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stephen_usher wrote: 06 Mar 2026 11:14 Have an electric parking brake motor fault on your Hyundai?

That'll be £5K please... Part, £25, fitting £100, £4900 to reset the flag in the car's firmware. (I joke not.)

Ouch!!!

JezC wrote: 06 Mar 2026 11:37 The original post reminded me of Talkie Toaster in Red Dwarf...

Same here.

Reminds me of The Parable of the Toaster… :)

Steve

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stephen_usher wrote: 06 Mar 2026 11:14 Have an electric parking brake motor fault on your Hyundai?

That'll be £5K please... Part, £25, fitting £100, £4900 to reset the flag in the car's firmware. (I joke not.)

And this is progress? :roll:

Darklord wrote: 06 Mar 2026 17:51

stephen_usher wrote: 06 Mar 2026 11:14 Have an electric parking brake motor fault on your Hyundai?

That'll be £5K please... Part, £25, fitting £100, £4900 to reset the flag in the car's firmware. (I joke not.)

And this is progress? :roll:

Yep, Its my understanding that we peaked in the 80s-90s.

Im not really into retro computers, its just these are the only ones that will work offline and without updates! :lol:

I use a phrase for fancy looking shiny modern stuff.. 'chrome plated pigeon poo'. :D

We need open source cars.... :lol:

exxos wrote: 06 Mar 2026 20:04 We need open source cars.... :lol:

Some manufacturers are more open to letting the less qualified mechanics repair cars.

e.g. Suzuki and IIRC Toyota. (I would be better off opening a direct account with Suzuki ATM :roll: )