There are about 100 million lines of code in modern cars, according to PwC – far more than a passenger jet running 14 million lines of code, or a fighter jet with about 25 million. Therefore, it should come as little surprise that software fixes now account for over 20 percent of automotive recalls, according to an analysis of 10 years of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data by DeMayo Law, as reported by Ars Technica. For better or worse, this represents a significant shift in how recalls are handled.
You must log in or register to comment.
I swear these assholes went buck wild with the software in vehicles with almost no guardrails.
I don’t know for sure what the case is, but if we don’t have standards in place for upgrades and software support of vehicles as they age, issues like planned obselescence and coerced subscriptions are going to run rampant.
Maybe if they cut out the shit like serial (or vin in this case) locked components, spyware, adware, software that does things only hardware should do, and touchscreen “buttons” complexity would be reduced enough that they could actually coherently review and verify their embedded systems.
Fuck any car built after 2014.
Even the ones built before can have some bullshit. But I’m with you.
Had to replace a totalled, paid off car in 2019…best value was a 2016. Fortunately (to quote Monty Python) “it’s not got much spam in it!”. It already has a couple minor glitches with the “cool” features, like the stupid keyless system.
I will happily pay thousands to fix what’s wrong on my early 2000’s vehicle, just so I don’t have to get all that BS.
Who could have possibly predicted this?! (Sarcasm)
We’re not nearly as far into “find out” as we will be.
perhaps they should be forced to let consumers fix the software in their own cars.
