That is going to be difficult, with the current demand by consumers and the options they can build into the Entertainment display, to communicate with the vehicle, including sending commands. In the future, in new designs, the radios need to be off the vehicle control network, and radio/entertainment needs to be on its own physical network. Once they get rid of the vulnerability, the hacker would have to be sitting in the car with you, with his laptop plugged into the OBDII port.Ĭlick to expand.Yep, while current vehicles the patches for the software will be necessary to remove any vulnerabilities. My understanding of the horrors people speak about, are nothing more than the ability to send maintenance commands to control modules, which if you were driving on the road, it could cause some disconcerting reactions from the vehicle. Plus using the recall system, gets the word out more completely.īear in mind, this "hacking" consists of exploiting a vulnerability in the uconnect to just get access to the CAN bus.
LXI EXPERT SOFTWARE NOT SUTTING A FOR FREE
So, while this is an easy fix the owner can do themselves, I'm betting FCA doesn't want to add one more straw on the camel's back that is the NHTSA, and are offering the dealer to do it for free for the owners that are NOT inclined to install the fix themselves.
(Granted there is another thread where FCA is in trouble for NOT getting to recalls they should have done and owners are waiting for them). The hassle FCA is having for past recalls with the NHTSA still on them for NOT completing every vehicle? Thing like installing a tow hitch for gas tank safety, with owners failing to bring them in despite being informed or owners that installed a tow hitch themselves and thus won't bring it in, etc.