Enough with the recalls
Well for 5 weeks in a row now I have gone out to the mailbox and each week had a recall notice on my truck. Security recall, drivers airbag, passenger airbag, steering wheel harness and now steering b...
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As the complexity increases...the more opportunities for failure...
As does the expertise, time and cost to fix them...heck...to even diagnose properly
most times today requires a computer science degree or equivalent
Buyers of newer vehicles (whether brand new or used) are now the test dummies
Even my Trek Madone 6.5 road bike's speedometer has several computers in that
system...that drains the batteries (yes, more than one) quickly
My new Trek Farley 9.8 MTB will NOT get the speedometer that is an option because
of the Madone
Am seeing more and more threads on these highly integrated systems on cars and
our TVs
Mostly IBC and that the non-dealers sending them to the dealers...who seemly
do NOT have enough techs in the know...for now.
Since 'highly integrated'...am worried that there will be too many which will
just shut down, spot on when the computers get confused or a loss of sensor
input
Buddy just turned 66 and they both treated themselves to a Mercedes C class
He won't touch it after one incident and I've told her to take the free classes
after she kept asking me to teach her
After the first class, she said amazing that there are over 100 computers in
there. She is now with 4 days of free classes under her belt and still has
problems (non-techie, so disadvantage from the get go)
Admit to having tough times with some vehicles and this from a guy with careers
in robotics, automation and computing.
Am hoping it won't happen...but...wonder when the first report of some vehicle's
computer software will be 'obsolete' and no longer 'supported'...who still runs XP or older?
Betcha lots...I'm one and for archival use on the internet
As does the expertise, time and cost to fix them...heck...to even diagnose properly
most times today requires a computer science degree or equivalent
Buyers of newer vehicles (whether brand new or used) are now the test dummies
Even my Trek Madone 6.5 road bike's speedometer has several computers in that
system...that drains the batteries (yes, more than one) quickly
My new Trek Farley 9.8 MTB will NOT get the speedometer that is an option because
of the Madone
Am seeing more and more threads on these highly integrated systems on cars and
our TVs
Mostly IBC and that the non-dealers sending them to the dealers...who seemly
do NOT have enough techs in the know...for now.
Since 'highly integrated'...am worried that there will be too many which will
just shut down, spot on when the computers get confused or a loss of sensor
input
Buddy just turned 66 and they both treated themselves to a Mercedes C class
He won't touch it after one incident and I've told her to take the free classes
after she kept asking me to teach her
After the first class, she said amazing that there are over 100 computers in
there. She is now with 4 days of free classes under her belt and still has
problems (non-techie, so disadvantage from the get go)
Admit to having tough times with some vehicles and this from a guy with careers
in robotics, automation and computing.
Am hoping it won't happen...but...wonder when the first report of some vehicle's
computer software will be 'obsolete' and no longer 'supported'...who still runs XP or older?
Betcha lots...I'm one and for archival use on the internet
