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[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago

That's... Basically every car made in the last 15 years?

[-] faercol 24 points 2 months ago

The worst bug I had on my car had the onboard computer not starting, and the screen remaining black. It meant I had: no GPS, no music, no backup camera, and no parking sensor.

But apart from that, the car was driving perfectly normal, and all the other features were working as expected.

[-] ShankShill@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

My car has a 3 finger salute to force reboot the infotainment system.

[-] kittenzrulz123 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Teslas also have a slaute to acess the infotainment system, except it uses the entire hand and arm

[-] faercol 3 points 2 months ago

Oh apparently I have something similar (5s press on the bottom left), it might have worked

[-] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago

My 2017 mini hasn't had anything, even resembling that?

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

It's got an ECU, you're 1 computer bug away from being stranded.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[-] Anivia@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

i never experienced an ecu bug before.

OK, that's a sample size of one, not very useful. Most Tesla owners never experienced an ECU bug either. I've never had an ECU bug in any of my own cars, but last year I had a rental car from Opel for a few months while my car was waiting for a replacement transmission to get shipped, and in the few months I had it I experienced an ECU bug once, where the car refused to be put into gear, and the only way to fix it was to disconnect the 12v battery and reattach it

It's a fact that modern cars get more complicated electronics every year, so ECU bugs leaving you stranded will get more common every year also

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago
[-] CostcoFanboy@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Depends on the car brand. Some kept their dependance on software quite low like Mazda. Some decided to take a risk with the software gods and tie their entire functionality to it while simultaneously laying off good workers and rehiring the lowest bidder.

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