Chevrolet Silverado: Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy / Cybersecurity
GM collects information about the use of your vehicle including operational and
safety related information. We collect this information to provide, evaluate, improve,
and troubleshoot our products and services and to develop new products and services.
The protection of vehicle electronics systems and customer data from unauthorized
outside electronic access or control is important to GM. GM maintains appropriate
security standards, practices, guidelines and controls aimed at defending the vehicle
and the vehicle service ecosystem against unauthorized electronic access, detecting
possible malicious activity in related networks, and responding to suspected cybersecurity
incidents in a timely, coordinated and effective manner. Security incidents could
impact your safety or compromise your private data. To minimize security risks,
please do not connect your vehicle electronic systems to unauthorized devices or
connect your vehicle to any unknown or untrusted networks (such as Bluetooth, WIFI
or similar technology). In the event you suspect any security incident impacting
your data or the safe operation of your vehicle, please stop operating your vehicle
and contact your dealer.
The vehicle has a number of computers that record information about the vehicle’s
performance and how it is driven or used. For example, the vehicle uses computer
modules to monitor and control engine and transmission performance, to monitor the
conditions for airbag deployment and deploy them in a crash, and, if equipped, to
provide antilock braking to help the driver control the vehicle...
This vehicle is equipped with an event data recorder (EDR). The main purpose
of an EDR is to record, in certain crash or near crash-like situations, such as
an air bag deployment or hitting a road obstacle, data that will assist in understanding
how a vehicle’s systems performed...
Other information:
In addition to notifying NHTSA (or Transport Canada) in a situation like this,
notify General Motors.
In the U.S., call 1-800-222-1020, or write:
Chevrolet Motor Division
Chevrolet Customer Assistance Center
P.O. Box 33170
Detroit, MI 48232-5170
In Canada, call 1-800-263-3777
(English) or 1-800-263-7854
(French), or write:
General Motors of Canada Company
Customer Care Centre, Mail Code:
CA1-163-005
1908 Colonel Sam Drive
Oshawa, Ontario L1H 8P7
In Mexico, call 01-800-466-0811 or 01-800-508-0000...
If equipped, Active Fuel Management allows the gasoline engine to operate on
either all of its cylinders, or a reduced number of cylinders, depending on the
driving conditions. When less power is required, such as cruising at a constant
vehicle speed, the system will enable reduced cylinder operation, allowing the vehicle
to achieve better fuel economy...