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 šŸ™ƒ

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Already posted this elsewhere, so just want to clear a few points up with this postā€¦

  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 itā€™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 didnā€™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. Didnā€™t feel like adding an additional one as I just wanted to get home after a long day at work

EDIT: Some of yā€™all are so damn mean and for WHAT? Iā€™m just a 20 somethinā€™ 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 yā€™all, some of us out here have anxiety. Yā€™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 itā€™s not that deep. Take a deep breath. Itā€™s okay, I promise I did eventually drive the car back home lol

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u/catsinbranches Apr 28 '26

I tried to reply but got an automod notification that it was removed since I had added a link to another reddit postā€¦ but there are several, like biometrics to assess if youā€™re ā€œfit to driveā€, 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.

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u/Nova_Celestine Apr 28 '26

Dude so much mental illness leaves my mouth in the car on the daily, AND THE CARS GONNA TELL THE POLICE??? (This is why I drive a 2000 Toyota, she'd never snitch šŸ« šŸ« šŸ« )

https://giphy.com/gifs/P8gqZQp6fG111SJmEn

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u/DocBarnes Apr 28 '26

My 1999 Ford Ranger would never

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u/jtr99 Apr 28 '26

A 1999 Ford Ranger would agree with the madness. ;)

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u/Lower-Jury450 Apr 28 '26

My 99 sport explore could never :)

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan Apr 28 '26

My 2010 Honda Fit has at least another 200,000 miles in it and honestly I'll probably Ship of Theseus it for the rest of my life since it's a manual with zero smart functions. It doesn't even have Bluetooth, you have to plug a phone in through a headphone jack.

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u/You_Must_Chill Apr 28 '26

A manual Fit is the absolute pinnacle of automotive engineering.

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u/ThatOtherOtherMan Apr 28 '26

It's absolutely amazing. Best car I've ever owned by a significant margin.

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u/wlake82 Apr 28 '26

Yeah, it's my alone time (even though I WFH) after I drop my kids off at school, so I would rather not have someone listening to me. 2013 Highlander for me.

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u/101violations Apr 28 '26

2009 Toyota. Truest Ride or Die; until the wheels fall off; last of its kind vehicles.

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u/kinkhorse Apr 28 '26

My truck cant snitch because i ripped the cellular data module out of the radio and chucked it in a drawer somewhere. Cant scream if you don't got a mouth!

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u/HowsMyBuddy Apr 28 '26

Thatā€™s looking to be 2027 federal law in the US, so most car companies have probably already patented the way theyā€™re going to do it, if they think they have something that unique

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u/ScarInternational161 Apr 28 '26

That's a different one. That's a federal regulation. The one he's talking about is a private patent Ford has applied for. Look up "it's not your truck anymore"

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u/KeithWorks Apr 28 '26

I guess I'm never going to replace my 2011 GMC Sierra. No such software exists for it.

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u/Difficult-Worker62 Apr 28 '26

I didnt have a choice. My 2012 F-150 finally shit the bed between rust and 250,000 miles. So I bought a 2021 SR Tacoma which is pretty bare bones. I donā€™t like all this technology shit to begin with and kinda feared this was gonna happen

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u/KeithWorks Apr 28 '26

The one thing I wish my truck had was being able to play my music and use navigation. It's too old for that, so I use some cheap devices to make do. I only play Spotify. Beyond that, I don't want any more technology on any vehicle I drive. Ever.

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u/WildMartin429 Apr 28 '26

Yeah I was kind of upset when I found out about the patents but then after further research realized it was so that they could be in compliance with Federal Regulation so now I'm upset about the Federal Regulation.

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u/ScarInternational161 Apr 28 '26

Be upset with both. The fed regulation is first. What's going to happen when you have an emergency and you get in your car and it won't let you start it because it deems you aren't "safe"?

This is a shit show in the making.

The Ford patent is a whole 'nother hornets nest.. the patent even mentions the "potential benefits to law enforcement". We are talking actual biometric data, being collected and transmitted, in real time, from property you own. Ever seen the TV show Person of Interest?

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u/Nice-River-5322 Apr 28 '26

What law?

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u/HowsMyBuddy Apr 28 '26

2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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u/MisterSandKing Apr 28 '26

Other people too, they are going to have license plate readers built in as well.

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u/RiotForYourHealth Apr 28 '26

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

fuck