FCA Spyware

[LazyJL]

I regularly receive notices from FCA about my Jeep's tire pressure and oil condition, I consider this to be spyware and want to turn it off.
Does anyone know how or if it can be done? I don't like Big Brother or FCA watching me.

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[SH556JL]

My Jeep doesn't do that... Then again my UConnect app has never worked and assume all that is in there.

 

[DHW]

I'm fairly certain those alerts come from the SiriusXM Guardian thing. I got those until my 1 year free subscription expired, then never got them again. You can probably turn that off on the website.

 

[Bryce]

I'm fairly certain those alerts come from the SiriusXM Guardian thing. I got those until my 1 year free subscription expired, then never got them again. You can probably turn that off on the website.

I still get the alerts and my Guardian app still tells me mileages, tire pressure, fuel level, oil life. I haven't paid for it in over a year now. I don't get the other Guardian features. Maybe a fluke.

 

[abecker]

I regularly receive notices from FCA about my Jeep's tire pressure and oil condition, I consider this to be spyware and want to turn it off.
Does anyone know how or if it can be done? I don't like Big Brother or FCA watching me.

At the bottom of the email it gives a link to remove yourself from the report.

 

[grimmjeeper]

I never set up my XM/Guardian service. They tell you it's a "free service". But remember that if you're not paying for it, you're not the customer, you're the product being sold.

 

[GearWhore]

At the bottom of the email it gives a link to remove yourself from the report.

Remove yourself from the reporting, but does not remove your vehicle from reporting back to Jeep/FCA/Stellantis.

 

[Gregj]

Disconnect the cell antenna? Of course this would stop the over the air updates (maybe not a bad thing, every update brings new, surprising glitches).
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[LazyJL]

I never set up my XM/Guardian service. They tell you it's a "free service". But remember that if you're not paying for it, you're not the customer, you're the product being sold.

I'm tired of being a 'sold' product and want out from as much 'free service' as possible.

I remember you from the NAXJA forum and see you still have your Cherokee and Commanche, I still have a pair of XJs too. If the wife had her way, they would be gone.
The Cherokees were a perfect size, no need for a JLU to carry four, and my 2001 XJ will do anything my 2-door Rubicon can and have more storage and a lot better ground clearance.
Too bad the XJ's electrical harnesses deteriorated, with no new ones available and most of the plugs needed to build a replacement harness being obsolete and no longer available.
If I could have bought a new, 1999 XJ, I would have and built it from there.

I got tired of working on the XJs all the time and made the mistake of thinking a new Rubicon would be trouble-free. The new Rubicon came with a loose steering box, which only took FCA seven weeks to replace it, great customer service. Now I'm being tracked not just by my phone but by Jeep and no one has a clue how to eliminate it or keep it from happening.
Big Brother lives on.

 

[grimmjeeper]

I'm tired of being a 'sold' product and want out from as much 'free service' as possible.

I remember you from the NAXJA forum and see you still have your Cherokee and Commanche, I still have a pair of XJs too. If the wife had her way, they would be gone.
The Cherokees were a perfect size, no need for a JLU to carry four, and my 2001 XJ will do anything my 2-door Rubicon can and have more storage and a lot better ground clearance.
Too bad the XJ's electrical harnesses deteriorated, with no new ones available and most of the plugs needed to build a replacement harness being obsolete and no longer available.
If I could have bought a new, 1999 XJ, I would have and built it from there.

I got tired of working on the XJs all the time and made the mistake of thinking a new Rubicon would be trouble-free. The new Rubicon came with a loose steering box, which only took FCA seven weeks to replace it, great customer service. Now I'm being tracked not just by my phone but by Jeep and no one has a clue how to eliminate it or keep it from happening.
Big Brother lives on.

I'm not the same GrimmJeeper as the one on NAXJA.

 

[LazyJL]

I'm not the same GrimmJeeper as the one on NAXJA.

Sorry about the misidentification. Your vehicles listed threw me off.

 

[Joe98]

I regularly receive notices from FCA about my Jeep's tire pressure and oil condition,

How do you receive the notice?

 

[aldo98229]

Mine stopped, thankfully. I think it was when the 1-year expired and I ignored all the solicitations to subscribe to it.

I also disabled Travel Link, another useless service from Sirius XM, which gives you traffic, weather and other travel information. I kept getting these annoying Weather Alerts of storms 300 miles away that took over the entire screen and froze all controls. The alerts would reappear multiple times a day; and had to press OK every time to clear the screen. The Jeep came with 5 years of "free" Travel Link and cannot be disabled through the Settings, so I removed the app with the Tazer.

The Guardian messages stopped around the same time, so it is difficult to say if they disappeared when I removed Travel Link or if they did because the 1 year expired.

When I bought the Jeep, the dealer requested my email address during the purchase transaction so that I would "receive updates and other information." That's how Sirius got hold of my email and started sending me these useless stuff.

Next time I will know better and decline whenever they ask for my email address.

 

[Steve F]

How do you receive the notice?

It's not available to us in Australia, same as we don't get the over the air updates (have to go to the dealer) or the wifi hotspot option etc.

 

[LittleDog]

Notifications from where? Phone? E-mail? Emergency Broadcast System?

I've never received notifications for tire pressure or oil, but I tend to opt out of every notification.

Correction: the jeep will yell at you for low tire pressure.

I basically turn off every notification, except the ones that tell me about tornadoes, microbursts, and abductions.

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