Government Motors seems to have had more than their share of quality control issues since the Dems bailed them out.
Posted on 06/28/2014 1:03:18 AM PDT by Zakeet
Detroit: General Motors Co., which has recalled about 20 million cars and trucks in North America this year, added 428,111 more US vehicles to that tally, including its redesigned full-sized pickups and large sport-utility vehicles.
GM said it needs to recalibrate software that controls the gears to fix the four-wheel drive on 392,459 pickups and SUVs, including the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups from 2014 and 2015 model years and the 2015 Chevy Tahoe and Suburban. The effected models can switch into neutral on their own, the automaker said on Friday in an e-mailed statement.
If this occurs while a vehicle is in motion, no power will go to the wheels, the Detroit-based company said in the statement. If the vehicle is stopped or parked, it may roll away if the parking brake is not set.
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Government Motors seems to have had more than their share of quality control issues since the Dems bailed them out.
gm bailout - 20 million recalls - mission accomplished. /s
I say…
BONUSES ALL Around!!! Woo Hoo!!!
Its OBAMA time!
GM seems to have a lot of firmware problems.
infirm-ware
You don't "recalibrate" software.
You replace software with a new version that hopefully has fewer bugs than what it's replacing. /facepalm
The Short-Bus Can-Bus gang....lol
Ahhh, the old 2 wheel drive to 4 wheel drive to no wheel drive trick :)
A buddy just bought a new Silverado 4X4, going to have some fun with this if he comes over tomorrow, he's been bragging too much on how it's a better truck than my F 150 4X4.
Wow, just for software? I always wondered why they make the choices they make, especially with regards to being able to update things. Maybe Tesla has it right - wifi in every car. Updates delivered as needed when needed. Adjustments to just about everything from suspension to powertrain can be controlled (perhaps they can even control the car). No “recalls” just automatic downloading of patches and the occasional reboot when the car is plugged in.
What, we can’t just download an upgrade to our cars?
Well, to be fair, in the past auto firmware rarely needed any kind of upgrade. It was usually well nigh bulletproof. Only racing hackers would want to switch it out for anything else. But again, critical vehicle systems were less dependent on fly by wire than they are today.
But at least the F150 never has a BSOD....
Yet anyway, LOL!
Way too much electronic control on all those suckers now days.
The F150 is the first truck I ever took out the 7 year extended warranty on after looking at all the *tronics* involved :)
I’ve had GM all my life...trust me I LOVE my new Honda...didn’t ever look at a GM offering...no regrets.
“But at least the F150 never has a BSOD....”
Umm, I’m trying to remember my first vehicle with sold state ignition. Think it was about 1974. You’re probably asking why this is relevant to this discussion. Well children, now that all our vehicles (plus virtually everything else) depends on solid state electronics to operate, it’s time to ask the question; what am I gonna do if those nasty ole terrorists set off a nuke in ir near my region of habitat? Well, the blast will set off a EMP (electromagnetic pulse) which will knock out virtually all equipment, machinery, devices, etc that have semiconductors within them. So, unless you have a horse, bicycle, or say... about a pre 1970 auto, you’ll be walking :)
Gubmint Motors. Now they want to take out your appendix.
It would be interesting to know the results of any deliberate military tests on the matter.
The chassis of a car or truck is a pretty fair Faraday cage, and for better robustness the inputs of the master chip would probably be zener-protected. That stuff MIGHT still live.
The biggest trouble would come when everything has to be intelligent, then even if you stored spare chips in shielded containers you would need one for each smart device in the vehicle.
I remember reading about a very few cars that had vacuum tube control electronics. That would be funky, but EMP proof.
Is this what passes for good writing these days?
As a life long chevy truck owner I will never, ever, in a million years own another Chevy.
I am looking at Toyota FJs Or a Ford Pick up. But If I won a chevy, I would flatbed it to a Toyota Dealership and trade.
Shifting into neural while on the highway in cruise control might be interesting. Think the controller is smart enough to disable cruise of not in drive? Or would it ask for more throttle since speed is coming down? How long to hit the rev limiter, a second or two?
Recalibrate? Seems more like they need to get folks who know what they're doing when it comes time to write the firmware/software that controls the vehicles.
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