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yellowcanine

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10. Big Deal. My 1996 Ford Ranger Pickup used to hack itself.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2015, 03:34 PM

Jul 2015

Wipers turned on for no reason, shift linkage would lock up without warning and I could not get it into gear unless I turned the truck off, put it into gear, and started it back up again. Then there was the headlights which would just turn off on their own. All I had to do though was flick the switch off and on, though. No problem.

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Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway [View all] n2doc Jul 2015 OP

Michael Hastings! broiles Jul 2015 #1

Well, that's pretty hair-raising. cyberswede Jul 2015 #2

Try to hack my '59 Oldsmobile. Throd Jul 2015 #3

I find it implausible that any Jeep Cherokee's electronics work that reliably. bluedigger Jul 2015 #4

HA! A Grand Cherokee is more of the same. Eleanors38 Jul 2015 #8

Hacked in via the entertainment system-- like that guy supposedly did with the airplane. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2015 #5

Silly person, you thought you owned your car? hunter Jul 2015 #6

Just another reason to hold on to and cherish my 2004 car. nt No Vested Interest Jul 2015 #7

Okay, that is freaky. Between drones firing handguns and stuff like this ... Arugula Latte Jul 2015 #9

Big Deal. My 1996 Ford Ranger Pickup used to hack itself. yellowcanine Jul 2015 #10

The simple and more rational explanation is that it is haunted. zappaman Jul 2015 #11