How Smart Owners Are Pulling Trackers From Ford, Toyota, GM, and RAM (The Complete Delete)

Four of the biggest-selling brands in America build a cellular tracker into nearly every new vehicle — and owners on the forums have worked out how to shut each one down in their own driveways. This is the model-by-model account: where the box hides on Ford, Toyota, GM, and RAM, exactly what silences it, and the honest trade-off every method costs. A note the way we always give it: every location and fuse here comes from real owners on the forums, and the exact slot can shift by model year and trim. Confirm it against your own vehicle's diagram before you reach in. This is a documentary account of what owners did, not a service manual. 👉 Subscribe for the next one before the lawyers are done arguing about the last one:    / @themotortruth   SOURCES New York Times investigation that broke the story (Kenn Dahl, the 21% jump, the 258-page / 640-trip file): https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/car... Kelley Blue Book summary of the same reporting (Kenn Dahl, real name, 258 pages, 640 trips): https://www.kbb.com/car-news/your-car... FTC finalized order against GM and OnStar — five-year ban on sharing driving data with reporting agencies, sampling as often as every 3 seconds: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/... FTC original action (January 2025) — the complaint and the misleading enrollment allegations: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/... TechCrunch — GM discontinued Smart Driver across all brands in April 2024: https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/the... California Attorney General — record $12.75 million CCPA settlement (largest in state history): https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-release... Los Angeles County District Attorney — settlement terms, plus how to request your own LexisNexis and Verisk file: https://da.lacounty.gov/media/news/ge... Federal court order, Northern District of Georgia (April 22, 2026) — primary document, wiretap claims preserved for 16 million drivers: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/U... DiCello Levitt — plain-language summary of the Georgia ruling: https://dicellolevitt.com/court-allow... Request your own LexisNexis driving file: https://consumer.risk.lexisnexis.com/... Request your own Verisk driving file: https://fcra.verisk.com/#/ Toyota RAV4 — DCM fuse location, 7.5 amp, and the internal-battery trap (RAV4World): https://www.rav4world.com/threads/201... GM Silverado / Sierra — OnStar module removal, two Torx screws, purple/brown antenna plugs (Silverado Sierra Forum): https://www.silveradosierra.com/threa... — MOTOR TRUTH investigates what the connected car actually does — and what owners are doing about it. Nothing here is legal or repair advice; verify everything against your own vehicle before acting.