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Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop (techstory.in) 86

Posted by BeauHD from the digital-billboards dept.
"In-dash advertising is here and Stellantis, the parent company of Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler, and Ram, beat everyone to further enshittification," writes longtime Slashdot reader sinij. "Ads can be seen in this video." From a report: In a move that has left drivers both frustrated and bewildered, Stellantis has introduced full-screen pop-up ads on its infotainment systems. Specifically, Jeep owners have reported being bombarded with advertisements for Mopar's extended warranty service. The kicker? These ads appear every time the vehicle comes to a stop. Imagine pulling up to a red light, checking your GPS for directions, and suddenly, the entire screen is hijacked by an ad. That's the reality for some Stellantis owners. Instead of seamless functionality, drivers are now forced to manually close out of ads just to access basic vehicle functions.

One Jeep 4xe owner recently shared their frustration on an online forum, detailing how these pop-ups disrupt the driving experience. Stellantis, responding through their "JeepCares" representative, confirmed that these ads are part of the contractual agreement with SiriusXM and suggested that users simply tap the "X" to dismiss them. While the company claims to be working on reducing the frequency of these interruptions, the damage to customer trust may already be done.

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  • Idiocracy wasn't supposed to be a documentary... (Score:3)

    by Moryath ( 553296 ) on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:14PM (#65157519)
    But wasn't this a thing in those cars too?

    • Re: (Score:2, Funny)

      by Anonymous Coward

      But these ads have highlights. It's what people crave.

  • breach of contract? (Score:4, Interesting)

    by belmolis ( 702863 ) <{ude.tim.mula} {ta} {resopllib}> on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:19PM (#65157527) Homepage
    Is this documented in the sales literature? If I had bought one of these cars, I would consider this a breach of contract. I expect to be able to use the GPS, the radio, and so forth, full time, without interruptions from advertisements.

    • Re:breach of contract? (Score:4, Interesting)

      by ukoda ( 537183 ) on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:39PM (#65157569) Homepage
      I think you will find your answer depends on if it was exported.

      From what I hear if you are in the USA then you better just get used to it, as it would appear consumers don't have many rights there.

      If exported to countries with strong consumer rights laws then consumer push back should result in government intervention to resolve the problem. In such places the law generally sets to enforce what the average person would think is fair and reasonable. Having ads on your infotainment system when you were not consuming entertainment content is not going to be considered fair or reasonable to the average person.

      Regardless it should be huge red flag not to buy this brand, but from what I can tell there is a large number people whom seem to think ads anywhere anytime is just a fact of live and will simply accept it. So while it should hurt sales the sad fact is it will probably be a profitable idea for them.

    • is this even street legal? under the laws about (Score:4, Insightful)

      by Joe_Dragon ( 2206452 ) on Monday February 10, 2025 @09:40PM (#65157699)

      is this even street legal? under the laws Videos and Movies that the driver can see are not allowed.
      And ads may be pushing the limits.

    • Is this documented in the sales literature?

      It was likely buried in the EULA that you agreed to after signing the paperwork to pay tens of thousands of dollars for the vehicle. And if the EULA didn't mention it, it probably did contain a clause that stated that the terms of the EULA could change at any time - and then they did. They've covered their asses while filling yours.

      I would consider this a breach of contract

      Consider it whatever you want, but the only opinion that matters is the opinion of the ju

    • You’re probably right but Stellantis has buildings full of lawyers so you’ll lose.

    • Is this documented in the sales literature? If I had bought one of these cars, I would consider this a breach of contract.

      Your first mistake would have been buying anything Stellantis makes. You fucked yourself over the second you decided to walk into that dealership. If your car has anything to do with Stellantis, it's guaranteed to be a turd on wheels. Jeep in particular has always been a shit brand, no more related to the old US Army quarter ton truck than Hummer is to an HMMWV. I'm sure the UAW fanboys would disagree, but they're hopelessly biased.

      • I think that Stellantis should be sold to a Japanese car maker next. That way all three Axis powers would get to have their turn to manufacture Jeeps and create patriotic All-American TV ads.

  • Every time I make my way to the front of a string of 10 cars on the freeway doing 60 miles an hour is because there's a Jeep at the front. As far as I can tell, most Jeep drivers are afraid of their vehicle and probably rightly so.
  • If it's just SiriusXM, just add this to another reason to avoid SiriusXM. I had it, and wanted to cancel. Can't do it online. I ended up arguing/yelling interminably at the "customer" service representative, I will NEVER get it again.

