A Brand New Grand Sport
Moe, owner of the Tech Moe channel, recently bought a new Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport. He then took delivery of the vehicle and started his two-hour journey home from the dealer. Moe was excited to drive home, but about a mile away from the dealership, the car lost all electrical power, refused to restart, and trapped him inside.
What should have been an exciting ride home turned into the setup for a thriller film. Moe eventually found the mechanical door latch and got out. After he stepped out and tried to figure out what was wrong with the car, the door closed on him, leaving him locked out on the side of the highway.
Eventually, two policemen helped him; one had a Corvette at home and helped Moe find the mechanical keyhole and regain access to the interior. The second officer drove down to the dealership, but it was closed by the time he got there.
The Issue
Moe then contacted OnStar to confirm that the car that he just bought wasn’t stolen. After that, the car started without a problem, and Moe drove it home. When asked by his fans why he couldn’t film the ordeal, he said he is a tech reviewer, not a vlogger, so his first response was to get it sorted out, not film it.
To figure out what went wrong, Moe contacted the dealership near his home to replicate the problem. The thing is, the Corvette Grand Sport worked normally, and technicians couldn’t replicate the issue. With help from OnStar representatives, they determined that the car’s computer network failed to register the key fob during the remote start sequence.
This then caused errors in the anti-theft system’s code, which then caused the Corvette to go completely limp. The errors occurred because the remote start sequence was done with another key fob inside the trunk. As a result, the system glitched out and became totally unresponsive.
Nothing To Fix Here
So I guess it’s exactly like one of those situations where you just need a hard reset, like your phone or your WiFi. It’s kind of worrying that a small software glitch can cause a ton of headaches, and even more worrying that it was a completely brand-new car that ended up with this error.
You’d think companies would have figured these things out by now, but anyway, at least it’s sorted. Since the incident, Moe was able to get his car well protected with paint protection film, a ceramic coating on the wheels, and even a Uniden R8 radar detector.
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