Why don't cars have diagnostic software loaded onto their infotainment centers? - eviltoast

Modern cars have MASSIVE digital displays, loads of computers systems monitoring every subsystem and internal diagnostics running to the OBDII ports.

Why the hell can’t we get diagnostic feeds on our console or infotainment center?

I’m not aware of any car manufacturers selling their own diagnostic ASICs, so it’s not an extra margin to squeeze afaik…

What gives? Any insight into this beyond the usual muh corporate profits conjecture?

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    4 hours ago

    I’m not aware of any car manufacturers selling their own diagnostic ASICs, so it’s not an extra margin to squeeze afaik…

    What? The errors are intentionally vague so the drivers are forced to go to a dealer, giving them a chance to lie and pretend that’s something very serious and very expensive, while all they’re going to do is a reseat of a cable and a error reset

    Btw Car scanner supports showing obd data on Android auto. It’s a game changer for hypermilers