Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

posted by Fnord666 on Monday September 23 2019, @11:45AM   Printer-friendly
from the software-written-by-humans dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

The Chevrolet Malibu sedan is subject to a new recall that surrounds a software bug may lead to disabled fuel injectors.

Documents filed with NHTSA show the automaker will https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/make/chevrolet/ the 2018 Chevy Malibu. Total, the recall hits 177,276 Malibus with the 1.5-liter turbo-4 engine. The problem rests in an error that can occur in the engine control module (ECM). Should the fault occur, data may become corrupted in the ECM, and in turn, the computer could disable the fuel injectors.

If the fuel injectors are disabled, owners may find the engine will not start. In some cases, the engine could stall while driving, which increases the risk of a crash. Chevy did not mention any incidents related to the safety recall. If the problem is present, owners will likely see the check engine light illuminate. Other Malibus without the 1.5-liter turbo-4 do not house the same ECM software and are not included in the recall.

-- submitted from IRC


Original Submission

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.
  • (Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday September 24 2019, @01:21AM

    by JoeMerchant (3937) on Tuesday September 24 2019, @01:21AM (#897898)

    I've seen modules fail in 40deg thermal test scenarios

    I'm in med devices, saw one of those just last week - if I were the EE who designed it, I would have been embarrassed, but it seems like business as usual around here. It wasn't a critical function, so we're just defeaturing it out and shipping anyway.

    --
    🌻🌻 [google.com]
    Starting Score:    1  point
    Karma-Bonus Modifier   +1  

    Total Score:   2