{"id":1215576,"date":"2025-02-15T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1215576"},"modified":"2025-02-15T10:34:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T15:34:00","slug":"jeep-claims-software-glitch-disabled-opting-out-of-in-vehicle-pop-up-ads-in-a-few-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1215576","title":{"rendered":"Jeep Claims ‘Software Glitch’ Disabled Opting-Out of In-Vehicle Pop-Up Ads in ‘a Few’ Cases"},"content":{"rendered":"
Remember Jeep’s new in-dash pop-up ads which reportedly appeared every time you stopped?
\n“Since I’m a journalist, or at least close enough, I decided that I should at least get Stellantis\/Jeep’s side of things,” writes car-culture site The Autopian:<\/p>\n

Would Stellantis do something so woefully misguided and annoying? I reached out to our Stellantis\/Jeep contact to ask and was initially told that they were “investigating” on their end, which to me felt like a stalling tactic while the proper ass-covering plans were conceived. I eventually got this response from a Stellantis spokesperson: <\/p>\n

“This was an in-vehicle message designed to inform Jeep customers about Mopar extended vehicle care options. A temporary software glitch affected the ability to instantly opt out in a few isolated cases, though instant opt-out is the standard for all our in-vehicle messages. Our team had already identified and corrected the error, and we are following up directly with the customer to ensure the matter is fully resolved…” <\/p>\n

I suppose a glitch is possible, though I’ve not seen any examples of this ad popping up with the instant opt-out option available, but I guess it must exist, since not all Jeep owners seem to have had to deal with these ads. I suspect if this was happening to more people than these “few isolated cases” we’d still be cleaning up from the aftermath of the riots and uprisings. <\/p>\n

Because, as they write, “Really, I can’t think of a quicker way to incur the wrath of nearly every human…”<\/p>\n

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