BlueLink Car Finder "feature"

[BioSci]

After I dropped off my new Genny overnight at the dealer's to get some work done this morning, I thought it would be fun to see if anyone took it for a test drive. I fired up the BlueLink app on my iPhone and clicked on the map icon, which will locate the car. To my surprise, all I got was a message saying that the car was more than one mile from my present location, and therefore no location info was available. Further investigation confirmed this limitation - it's how it's designed to work. Is there any technical or legal reason why BlueLink does this? Is there any way around it?

 

[DRS]

After I dropped off my new Genny overnight at the dealer's to get some work done this morning, I thought it would be fun to see if anyone took it for a test drive. I fired up the BlueLink app on my iPhone and clicked on the map icon, which will locate the car. To my surprise, all I got was a message saying that the car was more than one mile from my present location, and therefore no location info was available. Further investigation confirmed this limitation - it's how it's designed to work. Is there any technical or legal reason why BlueLink does this? Is there any way around it?

No.. Should show location. Or last known location. If inside the dealer, limited windows and steel roof, battery reset, would lose GPS to report. Do not know if it uses cell tower triangulation. Or, they have some "hide it from the owner that we are doing burn outs", mode. Weird. Call Bluelink assuming you have a subscription and ask them. Make them Asher the question, even if they have to bump it up a couple of tech support levels.

 

[callenee97]

Don't know what the purpose is, but the 1-mile radius limitation is in the BlueLink manual.

 

[BioSci]

That's what I found out. Has anyone successfully 'found' their Genesis over greater distances?