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Dodge Chargers Now Have Pop-Up Ads at Every Stoplight

2 years ago by KayLeadfoot to c/technology

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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 garbage feature was spotted in the wild, where a Charger […]

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 20 points 2 years ago

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!

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KayLeadfoot 16 points 2 years ago

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.)

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raptir 18 points 2 years ago

Jeep sells more than twice as many vehicles per year as Dodge. They are not the "small brand."

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StreetKid 8 points 2 years ago

I'm glad people are made aware of it!

My point was, if the ads are still pushed to cars, I'm surprised FuelArc used a 4 month old reddit post as reference. Someone most have contacted Dogde, Jeep, or Stelantis for a comment on this.

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TachyonTele 6 points 2 years ago

Where are others confirming this? Not in the article.

Im in a challenger every week and have never seen an ad on the screen ever.

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datavoid 4 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the extremely helpful analogy

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StreetKid 3 points 2 years ago

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

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