What is necessary to remove the SIM card and GPS hardware?

[dogunbound]

What would I need to do to remove the SIM card and GPS hardware without debilitating the machine and throwing error codes?

Has someone tried this yet? I would imagine most of the equipment to be on or near the infotainment. I would like to remove it to disable a path my government can use to track me. I would also like to remove the potential of Nissan to share my driving characteristics to any insurance company. Lastly, these car/auto manufacturers are notorious for data safety. Tech is not their specialty, so I wouldn't expect them to have the most stringent security programs. If Google can get hacked, these auto manufacturers most definitely are vulnerable. I do not want anyone to know were my car is. I am ok with losing some features as long as the vehicle itself functions.

I didn't think or care about this when I got the car, but now I do. Maybe I'm turning schizo, but it's whatevs. If no one has explored this already, then I'll probably have to dig through service and technical manuals on the wiring etc... to figure it out. I'm mostly hoping to get a head start.

 

[haohmaru]

That was being discussed here, you can unplug the antenna to disable telematics.

https://www.nissanzclub.com/forum/t...you-are-and-all-other-usery-information.1620/

 

[dogunbound]

That was being discussed here, you can unplug the antenna to disable telematics.

https://www.nissanzclub.com/forum/t...you-are-and-all-other-usery-information.1620/

Ah yes thank you. Will be doing so. Looks like I gotta take the head unit out. Probably from the cupholder -> shifter -> trim -> under piece below head unit -> head unit itself if I had to guess how to do it.

I don't think the antenna is easily accessible.

 

[CPerdomo]

What would I need to do to remove the SIM card and GPS hardware without debilitating the machine and throwing error codes?

Has someone tried this yet? I would imagine most of the equipment to be on or near the infotainment. I would like to remove it to disable a path my government can use to track me. I would also like to remove the potential of Nissan to share my driving characteristics to any insurance company. Lastly, these car/auto manufacturers are notorious for data safety. Tech is not their specialty, so I wouldn't expect them to have the most stringent security programs. If Google can get hacked, these auto manufacturers most definitely are vulnerable. I do not want anyone to know were my car is. I am ok with losing some features as long as the vehicle itself functions.

I didn't think or care about this when I got the car, but now I do. Maybe I'm turning schizo, but it's whatevs. If no one has explored this already, then I'll probably have to dig through service and technical manuals on the wiring etc... to figure it out. I'm mostly hoping to get a head start.

Funny to read this post because I was wondering the very same thing two days ago...

 

[dogunbound]

Thanks to @citrus for showing what to unplug and @Exquisite_Red for a step by step guide on how to remove the headunit, I was able to unplug the GPS from the TMU and the AV. Unplugging the GPS and sim card from the AV probably was overkill, but I wasn't going to take any chances. Now my car is invisible to nissan, and insurance companies.

The next thing to do is get a plate cover to obfuscate the license plate to the million cameras everywhere and voila. I have a ghost car. Screw the government.

 

[citrus]

Thanks to @citrus for showing what to unplug and @Exquisite_Red for a step by step guide on how to remove the headunit, I was able to unplug the GPS from the TMU and the AV. Unplugging the GPS and sim card from the AV probably was overkill, but I wasn't going to take any chances. Now my car is invisible to nissan, and insurance companies.

The next thing to do is get a plate cover to obfuscate the license plate to the million cameras everywhere and voila. I have a ghost car. Screw the government.

Glad to help!

Ah, I found your other post. Very informative!