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Have a look at Louis Rossmann’s car repair videos. There is a war going on between government and car manufacturers because they succeeded in side stepping mos
by softfalcon 3y ago
Have a look at Louis Rossmann’s car repair videos.
There is a war going on between government and car manufacturers because they succeeded in side stepping most of the right to repair requirements.
Currently, most new car’s OBD2 ports are somewhat useless because they now use a proprietary wireless communicator to transmit error codes. Apparently, the old right to repair laws didn’t say anything about “wireless communication” so they took the loophole and ran with it.
The days of buying a reasonably affordable scanner and diagnosing and repairing your own vehicle are over. We’re back to square one of forcing them to give us right to repair again. It’s actually really really bad.
- creeble 3y agoI think new cars are still required to report engine codes (ones that cause the CEL to trigger) on the OBD port. That’s still a large percentage of engine problems, and in particular, the ones that prevent you from getting registration renewed in many US states.
- softfalcon 3y agoThere are now Audi, Peugot, and Volvo vehicles sold in the US that don’t have an OBD port. You can’t pull an engine code from a port that doesn’t exist on the vehicle. Toyota, Ford, and Chevrolet are also rumoured to be removing the OBD2 port with their 2025 line-up. They’re just testing how much they can get away with before committing to it. It’s going to become very hard to repair or even diagnose our vehicles if we don’t start fighting back.