Q: Hands-Free Bluetooth issue.
Me and my girlfriend were driving in our Chevrolet Sonic, and an incoming call came in from a 281 area code. She quickly rejected it. We do not have a phone connected to the bluetooth nor do we have a current onstar subscription. How did a random number call our car?
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