Nothing quite says “high-performance muscle car” like a popup ad for a Mopar Extended Warranty covering your whole center console. That’s right, Dodge Charger owners are now experiencing an exciting new feature: pop-up ads that appear every time the vehicle stops at a light. This absolute garbage feature was spotted in the wild, take a look here.

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    10 months ago

    You do realize this is based on a almost half-a-year old reddit post? What has happens in the meantime?

    Note to self, never buy a Stelantis car. Not that I have ever considered that anyway!

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      10 months ago

      4 months is “almost” half a year, I guess.

      Point of the post is that this popup ad thing has expanded from Jeep (small brand) into Dodge (large brand) from the parent company (Stellantis). What has happened in the meantime is that a bunch of other Dodge drivers has confirmed the issue is widespread and difficult to disable.

      (Ope: I got fact-checked, turns out Jeep sells more vehicles per year than Dodge. I’m old, and apparently Dodge has lost a ton of market share since last I checked!

      If y’all are concerned about recency, I updated the article to include more images of the popup ads, including one from as recently as 3 days ago.)

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        10 months ago

        Jeep sells more than twice as many vehicles per year as Dodge. They are not the “small brand.”

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            10 months ago

            Yeah, maybe 50 years ago but with the popularity of SUVs Jeep is dominant at Stellantis. They sell almost as many Wranglers as Dodge sells vehicles in total.

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        10 months ago

        I’m glad people are made aware of it!

        My point was, if the ads are still pushed to cars, I’m surprised FuelArc used a 4 month old reddit post as reference. Someone most have contacted Dogde, Jeep, or Stelantis for a comment on this.