Blue Tooth 2012 Jeep Compass

We have a 2012 Jeep Compass which we bought as a family vehicle with the arrival of our first child.
Like most newer vehicles it has Bluetooth. The Bluetooth streams out of the Uconnect which is the brand name for the Chrysler technology of being able to integrate your cell phone to into your cars speakers.

Having a small child in the car we did not want to have the Blue Tooth on to minimize RF (radio frequency) exposure. As for most things that are harmful to us children are most vulnerable to microwave radiation. We assumed that if we had Bluetooth off on our phones that the Bluetooth would not emit RF. However with my testing device we found that the Uconnect constantly emitted RF radiation.

I could not find a setting to disable Bluetooth on the radio/Uconnect so I called Chrysler and they said there was no way to turn it off but it would stop trying to connect to the cell phone in a few minutes. This was not the case as my tester would reveal. It appears that it never stops and keeps trying. So they were of no help.

Next I went to the dealership where we bought it and they were not sure at first how to remedy the situation and thought I might have to buy a new radio without Bluetooth. Once the tech guy got to look at it he was able to disable the Bluetooth. It is unfortunate that there is no button to disable this feature as now if we want Bluetooth to work again we have to go back to the dealer.
The cost was minimal at about $50.00.

If someone is looking to reduce their RF/microwave exposure then they have to be careful around this stuff as you may think the device has stopped to stream to the cell phone but in reality it continues on non stop.

Take a listen to what Bluetooth sounds like as it tries to pair with a cell phone.

Hopefully someone else out there who has Uconnect and wants to reduce their radiation exposure will come across this blog post.