Why would he be going into a 2024 vehicle?
Is this worldwide or just US automakers?
All the dealers recently had an outage
You don’t own your car. You don’t own your house.
Anyone that buys a car that must be serviced at the dealer is an idiot and a sucker. Do not buy Dodge.
Used car prices are going to go through the roof because of this creepy, abusive, anticompetitive behavior.
Still driving our 2005 Honda Odessey w/ 225,000+ miles. Nothing out there excites me to buy new. It’s like the late 70’s again for automobiles. Come to think of it, Biden’s like Carter too.
Nothing terribly new here. Car makers have always been fond of finding ways to push people to their mechanics, or charge other mechanics a boat load of money. I remember the infamous Ford Wrench in the 90s, there was a bolt you had to get to when changing the timing belt, it was in a really bad spot, basically impossible, unless you bought Ford’s “special wrench” for like $500.
Why stands out is a 2024 vehicle is already needing to go to a mechanic. My Thorty year old Honda has only gone in for the usual consumables, brakes, belts, stuff like that.
I changed out a 12v battery. Then I ‘needed’ to update the battery monitor module (or some such). Which was a trip to the Ford dealer, to run the Ford software - $$$$.
which is one of many reasons i don’t buy new cars.
Stop buying their crap.
This is all due to cybersecurity concerns and regulation requiring it. All of the Advanced Driver Assist Systems (ADAS) are dangerous if compromised.
The EU has the U.N. R155 regulation, everything must have cybersecurity protection.
Big Anything is the enemy. Sorry, it’s true. Wake up, America/World.
Size matters.
Our local Ford dealer had to close up shop a couple months ago. Have heard this is the reason.
Once again, I say:
Die, corporate scum!
Everybody is a terrorist and that extortion is “for the safety of the children”.
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The automobile manufacturers don’t want the small, independent shops out of business but they do want them relegated to older vehicles.
I’ve thought for some time that the main objective of supplying mechanical/electronic specs for these newer cars is mostly the price of subscription.