About 64 percent of model year 2005 cars were equipped with EDRs, according to NHTSA. EDR is a event data recorder or blackbox, it records driver inputs. Manufacturers are not required to notify that they are installed.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/08/21/...ule/index.html

 

sweet i have an 03

 

My buddy was being charged with vehicular assault. The prosecutors were going to use the "black box" as evidence around the crash; but when the ERD wouldn't work, my friends attorney used it as evidence that the cars safety system wasn't at full operating potential and my buddy got his charges dropped to reckless driving.

How about them apples?

 

was your buddy driving an evo.

 

Where is it located, I will pull that $hit out!!!!

 

A friend of mine that works for Geico told me that my EVO has it for sure.... He said all 05's, and I got mine right before the 9's came out, so I probably have it for sure...

 

Id like to know where that is, just for reference, of course.

 

damn it time to blow up our cars.

 

There has to be a way to remove it.

 

oh hell yeah, if it can come out, its coming out, at least i want to know how to take it out in case of accident. this is legal because everyone has the right to refuse to self incriminate. which means you have the right to keep the blackbox in case it incriminates you. its probably in the ecu maybe? i guess just take that out in case of an accident?

 

how recent data can one of these maintain?

 

On Chevy's they're located under the center console.

So maybe ours are somewhere near there ?

 

hmm well im by no means all knowledgable about this, and i have an 05 so it somewhat concerns me, but my best guess would be that with all the tuning and builds that happen on 05s this "black box" would have been discoverevd unless it was part of the ecu (which seems likely to me) and im assuming a flash or tune would pretty much take care of this.

i would like someone howerver with farely high knowledge or deffinitive evidence to clarify this

 

bump for anyone who knows for sure if 05 evos have it and where its located

 

lets find it and learn how to take that ish out