Black boxes

Wondered if 09 tacomas have the infamous black boxes AND if they do, are they seperate from ECU or removeable?

 

Yeah, the ones that lawyers have data retrieved from out of your vehicle.... if you every get in an accident.

 

Just don't like any of the big brother stuff now days.......video cameras on the traffic lights, cell phone tracking, on-star, black boxes in my truck keeping track of my driving (speed/braking/?/etc).

 

In principle, and only in Canadian jurisdictions, the information in the EDR is the property of the vehicle owner. The information can only be recovered by law enforcement upon the execution of a search warrant. However, if the vehicle is written off and becomes the property of the insurance company they, as legal owners of the vehicle, become owners of the data contained in the EDR.

A complicating factor is leased vehicles. A leased vehicle always remains the property of the lessor. Therefore, the lessor could give permission to law enforcement to download the data without the need for a search warrant or permission of the lessee.

US jurisdictions may have different laws. In the spritit of full disclosure, I am not a lawyer and therefore can't give competent legal advice.

 

To answer your question, YES, the 09s have an EDR....it is in black and white in the owner's manual.

 

anyone know what year they started this? do all 05+ taco's have it?

 

man go be a asshat on some other site, we get it already