15 Mar 2004
Congress May Force Revealing of Car Computer Secrets

We can hope they're going to be forced to take the locks off the hoods, after all! I've noticed this in attempting to get my own vehicle repaired - there are now some repairs on some cars that can only by done by dealers, with a "dealer price" as a part of the deal.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is reporting that there is a bill with 86 co-sponsors in the House to force automakers to open up their proprietary interfaces to car computers. Small car repair shops are more and more becoming locked out of the repair business because most late model cars can only be fixed by accessing their computers with codes that are secret.

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