What does the term Connected Vehicle mean?

Connected Vehicle means that a vehicle has a modem and the ability to communicate and share information about the maintenance status, potential vehicle malfunctions, operational conditions with the Ford Prognostics and Analytics Cloud systems when authorized by the vehicle user. This data is processed by cloud/web services to evaluate the vehicles health and then message the vehicle owner/operator accordingly.

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How do I know if my vehicle has a modem?