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.
Melvin Kleinsasser
I believe all manufacturer’s are going to do this. That’s why dealers have factory trained mechanics. It’s a built-in scape goat clause. If someone gets into a accident or there is a malfunction. They will check service records. If GM,Ford, Dodge, ect…….. trained mechanics did not perform the work. There is the scape goat.
So they are responsible for recycling, right?
Then they should fix the problems and keep it running if they just lease it to us. Beware of GM vehicles, go to the other makers.
who buy a car from them anyway?? try to match a good bmw or merc with gm and you feel like worlds apart.
If that’s so,Then General Motors and Others are Responsible for Every Injury and Death that Their Cars and Trucks Caused.
No different than land or a house. Once you pay it off, if you don’t pay the protection money (taxes) they take your stuff. So you really don’t own anything in the eyes of those in power. According to the government, you don’t even own your body.
How ? ” They didn’t build it ” Obama built it
Corey Lynch
It’s true. You don’t own that car until you payoff the balance owed to the title holder. The only time you really own it is when you have the title.