Travelator

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[–] Travelator@thelemmy.club 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

To fix the battery drain problem, you can add a jumper wire inside the main fuse box that makes it so the DCM is powered only when the car is running, not all the time. Details here:

https://www.subaruoutback.org/threads/fix-for-parasitic-drain.553947/

[–] Travelator@thelemmy.club 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

There's a recall for that. They will replace your telematics module for free with a "bypass box", which preserves the function of the front speakers, which stop working when you pull that fuse. Sorry I don't know if this also ends the telematics phone home problem. This is specifically to address the battery drain problem. It fixed my similar battery issues.

Anybody know if it turns off the data uploads, or not?

[–] Travelator@thelemmy.club 3 points 5 months ago

On my 2019 Outback, I can kill this function by pulling the telematics fuse. But this also kills the front speakers. I need to look into disconnecting the antenna, but I'm a little unsure about removing the headliner to access the bottom of the antenna. Is there another way?

[–] Travelator@thelemmy.club 1 points 5 months ago

Are these archived anywhere?

[–] Travelator@thelemmy.club 1 points 5 months ago

I hope they let me work, I need the money.

[–] Travelator@thelemmy.club 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Southwest airlines. I flew on them once, now it's impossible to unsubscribe from their marketing emails.

[–] Travelator@thelemmy.club 11 points 5 months ago

140 years after the automobile, most drivers can't or won't design and produce new automobile products.

Isn't that a closer analogy?

[–] Travelator@thelemmy.club 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

She's a treasure. Reading "Spook" now.

[–] Travelator@thelemmy.club 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

At this point, it's the best I can do. I have tape on the selfie camera too. I guess I could bust this pixel 7a open and add physical switches to the cameras and mike, but I'm not real confident in my ability to pull that off. Maybe you can tell me how to do that.

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