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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (5 children)

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

[–] CostcoFanboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour 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.

[–] faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

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 4 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 18 hours ago

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

[–] Alwaysnownevernotme@lemmy.world 14 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

the thing is that most manufacturers make sure software bugs are rare in cars. i never experienced an ecu bug before.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

My car is built in 2023 (2016 model) and has none of those "features". The most high tech thing is a USB port.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

Ah, so no ECU? No RFID engine interlock? No braking assist or lane keep?

I highly doubt it. Post your model. You're 1 software bug away from a dead car.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 36 minutes ago* (last edited 35 minutes ago)

Let's see here.

ECU - that has a bug and your dead in the water

Push to start - bug in that system, and you're stuck.

Hill Hold - have a software glitch there and your brake is jammed on.

Sorry bub, there are multiple system on your car where a software glitch will stop it from driving.

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You might be right but how common are those? Ive yet to have a car breakdown over an ECU bug/malfunction but its a small sample size.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 22 minutes ago* (last edited 22 minutes ago)

Not that common, I think most places try to flash the ECU and if that doesn't work they chuck it. I would not be surprised if a lot of software bugs get resolved as a bad ECU.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago