Nothing quite says “high-performance muscle car” like a popup ad for a Mopar Extended Warranty covering your whole center console. That’s right, Dodge Charger owners are now experiencing an exciting new feature: pop-up ads that appear every time the vehicle stops at a light. This absolute garbage feature was spotted in the wild, take a look here.
I’ve been debating getting a new car after paying a ton to fix up my old one but now I think I’ll keep her forever.
Anybody got a lead on a rebuild turbo for a 2.0L TSI?
Same boat, big bill this time though. Weighing my options. Not really liking the price, quality, or connectivity of newer vehicles…
You’d may as well run the red light
That was my idea as well. You are providing a negative feedback for following the rules.
Speed run to bankruptcy.
If this ever happens to any car I buy, it’d be going right back to the dealer.
I bet you might have a court case if you could prove that the dealer had disabled this advertising “feature” during your test drive.
I would drive it straight back into the dealership through their display room window.
No you wouldn’t.
Is this your first time on the Internet? Welcome!
Of course he would. If he stopped outside he’d have to watch another fucking ad.
I’d get rid of that car so fast it would make your head spin. There is no car I’d put up having this garbage to keep
Well I’d put up with an ad-driven free version of a Nissan GTR or so. Easily. But not if I paid for it properly.
Next update: play Ozempic commercials every time you stop at a light.
Barf
Two weeks ago it was Jeep. Now it’s Dodge. This is how it creeps. Are both those companies owned by Crystler?
Yes, along with Ram pickup trucks and IIRC Fiat, somehow.
Plus Peugeot, Citroën and Opel.
It’s called Stellantis now.
Yeah, zero surprise seeing this happen to Chrysler/Stellantis cars first.
“Glitch”
More like
“Let’s see how people react”
Been doing this with Jeeps already. They claimed it was a mistake.
https://fortune.com/2025/02/13/jeep-in-car-ads-popup-stellantis-software-revenue/
“Oops! We accidentally incorporates ads into our software! It was an honest mistake…”
I’ve never wanted to go smashing car windows in a lot until now
Yeah, happened to me last week. I wanted to do a simple bugfix and next thing I knew I had implemented, configured and released an ad solution to our software…
You right. This is the second time I’ve felt the urge.
If you just do a standing burnout at every light will it not pop up?
The folk with the random alphanumeric username, asking the real questions
If we had actual regulation here this would be illegal for distracting driving.
Illegal to look at phone (I know everyone does it and isn’t enforced, but still illegal on paper) but not illegal to watch this short message from our sponsors?
I hate living through a bad joke. Much rather read about this shit and laugh then wondering what the next stupid thing is.
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Blows my mind that this kind of stuff isn’t a safety issue… I guess as long as it’s “touch-free” it’s not considered distracted driving lol
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The Muse’s cleavage knows what’s up.
This is old and they’ve already said it’s a bug. Stellantis sucks for sure though.
Be less gullible
“It’s just a bug, trust me bro”
Yeah OK huge corporation. The followup question is why this mechanism exists at all if it was never intended to be used in this fashion.
The ad was most likely supposed to be shown once. Not literally every single time the car stops at traffic lights. Car companies may be stupid, but not this stupid.
As if that is any better. My dashboard is not their fucking ad space
You know, I always expected Tesla to be the first to do this kind of shit, but never underestimate Stellantis’s commitment to be at the bottom.
