cyrano@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agoJeep pushed software update that bricked all 2024 Wrangler 4xe modelstwitter.comexternal-linkmessage-square129linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkJeep pushed software update that bricked all 2024 Wrangler 4xe modelstwitter.comcyrano@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square129linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-213 days agoIf functionality can be restore, the car was not bricked. Bricked means beyond repair. The device is as worthless as a brick because it can’t be repaired, and it has absolutely zero functionality. So yes it must be comforting for people to know that they can have their car working again.
minus-squarechiliedogg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoIf I had a car that had suddenly stopped working due to a careless update, I’d want it to be bricked so I could make the manufacturer pay for a different fucking car.
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoThe fact it was disabled to begin with is enough for me to pass on a jeep.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoFor me that’s no different than anything else Stelantis.
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoFixed. There will be more doing this in the future.
minus-squarethermal_shock@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-213 days agoAnyone even accidentally remote disables my car, even if fixable, can go fuck themselves. Not interested, pass.
If functionality can be restore, the car was not bricked.
Bricked means beyond repair. The device is as worthless as a brick because it can’t be repaired, and it has absolutely zero functionality.
So yes it must be comforting for people to know that they can have their car working again.
If I had a car that had suddenly stopped working due to a careless update, I’d want it to be bricked so I could make the manufacturer pay for a different fucking car.
The fact it was disabled to begin with is enough for me to pass on a jeep.
For me that’s no different than anything else Stelantis.
Fixed. There will be more doing this in the future.
Anyone even accidentally remote disables my car, even if fixable, can go fuck themselves. Not interested, pass.