Bronco started by ITSELF!

[Rick U]

If headlights can turn on randomly when parked why can’t the motor?

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[BaseManSquatch]

 

[TigerBronco]

I don't know if they ever figured this one out:
https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/21-bronco-couldnt-sleep-last-night.75925/

Sounds very similar to my experience. Thanks for sharing the link!

 

[Big L 65]

Look your bronco knows why it started by its self. And ford knows why to trust them

 

[Docindahouze]

They’re alive!

 

[JerryC]

Have you gotten a new phone since you setup FordPass?
If yes, where is the old phone?

 

[tock13]

I disabled the remote start capability on mine. Actually, disabled the ability of my Bronco to connect to the outside world other than through my phone when it is with me inside. You don't know for sure if Ford has good enough security to keep random people from accessing your vehicle. I don't have anything in my house either that can be accessed directly from the internet.

Paranoid? Maybe, but I've read way too many cases of people being able to access stuff they shouldn't. Not giving anybody the chance to do that with my Bronco.

interested in hearing how you took your bronco offline. I’ll be getting mine next month and want to remove it from being connected to the matrix.

did you have to use forscan?

 

[Sugarwolf]

It was telling you its time for a ride

 

[Gassyjack]

The technology is there. Certain.gov agencies have had the ability to accelerate, brake, deploy airbags and disable the vehicle. If .gov can do others can too. Bluetooth technology has made it possible. The digital revolution has made the world a hacker’s paradise.

 

[KABQ]

#1 way that cars are stolen these days is when someone is able to capture the frequency of a key FOB..every hear of faraday bags?

Source? The #1 way cars are stolen these days is still the old fashioned way.

 

[Imonamoose]

Really don’t like you putting something like this out there without fully investigating. There is no way a vehicle of any kind can start on its own. I find this thread inflammatory for no reason nor is it funny.

People post all types of stuff over the interwebs, but sadly folks these days will believe about anything including the outlandish.

Whether it was you or not, a kid, your dog or whatever, you hit something, or someone else did and the car started.

I also don’t like the scheduled start thing for the garage reason that you or someone mentioned, but if that wasn’t it, a remote start either occurred or you hit the key. Yes, I saw where you said the key was hanging, but this math ain’t mathin…….

Brother, you are off your rocker calling OPs question "inflammatory"... go educate yourself on the stuff Edward Snowden disclosed before he was forced into hiding. Remote access on modern vehicles is not even a classified tech anymore. Joe Rogan had a good interview that might be a 101 intro for you. The Patriot Act happened. That technology is not fiction, it's historical FACT.

The 20 Amp fuse controlling your cars modem is a reality you should be well aware of. Don't demean and marginalize other people's opinions just because you might have a blind spot or pre-conceived bias. You might just learn something that could benefit you keeping a more open and tolerant mind.

Ride on, Brother! With all respect and kindness.

 

[Imonamoose]

The technology is there. Certain.gov agencies have had the ability to accelerate, brake, deploy airbags and disable the vehicle. If .gov can do others can too. Bluetooth technology has made it possible. The digital revolution has made the world a hacker’s paradise.

You can accomplish a key spoof with a $200 device off of Amazon. Signal range is the biggest problem.

 

[Scott R Nelson]

interested in hearing how you took your bronco offline. I’ll be getting mine next month and want to remove it from being connected to the matrix.

did you have to use forscan?

It's a menu choice from the center screen. And unlike disabling something like collision avoidance, it stays disabled without nagging about it every time you start the vehicle.

 

[TigerBronco]

Have you gotten a new phone since you setup FordPass?
If yes, where is the old phone?

Nope, no new phone

 

[JerryC]

Nope, no new phone

Might be somebody tagged you looking to steal it.

Do you have the airbag checking tool on your phone? .

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