Modern cars have MASSIVE digital displays, loads of computers systems monitoring every subsystem and internal diagnostics running to the OBDII ports.

Why the hell can’t we get diagnostic feeds on our console or infotainment center?

I’m not aware of any car manufacturers selling their own diagnostic ASICs, so it’s not an extra margin to squeeze afaik…

What gives? Any insight into this beyond the usual muh corporate profits conjecture?

  • Aussiemandeus
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    13 hours ago

    Hell cars have flash codes. I used to have a Holden commodore bridge out two pins in the obd connector and it would flash codes on the check engine light.

    I’m sure cars can still achieve this easily enough.

    But again useless information to the masses. I’m a crane technician and used to work for a large OEM and even we we pulled DTC codes down often they were little to no help