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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.

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[–] StreetKid@reddthat.com 20 points 1 day ago (15 children)

You do realize this is based on a almost half-a-year old reddit post? What has happens in the meantime?

Note to self, never buy a Stelantis car. Not that I have ever considered that anyway!

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 16 points 1 day ago (14 children)

4 months is "almost" half a year, I guess.

Point of the post is that this popup ad thing has expanded from Jeep (small brand) into Dodge (large brand) from the parent company (Stellantis). What has happened in the meantime is that a bunch of other Dodge drivers has confirmed the issue is widespread and difficult to disable.

(Ope: I got fact-checked, turns out Jeep sells more vehicles per year than Dodge. I'm old, and apparently Dodge has lost a ton of market share since last I checked!

If y'all are concerned about recency, I updated the article to include more images of the popup ads, including one from as recently as 3 days ago.)

[–] StreetKid@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That is even worse. So it has been ongoing for at least 4 months now.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, that's how I read it :)

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