how to remove telemetric control module

[MaverickAngler]

Hope it’s ok to piggy back on your question. Instead of removing it is there a way to falsify the information that it sends ford?

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[Aherpa]

what’s up guys just got the maverick XL awd .. i want to remove the telemetric control module . i already removed the fuse from the fuse box on the floor board. but does anyone no the location of the actual telemetric module. any info would be greatly appreciated.

I don't have my Maverick yet. Which fuse is it? I'd like to disable it is well.

 

[MavTruk]

I’d recommend holding out for more support for the maverick on Forscan. Yes “Forscan” not “Foreskin”. Perhaps possibly through using forscan one might be able to disable it if the module can be accessed through the program or potentially through a tuner? I’m sure with enough attention someone will figure it out!

 

[Redneck Garage]

thank you for the info. but if i pay . what does this give me access to ?

The factory service manual, all recall and

thank you for the info. but if i pay . what does this give me access to ?

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• Workshop Manual
• Wiring Diagram Manual (also referred to as EVTMs or Electrical Vacuum Troubleshooting Manuals)
• Powertrain Control/Emissions Diagnosis (PC/ED) Manual
• TSBs('94-Present)
• Dealer bulletins for Field Service Actions (Recalls) ('88-Present) where available and applicable.
• Access to the latest calibration information for emission-related modules.
• Access to Vehicle Specific Information (available for last 10 model years)
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[mla_anderson]

Hope it’s ok to piggy back on your question. Instead of removing it is there a way to falsify the information that it sends ford?

Technically, yes there is. Realistically, not really.

The telematics module will be getting data from the various modules over CAN or (if Ford has implemented it) 100BaseT1 Ethernet. You could perform a man-in-the-middle attack and alter the data as it went to the telematics module.

Hopefully Ford is using encryption and signing for this connection. It was a rather expensive lesson for Chrysler/Fiat. This means you have to decrypt or re-sign the data, so you have to have access to the private keys.

It's much simpler to just pull the connector on the module, or pull the fuse.

 

[ralatalo]

I don't believe it has GPS, so the only data would be car statistics and the only location would cell triangulation. I could be wrong but I can't imagine them throwing in a GPS without listing it as a feature.

 

[mla_anderson]

I don't believe it has GPS, so the only data would be car statistics and the only location would cell triangulation. I could be wrong but I can't imagine them throwing in a GPS without listing it as a feature.

GPS modules are dirt cheap and there's already an antenna. What's more expensive is the mapping capability.

 

[Redneck Garage]

I don't believe it has GPS, so the only data would be car statistics and the only location would cell triangulation. I could be wrong but I can't imagine them throwing in a GPS without listing it as a feature.

Hmmm Not so sure about that .......

Ford's Global VP/Marketing and Sales, Jim Farley, said something both sinister and obvious during a panel discussion about data privacy today at CES, the big electronics trade show in Las Vegas.
Because of the GPS units installed in Ford vehicles, Ford knows when many of its drivers are speeding, and where they are while they're doing it.

https://www.businessinsider.com/ford-exec-gps-2014-1#ixzz2puo4Oq5f

 

[mamboman777]

I don't believe it has GPS, so the only data would be car statistics and the only location would cell triangulation. I could be wrong but I can't imagine them throwing in a GPS without listing it as a feature.

Check out the Ford corporate telematics website... I don't know how they'd glean that much data without a GPS unit.

 

[MaverickAngler]

You can defiantly track via ford pass so I’d imagine it has GPS

 

[donkiboy]

Disabling Fordpass within the truck's settings also prevents telemetry. The question is does it really turn it all off.

 

[Turtle]

So what is ford going to know that i went too see grandma. I know of a recent accident where a passenger died and the telemetry was used to define fault. Why would you not want to be protected. Anyways ensure before you do this it will not affect your insurance coverage.

 

[ffoc01]

what’s up guys just got the maverick XL awd .. i want to remove the telemetric control module . i already removed the fuse from the fuse box on the floor board. but does anyone no the location of the actual telemetric module. any info would be greatly appreciated.

It's under the center of the instrument panel, forward of the console. You have to remove both center console forward side trim panels to get access to it. You can disconnect it from just the pass side, though, if you're ok leaving the physical module installed, just disconnected.

 

[clavicus]

So what is ford going to know that i went too see grandma. I know of a recent accident where a passenger died and the telemetry was used to define fault. Why would you not want to be protected. Anyways ensure before you do this it will not affect your insurance coverage.

Legal fault protection… and legal liability… double edged

 

[nickz]

It's under the center of the instrument panel, forward of the console. You have to remove both center console forward side trim panels to get access to it. You can disconnect it from just the pass side, though, if you're ok leaving the physical module installed, just disconnected.

do you have a diagram or picture of the exact location? idk if i’m misunderstanding but you are saying it’s under the middle console where the shifter is?

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