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Originally Posted by FuliHdi
That is EXACTLY the point  and the origin of all the problems! As a process control engineer I daily sweat to identify, trace and solve electronic & electric failures in the industry, and a modern car is just alike ...
What worries me about modern cars is not just the electronics, which (as an "insider"  ) I avoid at all costs - but the failures of the basic vehicle mechanics (axles, pulleys, ...) - problems that were solved 20 if not 40 years ago, but now obviously re-invented - by new-wave engineers and/or high-collared executives saving a few pennies in steel and making a deal for the garages?
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Very simple - I hate all the auto-functionality (that can not be disabled)... |
I fully agree, too.
Electronics themselves could work reliable, but in most of the cases failures appear due to bad contacts (bad connectors): currents are that low that the smallest contact resistance ends in a failure or malfunction.
However on both my 2x C8 (no FAP, no GPS build in, .....) not one electronic failure appeared (except an airbag failure on the 1st one due to..... exactly, a bad contact under the front passenger seat): indeed my problems all were of mechanical causes (pulley, timing belt, ... ) !!
On the other hand, an electronic sensor could work not reliable: thanks to this forum I unplugged the rain sensor connector so now finally I'm really enjoying the normal 6sec windscreen wiper interval function - and finally my wipers are NOT going in fast mode anymore when I don't want them to do so (almost never).
Even the light sensor is not working always as it should be. Finally I think I'll switch-off the autolight function, too, because sometimes I've to leave home very early in the morning, during rain for example - I start the car, lights go on, when it starts to be clear but it's still raining, it already happened to me that I discovered my lights were off at arrival, while I was thinking they were still on and I would have liked them to be still on (raining, remember....) !!