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Ohio man says software update disabled car, leaving $1,600 bill and little options (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 day ago by mynameisbob@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Cross posted from https://hexbear.net/post/9006467

A Sycamore Township man said a mandatory software update on his Volkswagen Jetta appeared to trigger a cascade of malfunctions, leaving key safety features and the infotainment system not working properly. A dealership then told him it would cost $1,600 to diagnose and repair:

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[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Any software update for anything always carries that risk, even with fail safes built in, its just the nature of software.

It sucks, but itll always be the case.

Edit: and even the software can fuck with the hardware. Tesla had an issue once where they were logging to much data and they were burning out the memory before the cars end of life.