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I believe that remotely disabling your car if you don't pay has been an established practice among "buy here pay here" dealers for many years. It's an "innovative" way to lend to people who have bad or no credit.

On the other hand, I've never heard of it spreading outside that market segment.

It would be news to me if the major manufacturers finance arms have the capability and are keeping it on the down low.