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Why Your New Car Is Nearly Impossible to Fix (And It’s Getting Worse) (www.carsandhorsepower.com)
submitted 7 hours ago by Changelin@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The modern automobile is safer, cleaner, more efficient, and more technologically advanced than anything that came before it. Yet those improvements have come at a cost. For many owners, mechanics, and independent repair shops, that cost is repairability.

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[–] Johanno@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

You agree when you use the car.

At least that is the legal claim.

There is a disclaimer when you start the car.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 17 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Wait... Every car I ever rented, borrowed or owned never showed a disclaimer anywhere. What are you driving that shows a disclaimer?

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'd check owners manuals, and any rental policies, or bill of sale/contracts. Sometimes this may show up when the vehicle is first taken out of pre-delivery mode and never again.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

If it's only at pre-delivery or in manual, then I buy the car second hand without a manual am I still legally complied to the disclaimer?

[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 54 minutes ago)

Not a lawyer. No idea, but possibly. Seems like it would be covered by some sort of clause about taking on those risks and responsibilities if you ride in or drive the car but how enforceable is that?

[–] Changelin@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

What choice do consumers have, anyway? Return the car cause you don't agree with the disclaimer?

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 11 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

and then what are you gonna buy instead, a second hand car from the mid 90s before they all started adding telemetry modules.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 14 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I did literally that.

The real solution is regulatory, though, because obviously my boycott has done absolutely fuck-all to change manufacturer behavior.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

yeah they know most people don't know or don't care, maybe selling the data from the telemetry to a data broker who on sells it to ICE might change some peoples minds...

Or if ICE starts connecting to the telemetry modules directly on older less secure models...