Buddies 2019 ford van been to the dealers multiple times trying to fix random traction and abs warning light warnings. They’ve replaced damn near the whole truck and still lights are back on? To much finicky high tech that nobody can fix Blah!
I watch youtube videos of plane crash reconstructions sometimes. Recently watched one where the oil pressure on one of the engines went low. The pilot shut down the engine and was doing just fine using the other one.
Until it came time to land. Turns out he didn’t use the proper procedures when landing with just one engine and flipped the plane over and dove it into the ground.
Turns out the engine was just fine. It was the warning light/sensor that was bad.
Back when, a Haynes manual, basic set of tools and a cheap plastic multimeter was all that was needed. Today’s vehicles have so many wigdets creating single points of failure, you’re at the mercy of the Mfg/mechanics.
Over the years, engineered obsolescence and specialized dealer required maintenance has taken precedence to ownership longevity. Trending EVs will further push that gap, creating a big brother senerio with all the electronics.
Smart this, Smart that...It’s nothing more than a control platform disguised as a convenience.