"Please subscribe to continue operating your vehicle"
this post was submitted on 12 Mar 2025
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This is just asking to get rickroll’d.
I'm surprised Dodge is trying this considering the thousands of memes of BMW implementing pay to use features on their vehicle ever since they added subscription heated seats.
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Welp. That sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen. Of the class action variety.
Don’t worry, on the mountain of paperwork you sign when you buy a car there’s probably an arbitration clause somewhere.
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Barf
Excited to see what they'll do with Revanced for cars.
Whenever I upgrade my car, if it has this “feature “ I will immediately change out the system.
There was an article about this few months ago and the exact same reddit post was used there as evidence of this being true. This was most likely a bug and it probably has been fixed since. If what the headline claims here was true there would be tons of videos of it happening to different people on YouTube.
2nd paragraph of the article:
Update: the above image is older, which has some folks on social media wondering
Stelantis was reported doing this with Jeep, and now they are doing it with Dodge too. You are confusing the issue because you are misremembering the facts.
3rd paragraph:
This isn’t the first time Stellantis has pulled this sort of stunt with popup ads, either. They already tried adding pop-up ads to Jeeps
This is just another example of the shitshow Stellantis has become! It's an unnecessary distraction that blocks the use of the screen until you close the message. This is bound to cause issues and probably even accidents.
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I’ve been debating getting a new car after paying a ton to fix up my old one but now I think I’ll keep her forever.
Anybody got a lead on a rebuilt turbo for a 2.0L TSI?
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This is old and they’ve already said it’s a bug. Stellantis sucks for sure though.
Be less gullible
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Speed run to bankruptcy.
I'd get rid of that car so fast it would make your head spin. There is no car I'd put up having this garbage to keep
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