Software is a legal grey area as others pointed out. In your example, the vehicle owner modified the software version and used an unsupported one. The manufactu

Software is a legal grey area as others pointed out. In your example, the vehicle owner modified the software version and used an unsupported one. The manufacturer cannot be liable when there is no legal contract. The problem here is that this is functionally similar to using an outdated version of photoshop but the consequences are vastly different.