You Won't Believe the TOOL Cost to Fix Modern Cars!

The Modules and Electrical components in today's cars are killing them! It doesn't matter what make or model. ALL cars have them... American, European, or Asian. PLUS, a clarification from the last video about a domestic car mixup.

#carrepair #carwizard #carmechanic #autorepairshop #automobile #cars #car #modules #righttorepair #carelectronics

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So many good arguments for why "right to repair" legislation is urgently needed.

[douglaselliott]

In 1980 I could get a new (spare) ignition key for less than $5.00 at any hardware store. Recently it cost me $200+ for a new computer 'chipped' key, and then $200+ more for the dealership to program it to my car. I am so sick and tired of computers and digital technology I can't tell you. I wanna go back to 1975 when telephones were wired to the wall, and driving beyond your own town required the basic ability to read a road map.

[thejohnbeck]

Who else suspects the complication is on purpose to pull repair work back to the dealerships?

[MrFastFox]

One of the big innovations that came from the Model T and the assembly line as a whole was that parts were universal; you could get a part from one car and it would work on another one. It's so heartwarming to see manufacturers reversing this massive innovation in the pursuit of money.

[IndependenceCityMotoring]

This is why it's so important to support "Right to Repair" laws in your state!

[arcticman]

So glad you are still videoing Japanese and possibly some domestic vehicles. My favorite videos are the "buy this not that"! I hope you still continue do do those when you get time, including everything! They are really helpful to us normal people out there who can't afford and BMW! Love your channel! Keep up the videos!

[Michael-yimc]

Cars are adopting the John Deer model for repairs only at their shop.

[WilliamPayneNZ]

I know a mechanic who is older than dirt. He ran his own shop for decades. He had all the scan tools because he believed in staying up to date in his business. He had some old equipment from the analogue days left over in the back of his shop. He told me once that the old diagnostic machinery cost the same if not more than the new stuff. He came up in the 60’s from a time when everything was done in house. He rebuilt engines, transmissions, brakes, everything. Because he was all about staying modern in his business he was better equipped than most shops and got a lot of the higher end customers because of that. He even went through auto electrical training when he saw that being a basic mechanic was not going to be enough as the technology increased.

[patrailriders]

My brother is a flat rate tech at a dealership and he finally broke down and bought a really expensive scan tool last year. The dealership wouldn't buy one and he was tired of losing his ass chasing electrical gremlins. The other techs were constantly asking to borrow it, but he said no way. Eventually he got smart and worked a deal with the service manager to pay him an hour for every time he lets someone use it. He also drives a 15 year old POS because the money he might spend on a car payment goes to the tool companies every month just so he can keep up with the technology. Appreciate your local mechanics!

[Armored]

Completely agree My wife and me have a 2012 chrysler town and country, the automatic sliding doors don't want to close. Turns out, a parameter in the door module that counts how many times it open and closes is off and requires for the door module to be flashed and reprogram. For more money then im willing to pay

[aarondrennan]

I can tell you it’s not just cars, I work in building maintenance and everything from commercial dishwashers and ovens to climate control systems are full of proprietary software and unnecessary electronics.

[southerner]

Anyone who understands how cars work could see this coming. I know an Electrical Engineer who said he thinks cars peaked in electronic reliability around 2003. Every time I see someone with a car with all these new "features, " I think, "Yes, but what are you going to do when that stops working?" One friend had his doors mysteriously start randomly unlocking themselves, and it took two trips to the dealership to get it fixed. It's insane. All the heat and vibration inherent in driving kills electronics, and the more complicated you make them, the more ways there are for them to fail. I don't want a new car at all with all this crap onboard. I own a 39 year-old truck, and it all works. None of this fancy computer-controlled gear is going to last that long. It will quickly become non-repairable, and you'll have a car-sized doorstop.

[Michael-yimc]

Today’s cars are entering the point of being a disposable vehicle.

[GamessoslOol]

engineered obsolescence, its a feature not a flaw

[shemways]

Boycott companies that act like a mafia, don't support them in any way & call out this despicable behaviour. Always good information from the Wiz

[russelljacob]

The cost of the tool isnt the issue. The issue is the cost of licensing to be 'allowed' to use the tools. Or even have access to the service information to be able to.

[MikeLyons]

We need "Right to Repair" legislation to address this growing problem. It's not just cars, appliances are fitted with ECM's on their fans which often die and will kill the entire appliance if you don't notice the fan isn't running and the compressor cooks itself. The real irony is many of these things were added for environmental reasons, to save tiny amounts of electricity, but end up in a landfill far sooner than older appliances. Very Green I'd say.

[schaliejohnson]

FWIW, the bootlegs from China, that come complete with a laptop, have been great for me. Usually around $400 for a Mercedes STAR/XENTRY clone or Volvo VIDA/DICE. The only downside is you're not gonna be getting updates, and frankly, you don't want that laptop ever connecting to the Internet.

[tommyvanpelt]

I have one of my work trucks at the dealership for 3 months now waiting on a body control module... this is exactly to bring service back to dealers.

[funkycarlover]

Imagine if you had to pay Microsoft $10, 000 a year to use /sfc scannow when you had a problem with the software they made. Right to repair is important for vehicles!!