How easy is it to disable?

[jrstinkfish]

Couldn't an electric car that is connected like the MME be immediately disabled once you've found it's been stolen? Seems to me it'd be as easy as remotely shutting it down (gradually of course), making it worthless to the thief.

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[Carsinmyblood]

Couldn't an electric car that is connected like the MME be immediately disabled once you've found it's been stolen? Seems to me it'd be as easy as remotely shutting it down (gradually of course), making it worthless to the thief.

Through the authorities, yes. You wouldn't want a pissed off boyfriend screwing with you.

We should also be able to see where our own cars are on the app. Feedback like this should be quite easy.

 

[RonTCat]

I'm assuming The MME has some sort of built-in anti-theft/GPS tracking/phone home if stolen protection.

What is it and can the average 14 year old defeat it in the message center.... just turn it off?

You can just use FordPass to see where the thief took your car...

 

[jrstinkfish]

Through the authorities, yes. You wouldn't want a pissed off boyfriend screwing with you.

We should also be able to see where our own cars are on the app. Feedback like this should be quite easy.

My Bolt had that ... I only know because I was going through the process trying to remove it from my app/OnStar account a couple of days ago to ensure the next owner didn't have to deal with it still being attached to me in any way, and I saw a Locate My Car button. Sure enough, it's still there on the lot (almost a month later ... hmmm...). I guess it's actually an OnStar feature.

 

[ARK]

The FordPass App does show you where your Mach-E is, click the Map tab in the app located on the bottom row, center - your vehicle should appear on it.

 

[Carsinmyblood]

You can just use FordPass to see where the thief took your car...

I hope he takes it to the car wash.

 

[JohnnyForensic]

My Bolt had that ... I only know because I was going through the process trying to remove it from my app/OnStar account a couple of days ago to ensure the next owner didn't have to deal with it still being attached to me in any way, and I saw a Locate My Car button. Sure enough, it's still there on the lot (almost a month later ... hmmm...). I guess it's actually an OnStar feature.

My daughter totaled her Chevy Sonic in December. The car STILL sends me reports on its maintenance and health, and what I find most interesting is that Nationwide totaled it, but someone has been driving it about five hundred miles each month since. Hmmm.

 

[Carsinmyblood]

My daughter totaled her Chevy Sonic in December. The car STILL sends me reports on its maintenance and health, and what I find most interesting is that Nationwide totaled it, but someone has been driving it about five hundred miles each month since. Hmmm.

Might just be that the module was swapped out to another car, they didn't know that they should wipe it.

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