Nothing quite says “high-performance muscle car” like a popup ad for a Mopar Extended Warranty covering your whole center console.

This garbage feature was spotted in the wild, where a Charger owner posted a photo of their infotainment screen absolutely hijacked by an ad for an extended warranty. Take a look!

  • Beacon
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    129 days ago

    I wonder if there’s a mileage/date threshold that has to be reached before the ads start happening. That way they can demo the car in test drives without the ads being shown. And it would probably be legal because they could claim that they don’t need to show ads for a warranty package until you’re getting close to the first recommended maintenance mileage/date

    • KayLeadfootOP
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      129 days ago

      I’d bet dollars to donuts it’s the free trial for SiriusXM.

      When this happened on Jeep vehicles, an apparent Stellantis employee responded on a thread about it. Here’s what they said:

      “Thank you for tagging us and we are certainly sorry to hear of the frustration this has caused you. At this time, we advise that customers click the large [X] in the corner to close out and clear stored notifications from the vehicle. It should also be noted that ads are part of your contractual agreement with Sirius XM, but we are working on the frequency. Thank you for your patience.”

      Lol, they still haven’t “worked on” the frequency 534 days later.