    • I easily canceled Sirius XM online.

      They then proceeded to email and call me every other day for a 6 weeks (still ha-pending, tbd how long this goes on). But the actual cancel process wasn't hard.

      I had to tell their chat to about 4 times that's yes I really do want to cancel and they kept offering me lower and lower prices to stay. At the end I had th4 chance to provide feedback. I told them I was a long time customer and if they weren't such fuck heads they would have lowered my rate years ago and I'd st

      • Re: (Score:2)

        by torkus ( 1133985 )

        I think SiriusXM knows they're dying and is doing everything they can to stay relevant. Unlike other businesses (CD sales before MP3s, iTunes before stream, etc.) they don't really have ground to sue over or any usable laws they could get passed to prop them up.

        Every freaking car comes with SiriusXM and a free 6 or 12 months to try and hook people. Then they make it difficult to cancel and harass you after as you know. Yeah, long haul truckers may see dead zones and benefit from it but realistically the

    • There was supposed to be legislation to fix SiriusXM cancellation shenanigans, making signing up for the service more palatable.

      But now this? Fuck em. Now we need a legislated way to preemptively cancel 'courtesy trial subscriptions.' that now apparently show ads.

  • HELL (Score:4)

    by RitchCraft ( 6454710 ) on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:22PM (#65157537)

    NO! Fuck you Stellantis. Burn in hell. Fuck you ass raping marketers. You suck worse than used car salesmen, ISPs, Telcos, and insurance companies combined. (sorry, I really hate advertising)

    • (sorry, I really hate advertising)

      Don't apologize. I really hate advertising also. Please tell me what you think about the modern internet.

    • NO! Fuck you Stellantis. Burn in hell. Fuck you ass raping marketers.

      Remember the heated seat subscription that BMW(?) was promoting for awhile? Just wait for a prompt to appear on the dashboard while reaching a stoplight.

      I'm sorry Dave, you've completely used up your free complimentary braking allowance for this month. Would you like more information into our "Premium" Plan* that slows the vehicle down up to 50%, or perhaps you'd be more interested in our "Ultimate" Plan* that lets you come to a compete stop up to 300x a month? (That's TEN a day!) Otherwise, for your

    • Re: (Score:1)

      by Tablizer ( 95088 )

      Democrats needed your passion before the election. Where the fuck were you?

      • Sucking a billionaire's cock. What else? There's a reason they've abandoned nearly all their progressive positions and instead aligned with Reaganomics, for the most part.

  • I'd pay good money for a car that simply does what I tell it to do. When I say "tell it to do" I mean I press on a pedal or two, turn the steering wheel, or maybe even hit some button somewhere else in the vehicle that's meaningfully labeled. Speaking of buttons, don't even get me started on all those skeuomorphic icons decorating every vehicle infotainment interface in the last 10 years...do they even make sense to the designer?

  • Fix what you have, don't buy new.

    Problem is, the transition from "sane" to "insane" happened around 2014. Once the goddamned screens appeared in cars, it was the end.

    Stupid mandated rear-view camera, for those who can't be assed to look through the center mirror, or better yet -- give the car a walk-around before they get in and drive.

    I bet the same people that run kids, cats, etc over when backing out are also the same people who don't get their oil change, and fail to spot a fluid leak after being parked

    • Stupid mandated rear-view camera, for those who can't be assed to look through the center mirror, or better yet -- give the car a walk-around before they get in and drive.

      As per my HS driving instructor from 40+ years ago, You fail if you don't turn and look back when driving in reverse. Simply using the mirror doesn't cut it.

      • Re:Fix what you have, don't buy new (Score:5, Insightful)

        by GrahamJ ( 241784 ) on Monday February 10, 2025 @09:20PM (#65157655)

        Neither method shows you what's immediately behind the vehicle below the height of the rear window.

        The problem isn't rearview screens and cameras, it's a lot of the other things the screen is used for.

        • Indeed. Had a coworker back over his infant daughter that way. He looked and everything, she wandered behind while he was getting in and such.
          Rearview camera can be great, it gives a better view of what is back there.

        • Neither method shows you what's immediately behind the vehicle below the height of the rear window. ...

          Agreed and not dismissing the usefulness of backup cameras, just using the center mirror rather than actually looking.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Z00L00K ( 682162 )

      The rear view camera is way better than the mirrors. Without it I'd have had a lot harder to back into my garage. Due to stupid parking arrangements I have to reverse into the garage.

