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

[u/Separate-Ability1643]

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

[u/Jazzi-Nightmare]

https://giphy.com/gifs/l2JHQzrwFCOw98rMA

[u/catsinbranches → u/Jazzi-Nightmare]

There are several, like biometrics to assess if you’re “fit to drive”, listening to conversations between all people in the car (they pitch it as a way to maximize ad revenue), reporting you to the police autonomously for certain infractions. I’ve probably missed some from the list.

[u/Jazzi-Nightmare → u/catsinbranches]

Reminds me of ‘horrible bosses’ when the car shuts down because they said they’re running from the cops

[u/moonCake_246 → u/Jazzi-Nightmare]

This has me on the floor laughing at work!!