Does anyone ever wonder if car manufacturers are just using the recalls to get cars back to the dealership to plug in the ODB and collect telemetry for resale?
No.
>>28675311Doesn't that recall only affect certain NVs of which they haven't made since 2021? That doesn't seem like it would make a lot of sense.
your car does not collect driving telemetry that would be at all useful to sell. that makret doesn't work that way. that is just boomer fud and retarded technophobia, making assumptions that because marketers track you on the internet to ensure their ads are reaching targets, they must also track you irl. while plausible it's not really done because it's not really useful information.the amount of ram and internal storage needed to actually store enough data to be worth selling is sort of beyond most cars' capability, especially a fleet van. that shit is as barebones as possible. if any data is collected it's immediately shuffled off thru the cellular ocnnection in the head unit which again, wouldn't exist on a fleet van. your obd2 connector is for car systems diagnostics, not really data transfer.
Manufacturers do not issue recalls unless they absolutely have to, there's far too much negative publicity associated with doing it. The benefits to them of what you're suggesting would not be worth the negative public opinion that issuing the recall would cause.
>>28675311You do realize that for the past decade most cars have cellular modems built in to them, and pretty much anything new does. Search telematics
>>28675394>most cars have cellular modems built in to themnopeonly the premium touchscreensanything without fancy internal nav will have no cellular connectivity at all. it costs the company money to keep that shit running.it is also legally required to state if the car has cellular radios or not as per the fcc, they can't just hide it in the car somewhere
>>28675397Car companies literally use software to score your driving on new cars, the info is sent via SIM to the company who then sells it to your insurance. It's a real thing now. They are working on scraping your phone and social media to give you targeted ads. Not on all cars, yet.