all 2018+ cars have telematics because if I recall correctly, Congress mandated SOS services back in 2017.
The Data harvesting is supposed to assist in offsetting the cost of having to pay for the modem’s monthly costs.
In terms of GPS’s. Rentals I can understand, but there is absolutely no way that anyone will know if a car has a payment when it comes off the lot, unless the paperwork and loans were completed prior to assembly.
Sounds more like the dealers are installing GPS’s, not the manufacturers. If this is the case, the Dealers need to be fined heavily and jailed.
It was the dealer. They all but admitted it.