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FordPass: location tracker
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Sterlingtimes
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in Motoring
My new Ford provides an app called FordPass. One feature of this is that it shows the location of the car on a mobile phone.
Does this fulfil the insurance question:
You may have also heard of these referred to as Thatcham-Accredited tracking systems. Some insurers may also refer to these as VTS (Vehicle Tracking Systems). Either way, many insurance providers now insist that your car is fitted with a monitored stolen vehicle tracker.
Do car thieves deactivate the Ford trackers?
Does this fulfil the insurance question:
You may have also heard of these referred to as Thatcham-Accredited tracking systems. Some insurers may also refer to these as VTS (Vehicle Tracking Systems). Either way, many insurance providers now insist that your car is fitted with a monitored stolen vehicle tracker.
Do car thieves deactivate the Ford trackers?
I have osteoarthritis in my hands so I speak my messages into a microphone using Dragon. Some people make "typos" but I often make "speakos".
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There is a Fordpass forum
https://fpcommunity.ford.com/t5/FordPass-Community/ct-p/FP-Community
Just looking at a few posts on there would seem to suggest it's not Thatcham accredited, but you can always join and find out more
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Kia has the same thing.
They are not trackers, as they are not manned 24/7 or have any contact with the police to track.
Kia easily defeated by simply deleting user profile in car. Possible that ford is the same.Life in the slow lane1 -
If it were approved, Ford would be shouting about it.northwalesd said:There is a Fordpass forum
https://fpcommunity.ford.com/t5/FordPass-Community/ct-p/FP-Community
Just looking at a few posts on there would seem to suggest it's not Thatcham accredited, but you can always join and find out more2 -
Thank you. I will have a look. I mildly suspected that that would be the case.northwalesd said:There is a Fordpass forum
https://fpcommunity.ford.com/t5/FordPass-Community/ct-p/FP-Community
Just looking at a few posts on there would seem to suggest it's not Thatcham accredited, but you can always join and find out moreI have osteoarthritis in my hands so I speak my messages into a microphone using Dragon. Some people make "typos" but I often make "speakos".0 -
Thank you for a clear answer.born_again said:Kia has the same thing.
They are not trackers, as they are not manned 24/7 or have any contact with the police to track.
Kia easily defeated by simply deleting user profile in car. Possible that ford is the same.I have osteoarthritis in my hands so I speak my messages into a microphone using Dragon. Some people make "typos" but I often make "speakos".0 -
When I part exchanged my Ford the dealership did that. When I looked at the app on my phone a couple of days later, there were no details visible.born_again said:Kia has the same thing.
They are not trackers, as they are not manned 24/7 or have any contact with the police to track.
Kia easily defeated by simply deleting user profile in car. Possible that ford is the same.3
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