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.
Every car has a title with the state it’s in on the title. So please explain what you mean.
Guess it’s time to stop buying gm
O Bull$#%&!@*GM !
this is why I will NEVER, EVER, purchase a GM product!!!
Seig Heil
Good. GM. Can pay the 14 billion plus they still owe the tax payers. GM, should give the ever tax payer a new vehicle to cover with they owe us.
Matthew Stifter
I’m pretty much fed up with c**p coming from GM anyway. Will be going Ford or Dodge from here on in……
Yes I knew this my mechanic told about this. The days of the small repair shops are numbered.
I do not buy General Motors.