Systems and methods for determining a likelihood of a vehicle tow

A method for determining a likelihood of a vehicle tow, the method comprising operating at least one processor to:

• receive telematics data originating from a plurality of telematics devices installed in a plurality of vehicles;
• identify, using the telematics data, a diagnostic trouble code (DTC) cycle experienced by one or more of the plurality of vehicles, the DTC cycle corresponding to a reporting of a DTC during a plurality of vehicle ignition cycles;
• determine, for each vehicle that experienced the DTC cycle, whether a tow event occurred;
• determine, for each vehicle for which the tow event occurred, a vehicle downtime associated with the tow event;
• determine whether a termination of the DTC cycle is associated with the tow event based at least in part on when the reporting of the DTC terminates relative to the vehicle downtime;
• and
• determine the likelihood of a vehicle tow for the DTC based at least in part on a number of vehicles for which the termination of the DTC cycle is associated with the tow event.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon executable by at least one processor to implement a method for determining a likelihood of a vehicle tow, the method comprising operating at least one processor to:

• receive telematics data originating from a plurality of telematics devices installed in a plurality of vehicles;
• identify, using the telematics data, a diagnostic trouble code (DTC) cycle experienced by one or more of the plurality of vehicles, the DTC cycle corresponding to a reporting of a DTC during a plurality of vehicle ignition cycles;
• determine, for each vehicle that experienced the DTC cycle, whether a tow event occurred;
• determine, for each vehicle for which the tow event occurred, a vehicle downtime associated with the tow event;
• determine whether a termination of the DTC cycle is associated with the tow event based at least in part on when the reporting of the DTC terminates relative to the vehicle downtime;
• and
• determine the likelihood of a vehicle tow for the DTC based at least in part on a number of vehicles for which the termination of the DTC cycle is associated with the tow event.