[AT] Right to repair

[Ralph Goff]

On 2019-11-26 2:21 p.m., Phil Auten wrote:
>
> The point of all this is that the weak link in the newer vehicles is 
> the electronics. They apparently do not understand "worst case design".
>
> Phil in TX
>
>
> I've said for some time now that the more electronics on a machine, 
> the more likely there will be problems I can't fix. I just put in a 
> few hours on the hammer mill powered by the 66 year old Cockshutt 50 
> tractor. My old vehicles rarely have electrical problems but my "new" 
> 97 Blazer has had a few bugs. Light switch almost left me without 
> headlights to drive home one night. Ignition switch failed and barely 
> got me home another time. The check engine light has been on for years 
> now but its just the gas cap or vent or some minor thing. ABS light 
> has been on a while but the brakes work fine. Of course I know that 
> they are not built to last now. It makes more sense economically (for 
> the companies) to have them wear/rust out and sell you a new one every 
> few years.
Ralph in Sask.