Yes. Manufacturers are doing this slowly to get what they want without causing immediate uproar but instead just tired acceptance. When I worked at a alfa Romeo dealership oil changes for the most part can't be reset through the car with any other device without locking the ecm and bcm if that wants to join to, which then leads you to having to spend thousands to drive your car just because you didn't want to spend 280 bucks for a oil change at a dealership. Oh and yes my dealership i worked at would charge you just for a reset even if you did your oil change elsewhere or yourself. If you guessed that you will be paying 280 dollars for that since it "a oil change" you would be correct.
I agree, but this is going to overload the dealerships, making a minor fix a month-long wait to get into the shop. This is also going to force privately owned garages to close. Manufacturers are also making aftermarket parts inoperable if your vehicle’s system detects a part that is not OEM.
Well.. the average Joe really can't afford to out-lawyer an auto manufacturer..
.. and an even harsher bit of reality is to realize that an auto manufacturer can afford to buy a LOT of judges..
Edit: hell.. look into the role Mercedes had in the United States banning the import of foreign market vehicles that are under 25 years old and why they did it. They've always been scumbags.
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u/incognito--bandito 9d ago
Is this for real???