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There is info on the web about physically removing Car-Net from our cars (not easy), but I recently saw this article: http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20160809-your-car-is-not-your-friend
It states that a dealership can enable "Flight mode" to turn off the cellular phone connection and essentially disable Car-Net. Apparently this is like Airplane mode on your cell phone. I cannot find anything in the adaptation maps regarding flight mode (Flugmodus), airplane (Flugzeug), or just flight (Flug). Does anybody have a clue if/how this can be done with VCDS? Below is the operative part of the article referenced above:
"According to Frank Weith, General Manager of Connected Services at Volkswagen Group of America, “What the letter doesn't outline is that we do have the capability to completely sever the connection from the car to the cellular network. The customer would have to bring their vehicle to the dealer where it would be put into 'flight mode'. The result is the same as if the module were removed from the vehicle. This can only be done at the dealer.”
"Once this “flight mode” is enabled the Car-Net system, he says, effectively becomes a “brick in the car” and the dealer will also perform a test to ensure that the vehicle is not capable of sending or receiving information."
It says that "this can only be done at the dealer" but I seriously doubt that most dealerships know anything about this. It would be nice if VCDS could do this as well.
Have Fun!
Don
It states that a dealership can enable "Flight mode" to turn off the cellular phone connection and essentially disable Car-Net. Apparently this is like Airplane mode on your cell phone. I cannot find anything in the adaptation maps regarding flight mode (Flugmodus), airplane (Flugzeug), or just flight (Flug). Does anybody have a clue if/how this can be done with VCDS? Below is the operative part of the article referenced above:
"According to Frank Weith, General Manager of Connected Services at Volkswagen Group of America, “What the letter doesn't outline is that we do have the capability to completely sever the connection from the car to the cellular network. The customer would have to bring their vehicle to the dealer where it would be put into 'flight mode'. The result is the same as if the module were removed from the vehicle. This can only be done at the dealer.”
"Once this “flight mode” is enabled the Car-Net system, he says, effectively becomes a “brick in the car” and the dealer will also perform a test to ensure that the vehicle is not capable of sending or receiving information."
It says that "this can only be done at the dealer" but I seriously doubt that most dealerships know anything about this. It would be nice if VCDS could do this as well.
Have Fun!
Don
