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Originally Posted by koruptor
I still have my SOS module, and I think it's neat to have two serious buttons behind a protective cover. But I've been thinking of swapping it out for the oddments tray.
For those who kept the SOS module: Do you subscribe to the service? Have you had to use it? Has anyone who haven't subscribed to the service, pressed the buttons to see what happens? It's like a fire alarm I want to pull so bad just to see if something's going to go off.  |
I had a surprise rain cloud come out of nowhere and my seats and center console got a little wet. I quickly wiped them down, but evidently the low nature of those switches was where water collected, and it was causing a closed circuit that was activating the service. I decided I would keep mine and here's why.
When it activated, it said my service was not active and asked if I wanted to activate it. I said no. It disconnected. The water made it repeat dial. So, I said no again, but it kept calling back. I gave up and decided to just let it go through. An operator asked if I was OK. I didn't say anything. The operator then said, if you don't respond, we will notify emergency services and send help. Interesting. I don't know if they send a bill for this, or if they do this for free as a way to protect themselves against legal action even if your subscription has lapsed. I then spoke to the lady and told her what was going on and asked her to make a note on the account that the switch was wet and malfunctioning and I would have it corrected within an hour.
I then went home, disconnected the switch and rapped it against my hand to shake out the water and let it air dry before replacing. It's been fine since.
Salty