      It also helps when parking in a parking lot to keep the car properly positioned. Even more important it helps when backing up to a trailer since you see the ball and the trailer coupling and can get it right on spot.

      Only problem with it is that when the camera is on it's not possible to adjust the radio volume.

    • Keeping cars for a long time works great in desert climates but here in the rust belt is a different story.

  • SiriusXM is Enshitification of Car Radios (Score:3)

    by JakFrost ( 139885 ) on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:30PM (#65157555)

    This isn't a new thing because even my decade old Toyota car with the SirusXM car radio automatically switches to the XM 1 radio station that advertises the SirusXM subscription service about once a month ever since I cancelled the subscription a year after the original three month one expired. Fuck that company and their monthly resubscribtion demand letters also!

    Advertising is theft of Peace-of-Mind and Marketing is a hijacking of your precious Conscious Time and like a malevolent virus it wants to infect your thoughts and hide in your brain for free.

    Advertising is the Herpes of the Mind!

  • If the poor quality control wasn't already enough of a reason to avoid Stellantis, here is the icing on the cake. There is NO WAY I'd be willing to tolerate a vehicle excreting ads onto the infotainment display. Hard no.

    These people are f'ing crazy. Provide me some ACTUAL value or lose my business.

  • Insured (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Mr_Blank ( 172031 ) on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:41PM (#65157571) Journal

    This seems like a distraction for the driver. Distractions cause accidents. Accidents cost money.

    The lucky drivers of these vehicles will pay again in higher insurance rates.

    Will this be a 'feature' in rental cars too? I do not want this feature.

    • It would be interesting to get into an accident because you were distracted while the vehicle was stopped.

      • I can imagine a situation where a stoplight turns green while you're still screwing with trying to close an ad, and either you don't go when you should and potentially get rear-ended from someone not paying enough attention, or you start moving while still half-distracted by trying to "x" out the ad (though maybe it would automatically stop at that point). Either way, it's a distraction that if nothing else would increase driver stress.

      • You still need to pay attention. In places where driving while using a cellphone is illegal, it's also illegal to use while stopped at a traffic light.

    • Just imagine this in true stop and go traffic. No wonder they want to nuke Carplay.

    • This seems like a distraction for the driver. Distractions cause accidents. Accidents cost money.

      This is very true! You might wonder "how can it matter if you are stopped"?

      But even fully stopped you have to be aware if people are coming from behind you not knowing you aer stopped, so you can brace or avoid.

      Or if you are distracted you might not notice a light just turned and fail to go, again getting rear-ended by the driver behind you coming in at a speed that assumed you would start moving.

      Just never a g

  • Long live "classic" cars (Score:4, Insightful)

    by JamesTRexx ( 675890 ) on Monday February 10, 2025 @08:43PM (#65157575) Journal

    Cars with normal buttons on the dashboard that you can use without looking, an electronic system only for engine management and perhaps one or two accessories, a soundsystem which can be replaced or upgraded with standard components without the need to tear out half the interior, no remote tracking, no drive correcting software which is more of a hinder than a help.

    Sure, if you don't want or like driving a car, use one of those smartphones on wheels. I always enjoyed the old-fashioned driving experience of "dumb" cars.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by sk999 ( 846068 )

      +10

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by sinij ( 911942 )
      Unfortunately, just like with smartphones with removable batteries, they are not going to be available. As with everything, you can thank MBAs that are obsessed with producing recurring revenue stream at all costs, even if it means lost sales.

  • No. Not even. Never. Gonna. Happen.

    Were someone unlucky enough to have one of these, I wonder if they can get around it by replacing the stereo.

    But good lord, how is this not considered a distraction? Actionable, even. I don't care if you're stopped. If I'm stopped and need to track heavy things moving at high rates of speed around me, I do not need a sudden infomercial on toxic poop.

  • Do the ads happen as a way of "supporting" SiriusXM, or are they always present? Would cancelling the XM subscription get rid of them? Regardless of the answer, fuck them. Is there more details on the actual radio unit affected? I kind of want to buy one second hand and try to fuck with it, see how "secure" their secure boot really is, and try to remedy the problem myself. Ugh, automotive always uses those obscure RISC/MIPS SoCs, though it's possible these guys are on ARM already.

  • give me some ideas how to maximize revenue

  • They've been junk for some time. It's amazing how long a brand can Coast on an old reputation these days. Then again I don't know maybe if you need something that can at least kind of go off-road your options are limited. I'm city bound so it's not something I've ever had to really worry about but I know somebody who lives out in the boondocks and he used a little Hyundai Elantra to get around for ages. He had to replace the shocks every 3 to 5 years but that was about it.

