Fancy the Nissan GT-R? Already signed up to receive one in the new future? Make sure you know that the GT-R is one of the most invasive cars to be on the road. The Nissan GT-R is one of the cars that feature an Electronic Data Recorder (EDR) also known as a ‘black box’. In today’s article at Autoweek, they provide information on the use of the EDR in the GT-R.
Black boxes are legal in the USA as long as they comply with the US Dept. of Transportation requirements. The DOT does not mandate black boxes, but if there is a box, they have rules that the manufacturers must follow. What’s interesting aobut the Nissan box is that it is not activated in a crash, instead it’s active all the time! Moreover, it stores almost a week’s worth of data that can be used by your dealer to void your warranty. Specifically, “Nissan specifically warns owners that they could void warranty protection by running a car with its vehicle dynamic control (VDC), governing traction and stability, turned off.”
It’s unknown how this affects Canadian cars. We have different transportation laws as well as different privacy laws. I’ll make a second post once I confirm if the EDR is equipped on Canadian GT-R’s.
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