VW includes vehicle tracking Car-Net system For certain 2020 or newer vehicles in the USA free for five years announced that it has This comes after the company mishandled an accident involving a recent car hijacking and a toddler inside the car. To be fair, the basic Car-Net package it was free for new VW owners, but it lets you track your car Safe & Secure It didn’t include the plugin.
On February 23, a pregnant woman with a two-year-old child was in a car near Chicago. Volkswagen Atlas it was stolen. Police contacted customer support to find out the location of the vehicle, but the company representative refused to provide this information until the woman paid the $150 subscription fee. This ultimately led to a 30-minute delay.
Police later drove the car in a parking lot with the toddler still in it. abandoned found it.
In an official response Volkswagensaid it will launch an internal investigation and for all compatible vehicles over the next five years. complete Car-Net Safe & Secure He said he did the package. The countdown begins when you create a myVW account and accept the terms of service, or after June 1 this year, whichever is later.