Computer in Mazdas Destroyed by Seattle Public Radio

[RicInOR]

"Earlier this week, I found this article from KUOW, Seattle's NPR station. The title is "Stuck in KUOW purgatory: Seattle Mazda drivers can't change the radio dial" but the URL is both funnier and more descriptive: it says "We didn't mean to ruin your Mazda's stereo."

"The basics of the story are simple. Let's let KUOW — which, importantly, broadcasts at 94.9 FM — tell it:

Over the past couple of weeks, some people who listen to KUOW in their Mazdas say their car radio is permanently stuck on 94.9 FM. It's only affecting KUOW, Mazdas from 2016, and we have no idea why.

Seattle Times - paywall, so link to see article:

12ft

They know why - Radio station sent a graphics file ( jpg or png ) without the extension.
"Mazda headquarters says the problem was that KUOW "sent image files with no extension."
"The files would be maybe the album cover of a song being played on the radio, or its release date, "to, quote, improve the experience," says Tappan."

And the Mazda infotainment system was destroyed. $1500 to replace. No parts available - that computer chip shortage.





I have said this before, the Internet of Things is not ready. IoT.
https://www.northwestfirearms.com/threads/the-internet-of-things-is-not-secure-ready-iot.395908
https://www.northwestfirearms.com/t...-is-sending-us-back-to-the-middle-ages.252765
https://www.northwestfirearms.com/search/1014796/?page=2&q=IOT&o=date



When someone brings up "smart-guns" remember this.

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[Cavedweller]

Class action lawsuit maybe? There must be an ambulance chaser out there somewhere who's desperate enough to take this on on a contingency basis.

 

[kmk1012]

Class action lawsuit maybe?

Maybe so but it'll cost the taxpayers $$$ as NPR is somehow funded by my tax dollars. Unless you were referring to a class action against Mazda.

 

[TTSX]

First world problems