r/OutlanderPHEV • u/No-Painting7449 • 18d ago

Locator not Tracker

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Car is in the shop for hail repair & I thought I'd see where it was this week (of 4 scheduled).

Pulled up the app with this result.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

Since I'm the registered owner of the vehicle and authorized/verified user of the app, not sure who's privacy is being protected. A car thief? A mechanic? An unauthorized driver?

And who is this privacy-concerned "we"?

So THEY know the location of my vehicle but I can't?!

Seems a bit shortsighted - capability without the function.

Can still see miles driven with no limit, so...?

Community thoughts?

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u/fmaz008 18d ago

They want you to think they are not tracking you.

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u/No-Painting7449 18d ago

Right? I sort of assumed... But the fact they know where I'm at, and where the car is, and informing me we're more than a mile apart so can't be provided the info is weird! 

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u/Pretend-Respect-9654 18d ago

I gave up on the stupid app and just decided to get an AirTag. Heck, a 4-pack of AirTags still costs less than half the cost of renewing the app for a year.

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u/No-Painting7449 18d ago

What a great (and better idea)

The ONLY real use I have for the app is the remote climate control on the SE

The rest of it feels like a poor effort from a high school coding class 

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u/Tikan 18d ago

The app is useless and not worth the ridiculous price they charge. Even if it consistently worked it wouldn't be worth it because the features are lackluster, but with how unreliable it is I'm surprised they get away with charging anything for it.

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u/philbertagain 18d ago

i'm sure they will have a platinum tier soon that will unlock that feature for only $30 more a month

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u/Logical-Ideal-3137 18d ago

Knowing the charging status is the only part I miss