(14-01-2021, 10:09 AM)peter scott Wrote: Cars are more complex than they were in the past and generally require less frequent servicing but I would question that they are less liable to breakdown. It's almost a comparison of analogue versus digital. The types of fault that result in cars stuck by the roadside nowadays tend to be total failures whereas in the past you could more readily limp along. I never cease to be amazed at the age of cars broken down at the roadside. Most are very new.
Peter
I have logged on and seen this just after reading an article about Tesla digging their heels in about a recall on a good number of their cars. Apparently, after four or five years, some of their memory goes faulty due to the number of read / write cycles. It sounds like the known solid state disk issues. It has made me wonder about how many modern cars have similar potential problems.
I have experienced some very strange problems with the electronics in the past but luckily not anything to immobilise the car more than a moment or two and not while driving.
Tracy
