You can trick your whip all you want, but GM says that car is still theirs, no matter what you’ve paid. In a hearing this week, General Motors attorney Harry Lightsey said that purchasing and paying off your GM vehicle is a license agreement and not ownership.
The U.S Copyright Office is holding a hearing on whether anyone other than the vehicle’s manufacturer has the right to alter the that car’s copyrighted software. With modern design being what it is, this means almost altering anything about the vehicle.
Mechanics and private owners are saying they need to be allowed to make repairs on their vehicles to keep them running or maintain their business. But GM is saying that anyone unauthorized altering anything about the vehicle could create problems with the software and endanger the driver. This sounds more like a business ploy on the part of GM to hold a monopoly on vehicle repairs.
Read more about GM’s position on page 2.
This should kill GM for good this time.
We owned GM for 50 years. Bought their extended warranty and THEY didn’t update the equipment. The engine blew at 68000 miles. The warranty was still good and they did not stand behind it. Sold our other GM vehicle and will never own another.
With the computers in the vehicles, we lost control of our vehicles. They can make the car not to start, track your where abouts. And control the vehicle completely.
Still posting this old$#%&!@*???
Really? then they should keep up the mechanical repairs on it then.
Takes a lifetime to pay one off now a days.
I predict that GM will be broke again in 5 years.
Buy Ford or some other brand. Let GM keep all their cars on the lots!
I own a Chevy truck and believe me those$#%&!@*heads won’t be coming after mind never !!!!
Remember who bailed out GM and what it cost taxpayers so Let’s put GM out of Business!