    • Well, at least with a Jeep people sometimes leave free rubber ducks on it, which is much more pleasant than what you might find left on your Tesla.

    • Stellantis, which owns Jeep, Chrysler, and Dodge has been selling vehicles based on little changed designs for many many years. It is apparently profitable, more so when they just keep matching other makers prices that actually have new designs.

      The problem is that selling old outdated cars only works for so long when you aren't undercutting competitors on price. Jeep now has to contend with at least the Bronco. And the Scout is coming any year now (with range extender option).

      Allowing a third party to
  • Jeep makes the crappiest cars and charge so much for the joy of taking them into the shop. Why not ad junk advertisements to a junk brand? Stelantis just needs to shut their doors. I've seen prices for Jeeps that make laugh so hard at the fools that would pay it. But, they aren't sellling well, so I'm glad most consumers finally figured out those over-priced PoS are not worth it. I wish the U.S. could make a good car.
  • The whole thing is a pain.
  • This is both absurd and hilarious, imagine being pulled over by law enforcement, and ask to comply with instructions, only to be interrupted by an ad and forced to endure the consequences of failing to comply with those instructions, or breaking in an emergency, after almost dying, or to unload some emotional dialogue on your spouse. - or stopping in a drive through only to be offered a better deal from a competitor.

    I love how it's written as

    "the company claims to be working on reducing the frequency of these interruptions"

    , they're not even confident enough to call them ads anymore, j

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by Z00L00K ( 682162 )

      If you break in an emergency you should get an appointment with your doctor to get emotional checks. If you brake in an emergency it's fine.

  • The day my car shows an ad is the day I sell it for another brand.

  • Police: Why did you run that red light?
    Jeep driver: Ad blocker!

  • OT, but that video, especially the dad in the video is painful. And, setting aside his shrill voice, he's admits in the next segment (about the guy who drove a used Subaru into a dealership building to protest the crap they sold him) that he was an auto dealer marketing something or other which means as far as anything about cars in the US goes, whatever it is, he's part of the problem. ("statistically speaking").

  • Why are car markers so far behind? It's 2025 and they just woke up know on ad revenues? The CPM on this must be dreadful, it should be dead on arrival

    • It's not a technology problem that was waiting to be invented. It is just a matter of timing when the customer base is ready to put up with this particular kind of bullshit.

      I hope people overreact and demand simpler cars that have zero displays in them. Because I'm pretty freaking sick of having to go into a menu to access the car's climate controls.

  • In rip out the infotainment center and replace it with third party system.

  • Yes this makes perfect sense, because if you're stopped you don't need to be paying attention to your surroundings or watching the road.

    That was sarcasm, in case you missed it.

  • I can't believe it! (Score:4, Funny)

    by 93 Escort Wagon ( 326346 ) on Monday February 10, 2025 @10:01PM (#65157759)

    Does Harrison Ford know about this?

  • The one on the browser tab with Jeep's website on it...

  • Just keep rolling at a slow pace - just never, ever, stop.

    Then, when there's the inevitable fatal accident, Jeep can get sued into oblivion, as it deserves to be.

  • cyberpunk future (Score:3)

    by OrangeTide ( 124937 ) on Monday February 10, 2025 @10:30PM (#65157831) Homepage Journal

    Just because I like to read dystopian novels doesn't mean I want to live in one.

  • Next car I buy, I might need to fork it. Are there any forkable new cars for sale? The '99 Maxima is getting a little long in the tooth.

  • I thought any video screens visible to the driver must be showing driving related information only.
    Hence not showing TV, DVD etc unless the parking brake is applied.

  • I will NEVER buy a Stellantis vehicle. Ever!!! Nor will I buy a vehicle from any other company that ever pulls that trick. And if I have a vehicle and that suddenly starts happening, it's probably going to have an accident that totals the vehicle. You know, it'll fall off a cliff somewhere. Oops ;-) I wonder if marketers have a special place in hell -- you know, right next to the lawyers and politicians.

  • Fuck Jeep (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward
    I specifically didn't buy a Jeep Cherokee years ago because it had UConnect running on 4G... and the dealer refused to deactivate it.

  • "I'm gonna go deep into the wilderness to get away from all, to relax!..."

    Dash ad: "Hi Mr. Johnson, are your hemorrhoids acting up again?..."

  • Watch the add every 30min or pay $10 if you do not want to be stopped for 1m?

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