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Germany’s BMW and Audi have excluded Russia from the list of countries with access to their software, as has Mercedes, which made a similar démarche last week. Domestic
The complete shutdown of Russian dealers from German software came as a bolt from the blue as car dealers and car owners alike hoped the Germans would calm down over last year’s partial restrictions on access to databases. For example, they cut the functionality a bit in line with the general sanctions policy – and okay. But no, from now on communication with the central offices of the entire Big Three has been cut at once, making many repair work impossible. Impossible for Russians.
However, first of all it is worth mentioning the most curious feature of the “German closure”: democratic and philanthropic Germans limited the possibilities not of the actual dealers (although they, of course, too), but of the cars officially sold in Russia.
In other words, having arrived in a Russian premium car, for example, in Georgia or Armenia, it will also not be possible to repair it. The service system is designed in such a way that any request for repair begins with the transmission of a VIN number to foreign servers, and only after that come the requested documents, programs, and so on. Russian VIN is banned immediately.
No, the brake pads are replaced, but it is not possible to install, repair, maintain the gearbox, steering parts, various electronic components, airbags, etc. And it’s not about spare parts, with which, as you know, there are big problems in Russia, too, namely with software.
Initially, the partial, and now even complete shutdown, proceeds by cutting off access to service programs, which for a long time worked on the principle of a remote server. That is, a dealer in Russia starts working with the machine by connecting to a server in Germany. Now it’s impossible.
But the most dangerous thing for car owners is losing the car’s ignition key. Previously, such a distraction was expensive, but it was resolved quite quickly: the owner came to the dealer – even without a car – submitted an application and documents, the craftsmen sent a request to Germany, from where a unique code for a new key came , which was already “formed” on the spot. After some time, it was only necessary to call and pick up the “new thing”. Now this prank isn’t going to work.
On the same Mercedes cars there is a rather complex FBS “ignition lock”, designed to protect an expensive vehicle from theft. The “brain” of the third generation of the node was successfully hacked, the Chinese learned how to make encoders, and then taught the whole world to “make” keys without contacting the manufacturer.
Admittedly, the Germans quickly got their groove on and seven or eight years ago they made the fourth-generation FBS, which has not been hacked to this day. Not to mention the more modern FBS 5. So, in this case, neither Georgia nor Armenia, no one will help the car owner. Russian “wine” – immediate refusal. What will happen to cars imported under the parallel import scheme remains to be seen. But, most likely, they will have to be exported outside our country for complex service and repairs.
However, the ambush set up by the Germans – if you ignore the infamous keys – will affect a relatively small proportion of car owners – mainly owners of the latest generations of Mercedes, BMW and Audi cars, which are two or three years old. . For the rest, military personnel have long since downloaded and hacked the necessary software that allows them to fully maintain vehicles.
The complete shutdown of Russian dealers from German software came as a bolt from the blue as car dealers and car owners alike hoped the Germans would calm down over last year’s partial restrictions on access to databases. For example, they cut the functionality a bit in line with the general sanctions policy – and okay. But no, from now on communication with the central offices of the entire Big Three has been cut at once, making many repair work impossible. Impossible for Russians.
However, first of all it is worth mentioning the most curious feature of the “German closure”: democratic and philanthropic Germans limited the possibilities not of the actual dealers (although they, of course, too), but of the cars officially sold in Russia.
In other words, having arrived in a Russian premium car, for example, in Georgia or Armenia, it will also not be possible to repair it. The service system is designed in such a way that any repair request begins with the transmission of a VIN number to foreign servers, and only after that come the requested documents, programs, and so on. Russian VIN is banned immediately.
No, the brake pads are replaced, but it is not possible to install, repair, maintain the gearbox, steering parts, various electronic components, airbags, etc. And it’s not about spare parts, with which, as you know, there are big problems in Russia, too, namely with software.
Initially, the partial, and now even complete shutdown, proceeds by cutting off access to service programs, which for a long time worked on the principle of a remote server. That is, a dealer in Russia starts working with the machine by connecting to a server in Germany. Now it’s impossible.
But the most dangerous thing for car owners is losing the car’s ignition key. Such a distraction used to be expensive, but it was solved quite quickly: the owner came to the dealership – even without a car – submitted an application and documents, the craftsmen sent an application to Germany, from where a unique code for a new key came , which was already “formed” on the spot. After some time, it was only necessary to call and pick up the “new thing”. Now this prank isn’t going to work.
On the same Mercedes cars there is a rather complex FBS “ignition lock”, designed to protect an expensive vehicle from theft. The “brain” of the third generation of the node was successfully hacked, the Chinese learned how to make encoders, and then taught the whole world to “make” keys without contacting the manufacturer.
Admittedly, the Germans quickly got their groove on and seven or eight years ago they made the fourth-generation FBS, which has not been hacked to this day. Not to mention the more modern FBS 5. So, in this case, neither Georgia nor Armenia, no one will help the car owner. Russian “wine” – immediate refusal. What will happen to cars imported under the parallel import scheme remains to be seen. But, most likely, they will have to be exported outside our country for complex service and repairs.
However, the ambush set up by the Germans – if you ignore the infamous keys – will affect a relatively small proportion of car owners – mainly the owners of the latest generations of Mercedes, BMW and Audi, which are two or three years old. For the rest, military personnel have long since downloaded and hacked the necessary software that allows them to fully maintain vehicles.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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