A system, method and computer program product for communicating data of a vehicle. The system includes a data recording device and a data transmitting device coupled to the vehicle. The data recording device is configured to receive at least a vehicle datum during operation of the vehicle, determine a subset of the at least a vehicle datum to be stored, wherein the subset of data is stored during operation of the vehicle, and store the subset of the at least a vehicle datum as a stored vehicle data, wherein the stored vehicle data comprises a diagnostic datum of a vehicle component. The data transmitting device is configured to initiate communication with an independent data communication device as a function of a connection to a network and transmit the stored vehicle data to the independent data communication device as a function of the connection to the network.