{"id":5632,"date":"2023-11-15T12:07:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=5632"},"modified":"2023-11-15T12:45:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:45:15","slug":"stellantis-italy-locks-you-out-of-your-vehicles-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2023\/11\/15\/stellantis-italy-locks-you-out-of-your-vehicles-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Stellantis Italy Locks You Out of Your Vehicle&#8217;s Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Stellantis Italy behind Ram, Chrysler, Jeep&#8230;.(formerly Fiat) will not allow you to read your own car&#8217;s on-board diagnostics system. It appears you have to be a mechanic and pay for online services to be able to have access to the computer of the vehicle or replace a module, and though they claim this is for security it looks like a scheme for subscription services and dealer parts sales. For $99 you can buy a simple Bluetooth OBD II dongle to read your car&#8217;s data like BlueDriver, read and clear fault codes, see live data&#8230; all in a phone application (many other OBD scanners exist with really good ones starting at about the $300 range). And many things are easy to diagnose and fix yourself if you&#8217;re inclined, which is incredibly handy as many dealerships with high overheads will mistreat you in order to pay the bills, and sometimes not even correct the original issue (see bottom video). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Here\u2019s Why Rams are the Biggest POS Vehicles Ever Made\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sJ3VQmW3_uE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But it appears Stallantis Italy lost a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.loyensloeff.com\/insights\/news--events\/news\/european-court-of-justice-rules-on-access-to-vehicle-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">case in the EU<\/a>, so maybe this will change. Consequently, their quality leaves a lot to be desired, but this is definitely a deal breaker for ever buying one of their vehicles, especially when it will need repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s the video on a quality mechanic dealing with a car the dealership didn&#8217;t take care of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"200K Mile, 10 Year Old Outback Full Inspection! How Has The FB Engine Faired The Test Of Time?!\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/perANnJcCos?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stellantis Italy behind Ram, Chrysler, Jeep&#8230;.(formerly Fiat) will not allow you to read your own car&#8217;s on-board diagnostics system. It appears you have to be a mechanic and pay for online services to be able to have access to the computer of the vehicle or replace a module, and though they claim this is for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5632"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5637,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5632\/revisions\/5637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}