Turning off Bluetooth in 2014 & up Rogues

[texasrogue]

Just curious, is there a way to turn off the Bluetooth in a 2014 & up Rogue? I've looked in the owner's manual and did a quick search on this site and came up empty.

In case you're wondering why I would want to do so, should there ever be a security issue uncovered for the version of Bluetooth running on my Rogue, I may want to turn it off to minimize the attack surface of my vehicle.

[darylzero]

does your rogue have a navigation system? If so there may be a way in the settings through the nav.

[Rogue One]

The short answer is no, as there is no on/off switch because it's designed to be always on.

Stefan Savage, professor in the department of computer science and engineering at the University of California, San Diego said "There is a theft motivation. But while we've been able to demonstrate a computer attack and steal cars, frankly it's still easier to use a Slim Jim," he says, referring to the classic lock pick. Savage adds, there are relatively few motivations to stealing vehicles via a sophisticated hack because of the complexity involved and the need to spend some serious cash to be able to pull it off.

"There's a fine line between caution and paranoid." -Rogue One

[Pookh007]

There is an option in setting-phone and Bluetooth-bluetooth on/of

[texasrogue]

The short answer is no, as there is no on/off switch because it's designed to be always on.

Stefan Savage, professor in the department of computer science and engineering at the University of California, San Diego said "There is a theft motivation. But while we've been able to demonstrate a computer attack and steal cars, frankly it's still easier to use a Slim Jim," he says, referring to the classic lock pick. Savage adds, there are relatively few motivations to stealing vehicles via a sophisticated hack because of the complexity involved and the need to spend some serious cash to be able to pull it off.

"There's a fine line between caution and paranoid." -Rogue One

While I would agree somewhat with your quote and Savage's input, my motivation was to determine IF there was a way to turn off Bluetooth at the vehicle level. I'm not concerned with someone stealing the vehicle, but perhaps running afoul of someone with IT skills like myself but lacking a moral compass.

Full disclosure: I'm in IT, specifically the security end of IT. I know the vulnerabilities that exist out there. And most folks have no idea how vulnerable and exposed most modern vehicles' CANbus are to hacking. I witnessed a fellow IT security professional who demo'd his skills recently in getting into his Prius' CANbus which was the inspiration behind my original post.

And while this topic tends to draw a lot of hype and fear-mongering in the press and is pitched as such, many Americans take the position of placing their heads in the sand when it comes to staying abreast or even acknowledging how potentially exposed they could be. And we all know what anatomical part is left exposed with the head in the sand

[texasrogue]

Found the answer thanks to pookh007 and darylzero

Thank you!

Press the Setting button, scroll to bluetooth, press enter, then you have the option to turn the vehicle's Bluetooth On or Off.