Self Repo!

[Eskram]

Shady BHPH dealers have been doing this for years. 4 seconds late with your payment, good luck getting home.

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[Rinn69]

I bet that would be fun to watch for those who park inside a garage.

I foresee a lot of garages being converted into Faraday cages....

 

[Motorpsychology]

Anything developed by humans can be compromised by humans.
Hack into it and self drive it to a chop shop to rip out the cat.

 

[Dereku]

Anything developed by humans can be compromised by humans.
Hack into it and self drive it to a chop shop to rip out the cat.

If we all did what the government wants we would have EVs and no cats to be stolen

 

[Motorpsychology]

If we all did what the government wants we would have EVs and no cats to be stolen

Then they'll figure out a way to steal the neodymium (rare earth)magnets out of the motors. There's probably a way to "siphon" a charge off a parked BEV into another one. Over the air Forscan to lock the APIM on an all-polka stream at 30 volume with a shut-off override.

 

[P. A. Schilke]

That's just crazy! Why would Ford, the only company (so far) file a patent for this? If this was to ever get installed no way I'd eve buy another one. This gives them total control over your vehicle.

Hi Dave,

Our local Ford dealer installs a system on the vehicle which is alleged to only be a security system but if you use their finance and miss a payment they can disable the vehicle where ever it is.

I will not buy vehicles from them...

Best,
Phil

 

[9zero1790]

If we all did what the government wants we would have EVs and no cats to be stolen

give it time.

 

[9zero1790]

Hi Dave,

Our local Ford dealer installs a system on the vehicle which is alleged to only be a security system but if you use their finance and miss a payment they can disable the vehicle where ever it is.

I will not buy vehicles from them...

Best,
Phil

basically any dealer that is berkshire hathaway does that as well. pretty sad.

 

[Dereku]

give it time.

EVs will need cats and emissions tests!

 

[9zero1790]

EVs will need cats and emissions tests!

if we were so lucky

 

[SigOris]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/futur...hemselves-and-drive-away-if-you-miss-payments

If it’s as good as Sync and the Pass App we don't have anything to worry about

 

[Motorpsychology]

Upon further review:

Why stop at cars? How about aircraft brokers? An airline misses a few payments on a 767; *click* the cockpit is locked.
Seriously, it would be up to the lender or lessor whether to activate this feature, and in that tiny 6-point type at the bottom of your loan agreement would be where you give them the right to repossess. What about a disgruntled loan officer at the bank? (S)He gets fired and so they hit the repo button on every vehicle in their file, including the performing loans and the paid-offs.

 

[AzScorpion]

It looks like Ford nixed the plans to go through with this.

https://fordauthority.com/2023/03/ford-vehicle-repossession-technology-will-not-be-implemented/

“We don’t have any plans to deploy this,” said Ford spokesperson Wes Sherwood. “We submit patents on new inventions as a normal course of business but they aren’t necessarily an indication of new business or product plans.”

This particular Ford patent raised more than a few eyebrows for a number of reasons, though its intentions are to make the actual act of repossession a bit safer for those involved. To avoid confrontation, the system outlined in the patent would be able to communicate with financial institutions such as banks that hand out vehicle loans, repossession agencies, and even the police or medical personnel. In the event that someone doesn’t make their payments on a vehicle loan, these entities would be able to communicate with each other, the vehicle, and the owner.

 

[TJC]

This gives them total control over your vehicle.

They have that now. They simply don't use it... yet!

 

[Jason B]

It looks like Ford nixed the plans to go through with this.

https://fordauthority.com/2023/03/ford-vehicle-repossession-technology-will-not-be-implemented/

I kinda suspected that. There are people all over You Tube and social media losing their minds over this, saying that the evil corporate overlords will steal your car if you fail to make payments.
Oblivious to the fact that repo for failure to make payments is not stealing your car.

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