The day is coming when you won't be able to work on your car
07-23-16, 03:05 AM
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The day is coming when you won't be able to work on your car
You won't be able to work on your car, http://www.autoblog.com/2015/04/20/a...s-car-repairs/
http://www.cheatsheet.com/automobile...tml/?a=viewall
http://www.cheatsheet.com/automobile...tml/?a=viewall
07-23-16, 04:41 AM
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They are talking about ECU mods. The new law would only hurt the Germans, mainly the BMW. If BMW is so concerned about this issue, then why not do what Toyota did? Instead they blame the car owners for modifying the ECU codes, when it's the manufacturer who leaves the door open and allows people to tamprer with the car's software.
07-25-16, 04:00 PM
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no issues. I have no clue anyway. We drive a Lexus not a Chevy. Just pay someone . All jokes aside. The US spec Lexus ECU has been cracked for several months no by RR Racing. ISFs have available tunes now !
07-25-16, 05:13 PM
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07-26-16, 06:06 AM
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07-26-16, 06:43 AM
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07-26-16, 01:14 PM
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Both owners performing shade-tree repairs to their cars and tuner-hobbyists have gained DMCA exemption so there is no restriction on ECU tinkering as far as I know. That doesn't mean owners actually own the *code* in the ECU... just that they have been granted the exemption to pull codes from and otherwise mess with their ECUs in the name of auto repair.
A lot of that came about because of the John Deere company. Farmers currently DO NOT have a DMCA exemption regarding vehicle ECUs in the same way car and truck owners do. In order to do something as simple as pull an ECU error code to determine what is wrong with their exorbitantly expensive tractors they are legally required to schedule a John Deere technician to visit them. A simple code scanner would probably do the same thing for them but technically this isn't allowed. Hopefully that will change for farmers.
As for gearheads... we are exempt from DMCA restrictions.
What is more likely to happen is that eventually the engine configurations and control modules themselves will just get very complex and will have less wiggle room than before in regards to tuning.
When full EV technology comes down in price to the point that interesting driver oriented models are affordable I'd hope the same holds true. Of course we'll still have older cars and can cram any custom technology we want under their hoods.
A lot of that came about because of the John Deere company. Farmers currently DO NOT have a DMCA exemption regarding vehicle ECUs in the same way car and truck owners do. In order to do something as simple as pull an ECU error code to determine what is wrong with their exorbitantly expensive tractors they are legally required to schedule a John Deere technician to visit them. A simple code scanner would probably do the same thing for them but technically this isn't allowed. Hopefully that will change for farmers.
As for gearheads... we are exempt from DMCA restrictions.
What is more likely to happen is that eventually the engine configurations and control modules themselves will just get very complex and will have less wiggle room than before in regards to tuning.
When full EV technology comes down in price to the point that interesting driver oriented models are affordable I'd hope the same holds true. Of course we'll still have older cars and can cram any custom technology we want under their hoods.
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