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Tesla issues 5th recall for the new Cybertruck within a year, the latest due to rearview camera (abcnews.go.com)
submitted 2 months ago by vegeta to c/technology
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[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've never owned a car that needed regular software updates. Have you?

[–] Kbobabob 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are you sure? There's a ton of them that do. Unless you have an older vehicle.

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I have a 2016 Prius. I've never needed to download a software update. Somehow Toyota could handle making a hybrid without it being necessary.

[–] Kbobabob 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That doesn't necessarily mean that there isn't an update.

https://www.toyota.com/firmware-updates/updates

[–] FlyingSquid 3 points 2 months ago

So an optional update rather than one you have to do because of a recall, the thing we're talking about? Because otherwise this seems like a "technically" sort of gotcha.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Counterpoint is that this recall can be done OTA instead of requiring you to make an appointment and visit a dealership which is a million times more convenient. Your car has had recalls too.