Leith Baletin Posted August 24, 2020 Share Posted August 24, 2020 On Oct 31st 2022 all cars from 2017 and before will lose their access to Lexus Enform due to 5G cell service. Evidently there is no plan to update our cars to 5G. I don't know enough about the technology, but my alarm service ADT is updating my alarm panel to 5G tomorrow. I wonder if any of you are aware of this fact. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy Baletin Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 I now know more about why that 2017 and earlier vehicles with lose their Enform services. Evidently with the advent of 5G, the cellular industry will be removing 3G antennas from the towers they are now on. Our system uses 3G technology. However as I mentioned in my earlier post ADT just modified my alarm panel for LTE which is evidently will still be around. I would just like a clearer explanation from Lexus as why and maybe how much it would cost to do the same for the communication eqpt in our cars. Anyone who uses Enform knows how useful it is and when we bought our cars we paid for the upgrade. I think Lexus owes us more of an explanation, then simply just discontuing the service. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bykfixer Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 When my Lexus car was built they came with whatever G service your cellular phone used, if you had one. Roaming was typical. Navigation was your passenger reading a map. Roadside emergency help was a nice person pulling over to help. And if your car started talking to you it was time for a straight jacket. Ah, the good ole days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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