Big Brother at FCA?

ramenth said

Nothing new.

My '89 used to trip a maintenance light every so many miles to have it taken to the dealership for emissions inspection (hoses, charcoal canister, purge, etc). Now it's done via the Cloud, instead of built in software.

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Let you in on a little secret, from 87 to 89 there was a 9V battery located between the speedo and fuel gauge. It powered a counter that would set the Maint Req light off. We would bring the trucks in, hook them up to a DRBII, check things out and replace the battery. The light would also go off if the battery died.
The mopar 9v battery's were $10 each then, and they were just Ray-o-vacs. We bought Duracells and charged a couple bucks each. They would last a lot longer.