Patent ID: 8432269

Claim:
A system for disabling a vehicle, the system comprising: an antenna adapted for attachment to the vehicle, the antenna configured to transmit and receive communication transmissions; and a telematics unit communicatively connected to the antenna, the telematics unit being adapted for attachment to the vehicle and configured to: communicatively connect to a necessary sub-system of the vehicle, receive telecommunications from a user through the antenna, and disable the necessary sub-system in response to receiving an instruction from the user to disable the vehicle, wherein the instruction from the user to disable the vehicle comprises a temporal criterion specified by the user for disabling the vehicle and wherein the telematics unit is further configured to automatically disable the necessary sub-system when the temporal criterion is satisfied, and wherein the instruction from the user to disable the vehicle further comprises a geographic restriction specified by the user for disabling the vehicle and wherein the telematics unit is further configured to automatically disable the necessary sub-system when the geographic restriction is exceeded by the vehicle.