Vehicles with Uconnect vulnerability

[Irving]

Just that the brakes aren't mechanical is concerning by itself.

[68Charger]

Just that the brakes aren't mechanical is concerning by itself.

They are... but if you activate the anti-lock module properly (Improperly?) it can render them essentially useless.

[TFOGGER]

And I know a lot of people that want "driverless" cars. Yeah...that'll work out great.

Every time I hear about self driving cars, I think of this:

[Hound]

This will sound counter intuitive but this is a REAL good thing. If these types of issues were not coming out now they would be when cars are more autonomous (driverless). When control can be completely taken out of a drivers control is not the time to be figuring this out. Also.... +2 on a separate bus. This also applies to planes as we recently found out, again in the news, recently.

[Great-Kazoo]

whomever wrote that article isn't very up to date... CANIBUS isn't just engine management- it's connected to almost every system on newer cars... allows diagnostics and digital activation of accessories. Anti-lock braking modules, steering servos, engine & transmission management to radios, electric door locks and windows, HVAC, wipers, etc...

They have weed in computers?

[ruthabagah]

They have weed in computers?

Winning post! Lol

[gnihcraes]

I just finished the update on our 2015 Jeep. Took about 10 minutes to update, about an hour to download on the web and copy to flash drive etc.