How would it know? Might be able to figure out that it has reduced braking capacity but most everything else could either just be seen as road conditions or require about a thousand pounds of sensors that may still not be able to figure it out. And that’s not talking about the person who will “fix their car” in the most unhinged ways possible, like the video I saw of the guy that replaced his brake lines with clear plastic hose.
I do all the work on my car myself, and can pretty confidently say that a lot of stuff just isn’t even possible to monitor. There are ways to monitor a lot more than we do right now but diagnosing issues is pretty complicated and without certain information it can be downright impossible. I took a friend’s car for a drive be auss he said it shook only when turning one direction and I nearly immediately clocked it as something loose with the outside wheel(it was the lugnuts) but for something like that a computer just couldn’t know.
These are hurdles that will need to be overcome, a required service schedule would probably achieve most of this though.
Most people will quite happily drive cars believing they are fine - I will often drive a car and have to point out to friends that their brakes are worn, or their tyres are unsafe, the majority of people driving unsafe cars aren’t choosing to ignore safety issues, they don’t know that they’re unsafe in the first place. A computer that can look at the general trend in vibration or engine and braking efficiency would be a vast improvement for the majority of car drivers
I used to work with a guy whose base model Lancer died because he literally didn’t know you had to change the oil. At some point I’m not even sure guant warning lights can help some people.
There’s also the fact that poverty is a thing and places like the US, which has a LOT of it, also seem deadset on eliminating and obstructing affordable and good public transit. Many people don’t have clapped out garbage because they want to but because they can’t afford to fix it.
You need to use propietary tires with propietary air, that resets a counter when replaced, if you choose to use generic air your car may randomly stop working
How would it know? Might be able to figure out that it has reduced braking capacity but most everything else could either just be seen as road conditions or require about a thousand pounds of sensors that may still not be able to figure it out. And that’s not talking about the person who will “fix their car” in the most unhinged ways possible, like the video I saw of the guy that replaced his brake lines with clear plastic hose.
I do all the work on my car myself, and can pretty confidently say that a lot of stuff just isn’t even possible to monitor. There are ways to monitor a lot more than we do right now but diagnosing issues is pretty complicated and without certain information it can be downright impossible. I took a friend’s car for a drive be auss he said it shook only when turning one direction and I nearly immediately clocked it as something loose with the outside wheel(it was the lugnuts) but for something like that a computer just couldn’t know.
These are hurdles that will need to be overcome, a required service schedule would probably achieve most of this though.
Most people will quite happily drive cars believing they are fine - I will often drive a car and have to point out to friends that their brakes are worn, or their tyres are unsafe, the majority of people driving unsafe cars aren’t choosing to ignore safety issues, they don’t know that they’re unsafe in the first place. A computer that can look at the general trend in vibration or engine and braking efficiency would be a vast improvement for the majority of car drivers
I used to work with a guy whose base model Lancer died because he literally didn’t know you had to change the oil. At some point I’m not even sure guant warning lights can help some people.
There’s also the fact that poverty is a thing and places like the US, which has a LOT of it, also seem deadset on eliminating and obstructing affordable and good public transit. Many people don’t have clapped out garbage because they want to but because they can’t afford to fix it.
You need to use propietary tires with propietary air, that resets a counter when replaced, if you choose to use generic air your car may randomly stop working