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Why don't cars have diagnostic software loaded onto their infotainment centers?
  • Who is going to look at that stuff apart from technicians?

    Anyone who owns expensive equipment and is serious about true ownership including all possible maintenance and repairs. Hi, I'm the guy who would be looking at it if it was visible without shitty dongles or 5-figure ASICs.

    Tell your employer they could have share prices doing numbers if they did the slightest bit of QOL improvements for anyone remotely like me.

  • Why don't cars have diagnostic software loaded onto their infotainment centers?
  • I disagree... Error codes from the OBD port are usually system-specific. They make troubleshooting very easy if you use online resources... I just want a quick readout on the included hardware.

    Not a fan of dongles and such. I own a few different 'Amazon specials' and the UI feels like hot garbage (given I use them maybe 1-2x a year at most).

  • Why don't cars have diagnostic software loaded onto their infotainment centers?
  • They don't want to maintain the software for it.

    That's fine, I just want the error codes displayed on the existing screens. No software necessary for that. Maybe a simple script at worst..

    Also, they simply don't want you to know.

    They want it to be known, otherwise there wouldn't be fail codes output to the OBDII port....

    It's meant for diagnostics only.

    Yes. Why don't they display diagnostics error codes on the existing displays? I'm fine with special display modes and "secret" menu options.

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  • Why don't cars have diagnostic software loaded onto their infotainment centers?

    Modern cars have MASSIVE digital displays, loads of computers systems monitoring every subsystem and internal diagnostics running to the OBDII ports.

    Why the hell can't we get diagnostic feeds on our console or infotainment center?

    I'm not aware of any car manufacturers selling their own diagnostic ASICs, so it's not an extra margin to squeeze afaik...

    What gives? Any insight into this beyond the usual muh corporate profits conjecture?

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