[kamesama980]

YAY for media and govt talking about stuff they don't understand...

OBDII was the first really big effort to standardize car computers. It's been updated a few times over the years too. All mfrs are required to follow it and you can get a LOT of info from it. It's just a minimum standard though for monitoring and reporting. Yes, mfrs have a LOT more available above and beyond OBDII. However it's not a matter of having "digital locks" on there, it's more about not releasing the language it's written in. Not to force people to come to dealers but to keep warranty claims down (from people f**king with the computers) and keep competitors from seeing their software. I work for Cummins and have seen some of our software (no I won't share since the current software hasn't been cracked yet) and it really is that way.

Why? because they've been burned before.