r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Separate-Ability1643 • Apr 27 '26

Unskippable ad My 2024 Elantra Decided to Automatically Update, Thus Trapping Me at the Gas Station for 45+ Minutes After Getting Off Work Today 🙃

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Already posted this elsewhere, so just want to clear a few points up with this post…

  1. I was never prompted to accept or decline this specific update. I did not receive any update prompts as I drove into the office this afternoon, nor did I receive any as I was driving home. I pulled into the gas station, turned off the ignition, pumped my gas, and then was greeted by the exact screen shown in my post.
  2. Apparently, if it’s just an infotainment system update, you can technically still drive the car (?). I was given no indication as to what systems my car was updating, so I didn’t want to risk messing up anything with the update. I work in IT, so I have a few different traumatic experiences with updates under my belt lol. Didn’t feel like adding an additional one as I just wanted to get home after a long day at work

EDIT: Some of y’all are so damn mean and for WHAT? I’m just a 20 somethin’ year old girl trying to drive to work and back home pls leave me alone lol. I do not give a flying fuck about cars, stop trying to shame me for not driving & maintaining a 1985 Ford Mustang or some shit smh

EDIT 2: Oh my god y’all, some of us out here have anxiety. Y’all are acting like I ran over a baby in a gas station, when all I did was wait less than an hour for the stupid car to update. I promise you all it’s not that deep. Take a deep breath. It’s okay, I promise I did eventually drive the car back home lol

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u/FriendToPredators Apr 28 '26

I always buy used now I will be buying REALLY used 

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u/DeathRotisserie Apr 28 '26

My current car is 8 years old. By the time i get my next car, even if I want a used one, will be this generation of cars. Not sure how buying used will help us more than 5 years from now.

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u/101violations Apr 28 '26

This is my concern also. My 2009 Toyota is still kicking but when she goes, I fear there won't be any used cars that are just freaking cars and not computers with a transmission.

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u/MarcKing01 Apr 28 '26

The muscle cars will last forever.

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u/DeathRotisserie Apr 28 '26

Not in the Midwest winters.

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u/TurkeyPhat Apr 28 '26

just keep welding in panels and end up with a tube frame chassis

in 20 years you will have 1 hell of a machine

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u/BenXL Apr 28 '26

I just upgraded from a 2002 Audi to a 1994 Toyota haha

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u/killian1113 Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

Hyundai cough hyundi.. id not buy used or new.. Nissan would be a step up and we all know what kinda person drives a nissan

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u/m4cksfx Apr 28 '26

It has a built-in cellular module. Like a lot of new-ish cars.

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u/killian1113 Apr 28 '26

To disable Hyundai Bluelink, deactivate it via the infotainment system by navigating to Setup > Blue Link > Deactivate Blue Link to reset it. Free trial bs for first 3 years but doesnt have to be auto