Dashcam footage corrupt after going to the Dealership
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- Опубликовано: 17 июн 2024
- Watching the dashcam video after taking the car to the dealership for an oil change I found corrupted video which I found odd. Even if they had of pulled power, it has a battery and would have saved the video on power loss which it's done plenty of times. Coincidence, or did they just eject and reinsert the microSIM so it wouldn't record? I found this really strange. If you don't want to be recorded just put a piece of tape on the window or something ha. What do you guys think? Coincidence or done on purpose?
I'm not naming the dealership, just giving my opinion on the matter.
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Moral of story..do your own oil changes!
We leave them on for road tests but turn them off before entering the workshop, as we don't want everyone knowing where the expensive equipment is located! Also, are you really ready to hear what the mechanics got up to on the weekend? 😂
VLC player will play the corrupt file most times hit record.
As a Chrysler tech myself I always wonder if people with dash cams look at the footage. That being said. I've never seen one running unless the key was on.
If all you want is an oil change, like most have said. Do it yourself or take it to an independent shop. Dealership is going to make sure everything is good on every car that comes in. It's to upsell and to make sure your vehicle isnt a death trap.
To hell with dealerships. Independent mechanics is your best choice.
Imagine going to a dealership for an oil change 🤣💀
In defense of it, a lot of dealers will throw in a year of free oil changes with a vehicle purchase.
I'd tell them just give me the fluids and filters and I'll do it myself. Especially a Jeep. Easiest oil change ever. No jack needed. Just slide under to get the oil plug, and the filter is a canister style right on top of the engine. 15 minutes max...that's including going to O'Reilly's to get a fresh oil pan plug. ;)
I got three free oil changes with my Jeep. And as have been living in an apartment, it would be dumb not to use them.
@@strangersound exactly
It seems reasonable to think that if they removed the battery terminal at any one point, then a sudden loss of power would prevent the device from properly finalizing the saved file. Though whether or not it does that would depend on the device and its reliance on a battery or capacitor. You could test this yourself by just removing the negative battery terminal and seeing if it corrupts the active file. Definitely weird though
1.5hrs is pretty quick.
Not sketch. These are dudes just doing their job.
Cameras seem to be becoming more common. I don't care for being recorded. Never know what people get upset about nowadays. I never mess with the camera and just respect their property.
im wondering is having a dash cam considered recording on private property.
If you record a conversation without being a party to it it's considered wiretapping.
I will have an independent mechanic do my oil when i am injured or had surgery.try getting you're drain plug off after a dealer has done it.i have had to use a sledge hammer on the wrench.then replace the plug.
If you just want an oil change, get under your car and do it yourself. Cheaper and faster.
In all honesty if you don't trust simple maintenance on others to do, just do it yourself as it saves time / money & self-accomplishment. you have a Jeep sits high so no need to jack it up like I do / you have nice warm weather unlike winter N.Y. need to learn simple maintenance will get you out of trouble in the future. saves time is what you hate. I can do mine in 15 min vs taking to mechanic shop drive /wait min 1 hr beside I do better cleaner job.
Done on purpose. No matter how they did it, disconnecting the battery, unplugging it, ejecting the SIM, using the laptop to edit the video, etc., only way it'd benefit you questioning it is if there is a problem with your vehicle. Only way to avoid this is make it tamper proof and have some kind of battery life to last at least an hour or two once power is lost.
i use to unplug dash cams all the time when i got a car with one, then plug it back in when i was done. but the fun ones were the one that would save every tim you tapped the brakes, id make a stop motion picture for ya.
Learn to change it yourself, save time and money
C'mon down to crooked coy's
Suspicious
If, you go back. Which I would not do, tell them to put on the work order to "Not Fuck with the Dash Cam.!" If they can not do this you will take your business to a place that can. All of the shops you can get a cheap oil change at will do this "321 point inspection" because they think you will buy their opinions on work they say is needed.(Mostly not needed, they try to sell you things based on milage on the vehicle. Needed or not.) Get a second opinion from a tech that you trust.
Don't know why you would go to a dealer for an oil change. The only other place worse is a quick oil change place. Do it yourself or go to an independent mechanic, or a high school or college auto repair class where you supply the oil and filter.
thats so odd
Would you like to be recorded while you work?
They have to do a quick check over. If something goes wrong with the car, questions can be asked why the customer wasn't notified.
there's no reason to remove ANY battery cable when an oil change is done. keep an eye on your miles, also install another hidden camera.
If someone simply turned it off. That's one thing. They don't want to be recorded if someone literally accesses the device to delete a file. That's wrong. They are overstepping their bounds. If a camera can be a problem which I can understand then it needs to be discussed first and they should say listen that can't be on while the car is here. then the customer would defeat it during the time period Maybe a simple solution would be to stick a card in front of it. So it can't see anything, then It still records, but it's not being tampered with in a direct way.
Just do the oil change yourself. its not that hard
Would you object to a stranger recording you while you work? Or is that what I just did? You're trying to make a living on RUclips pointing out problems that aren't there. Ooooo! Conspiracy theories.
If someone simply turned it off. That's one thing. They don't want to be recorded if someone literally accesses the device to delete a file. That's wrong. They are overstepping their bounds. If a camera can be a problem which I can understand then it needs to be discussed first and they should say listen that can't be on while the car is here. then the customer would defeat it during the time period Maybe a simple solution would be to stick a card in front of it. So it can't see anything, then It still records, but it's not being tampered with in a direct way.
And you have no business recording in the garage, its a private property
Not suspicious. I don’t like being recorded either because of this. We already have cameras in our shop and a manager and service advisors that tell us how to do our job. We don’t need customers watching our every move. If you don’t trust your mechanic, do it yourself.
As someone who grew up in a family of mechanics I can verify that most of the time you are ripped off at a shop. That’s why I have a custom camera build inside my rear view, you wouldn’t even know it’s there or how to turn it off if you did. A-Holes be using an impact for everything ain’t never heard of a torque wrench. There a reason why they’re called grease monkeys, cause most any ape can work on a car. So yeah, I’d rather pay 40 bucks for a belt and replace it myself in 5 minutes as opposed to waiting a week lead time to have some dude charge me 160 to warranty labor on a part that already has a warranty on it. Don’t be daft bro, most mechanics, at least in the private sector, aren’t even subject to background or drug tests, so I’d say if you have nothing to hide then it wouldn’t bother you!!!!
@@beyondcompassion007 I actually agree with the most people are ripped off part, but think about this, if you have a dealership mechanic, most of the money you pay is not going to the mechanic. You’ve got the service advisor, the parts, the shop itself and then the mechanic. The ripping off happens mainly with the overcharging of the shop. I’m on pace to make 40k this year because our corporate shop is greedy, and I’m a damn good technician. That’s not enough to afford a decent living, yet I get shit on from people on the internet because they think I’m the one making so much money and I don’t do my job properly. By the way, I just bought a $300 digital torque wrench with angle, just for torquing engine components. I have 2 other torque wrenches that I use. Please don’t generalize all mechanics as not doing the job properly. We pay a hell of a lot of money just to be able to do our jobs properly.
I’ve got nothing to hide bro, I’m just tired of everybody nowadays thinking they gotta watch my every move because I’m the one cutting corners, overcharging, etc. More often your technician cares about your vehicle more than you do.
So yeah, I take it a little personally when I find people secretly video taping me, because you can’t get away from cameras these days. Get yourself a new mechanic that you can trust and don’t have to secretly watch them. It’s weird.
Dude I bet you can’t even open a glovebox
@@tamike1957 ha!
do your own fuckin work.