What's bugging the high-tech car?

As the complexity of modern automobile technology increases, not only are glitches annoying, their causes can be hard to find.
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[Fray9]

KISS principle

Ive always felt when it comes to consumer electronics or machines that are potentially dangerous. The K.I.S.S. (Keep It Simple Stupid) principle should always be followed.

As the guy with the Mercedes said, the simpler it is the less can go wrong.

In my opinion I want a car that has the bare minimum needed for it to work and nothing more. The rest is just a problem waiting to happen.

I guess we've been lucky so far in that with all these bugs and errors no one has gotten hurt.

All it would take is for the car to switch into "limp home mode" while in the fast lane on the freeway and have the sudden decelleration cause you to slam into the car behind you.

24 car pileup with 4 people dead caused by a cars engine detecting the gas cap was loose.

[Sboston]

A Trek solution.

Scotty! Switch to Manual Override!

Give us a override button Car makers. :)