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Nothing quite says “high-performance muscle car” like a popup ad for a Mopar Extended Warranty covering your whole center console. That’s right, Dodge Charger owners are now experiencing an exciting new feature: pop-up ads that appear every time the vehicle stops at a light. This absolute garbage feature was spotted in the wild, take a look here.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

This is just asking to get rickroll’d.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If you just do a standing burnout at every light will it not pop up?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm surprised Dodge is trying this considering the thousands of memes of BMW implementing pay to use features on their vehicle ever since they added subscription heated seats.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Welp. That sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. Of the class action variety.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Don’t worry, on the mountain of paperwork you sign when you buy a car there’s probably an arbitration clause somewhere.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

If you disconnect the car’s cellular network, do the ads go away?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Weren't they going to discontinue both the charger and challenger?

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

Excited to see what they'll do with Revanced for cars.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

There was an article about this few months ago and the exact same reddit post was used there as evidence of this being true. This was most likely a bug and it probably has been fixed since. If what the headline claims here was true there would be tons of videos of it happening to different people on YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

2nd paragraph of the article:

Update: the above image is older, which has some folks on social media wondering

Stelantis was reported doing this with Jeep, and now they are doing it with Dodge too. You are confusing the issue because you are misremembering the facts.

3rd paragraph:

This isn’t the first time Stellantis has pulled this sort of stunt with popup ads, either. They already tried adding pop-up ads to Jeeps

This is just another example of the shitshow Stellantis has become! It's an unnecessary distraction that blocks the use of the screen until you close the message. This is bound to cause issues and probably even accidents.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Whenever I upgrade my car, if it has this “feature “ I will immediately change out the system.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I’ve been debating getting a new car after paying a ton to fix up my old one but now I think I’ll keep her forever.

Anybody got a lead on a rebuilt turbo for a 2.0L TSI?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I'd get rid of that car so fast it would make your head spin. There is no car I'd put up having this garbage to keep

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

This is old and they’ve already said it’s a bug. Stellantis sucks for sure though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Be less gullible

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Speed run to bankruptcy.

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