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With many (most?) car companies, a software update is a call-back.

My Ford, with a cell connection, receives OTA updates for stuff like the entertainment system, but I've had to bring it in a couple of times for updates to safety systems.

>but I've had to bring it in a couple of times for updates to safety systems.

Personally I'm completely fine with that, anything with the ECU/lower level safety control-by-wire systems should not be accessible to the OTA system.

It's only a matter of time until hackers remotely shut down cars and cause chaos though.

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