Driver-induced fault codes

[God666]

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ih ave FORD induced Fault codes, does that count??

Service Manager... 'Ford induced fault codes do not exist. That is the way all BAs are. We cannot find a Ford induced fault code in your car. We could not replicate the fault. It must be the way you are driving it. We will note this in our database for further investigation, we believe your allegations of a Ford induced fault code may have breached your warranty.'

[blowhard]

WE can all look forward to big brother watching over our every move.

BMW Europe use a data capture device to log every time the Launch control function is used on their SMG equipped cars, use it too many times and bingo no engine or drivetrain warranty. In the US BMW had to detune the launch control because they can't cancel the warranty (dropped the rev limit for initial launch to 2500 rather than about 4500).

Accident data loggers are used onsome cars in the US to capture the last 10 seconds or so of data before the big bang, they are also fitted to some trucks and fleet vehicles to send "You've been a naughty boy/girl!!!" message to the boss every time you exceed one of the company defined parameters. Don't Expensive Daewoo have a system on their top line cars which will notify Expensive Daewoo if the cars airbag deploys, via an onboard transmitter or phone connection?

The way the anti everything to do with cars mobs are going the ecu in your car will become a target for enforcable data gathering. If the do gooders can't legislate us all back to 40km/h on all roads then you can be sure that they'll find ways to screw us and use our own cars to dob us in.

Paranoid you bet.

[ducatijb]

  blowhard said:

The way the anti everything to do with cars mobs are going the ecu in your car will become a target for enforcable data gathering. If the do gooders can't legislate us all back to 40km/h on all roads then you can be sure that they'll find ways to screw us and use our own cars to dob us in.

Paranoid you bet.

APS or Chiptorque might come out with a piggyback to combat this..

[voy74656]

  BlueXR6Turbo said:

I put my window all the way down yesterday. I hope that didn't log a fault code! :lol:

u only put your window down to look at chicks on hindley street on saturday night....I saw u really...I did...cause I was lookin 2