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I'm always surprised we don't see more car console "Blue Screens" reported. Weird reboots mid-drive and such.

• ralferoo 3y ago
  About once every 4-5 weeks my car beeps at me whilst driving along admonishing me to say that I shouldn't be putting it in P/N while driving. Obviously, I've done no such thing. Each time about a second later, it realises its mistake and cancels the message, but it's still enough to make you take your eyes off the road to look at its stupid message. Apparently, it's a faulty sensor on the gear lever, but it seems crazy it seems to have one sensor to detect P/N for this message and another one to actually disengage the gears for parking / neutral.
• sbierwagen 3y ago
  Infamously, some Mazda infotainment systems crashed when a Seattle area radio station left off a file extension in a metadata broadcast https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/10/mazda_radios_images/ https://www.theregister.com/2022/02/10/mazda_radios_images/
• aeyes 3y ago
  In my car the UI just freezes until the headunit restarts 1-2 minutes later. A few years ago I rode with a friend and he'd have to turn ignition off and on again to restart the headunit. That's rather annoying while cruising on the highway. The madman still did it - a bit dangerous because you lose power steering and the brake booster without the engine running.
  • npteljes 3y ago
    And while the ignition is off, the wheel locks in place at a specific angle as an anti-theft measure. Terrifies me to think about.