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Modern cars have MASSIVE digital displays, loads of computers systems monitoring every subsystem and internal diagnostics running to the OBDII ports.

Why the hell can't we get diagnostic feeds on our console or infotainment center?

I'm not aware of any car manufacturers selling their own diagnostic ASICs, so it's not an extra margin to squeeze afaik...

What gives? Any insight into this beyond the usual muh corporate profits conjecture?

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[–] [email protected] 131 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (13 children)

The sad answer is that those displays exist to cut costs, not to make your ownership experience better.

Also the dealers want you to come to them for that CEL, and the companies don’t want to piss off the dealers.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Just to throw this out there, but car dealership owners are close to the scummiest people on the planet.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

My spouse used to work in the industry. I can confirm your take with first hand experience 😮‍💨

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