People are getting fed up with all the useless tech in their cars — For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, wit…::People are dissatisfied with the technology in their cars, according to a new survey from JD Power. They especially don’t like the native infotainment systems.

  • @[email protected]
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    261 year ago

    I’ve never had a car with a touch screen or whatever fancy centre panel - but I have scrapped old cars because the ECU decided that there was an airbag fault which was not resolved with a new airbag. I’m a full time sysadmin/developer - my car does not need a computer to go, and if it must have one, it shouldn’t be a brick covered in epoxy.

    I somewhat long to return to dumb electromechanical components like distributors, rather than unimaginably expensive, irreparable, interdependent systems.

    #RightToRepair

    • key
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      61 year ago

      The battle against requiring a computer for your car to run was lost over 30 years ago. It’s just been gradual expansion since then.

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        A computer running the car isn’t inherently bad. Direct injection with a computer running the show is very efficient for fuel usage. But at that point for commuter vehicles they might as well be electric motors

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      As a sysadmin/dev you should know its not a computers = bad situation. It’s God awful system implementation, trash software, trash components, and even worse redundancies.

      It’s like you’re saying “why use email, when i can send a physical letter” in some aspects

      But I agree these manufacturers produce shit products in the form of vehicle electronics.

    • TrenchcoatFullOfBats
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      21 year ago

      My 1991 4Runner doesn’t even have a diagnostic port (pre OBDII), but you can get it to tell you what it thinks is wrong.

      To do this, you need to use a paperclip to jump two terminals in a box under the hood, then turn the ignition to ON, count the number of times the check engine light blinks, write that down, then look up what that code means, in a book.

      (Granted, the book is a PDF these days, but still)

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      This is exactly the reason why they do it. They can put a hidden countdown or just outright brick your vehicle over the air and you can’t really prove they did.