Has anyone figured out how to safely disable the Electronic Data Recorder in the JK?

 

I haven't but I just have to ask... Why would you want to do that?

 

Ah yes.....
There is a whole discussion thread on the "why would you want to do that" topic. I'd rather keep the philosophy and politics in that thread.

 

Guess I haven't seen the thread yet.

 

I didn't know we had those in our Jeeps.

 

Here is a Truncated list of what vehicles have them:
http://www.harristechnical.com/downloads/cdrlist.pdf

 

Also, here is another discussion from jk-forum on this topic (politics and philosophy mostly).
https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/arch...p/t-21385.html

 

I was told years ago that a large magnet placed near a hard drive would effectively cause it to crash.
Whether or not this is true I do not know. But, it stands to reason if it will crash a hard drve then it should do the same to the EDR.

 

My current research suggests the data is stored within the ACM (air bag control module). This makes things more complicated if you wish to retain the function of the airbags.

 

No doubt this probably stems from the recent fact that Uncle Sam wants to make these things mandatory in all vehicles and he also wants law enforcement, insurance agencies and dealers to have unrestricted access to the information contained within it.

As far as I know there is no way to disable the unit currently.