On: BMW Makes Heated Seats an $18/Month Subscription Service – Again

[amelius]

Rip out the controller and insert your own.

[lozenge → amelius]

Anything on the ODB communications bus can be picked up by other systems. Maybe they'll claim you've invalidated your warranty.

[kevin_thibedeau → lozenge]

The ODB port only has to provide emissions diagnostics. Anything else can be isolated.

[regularfry → kevin_thibedeau]

The OBD port only has to provide emissions diagnostics to you. The machine the dealer plugs into it is a different barrel of bananas.

[amelius → lozenge]

I mean, rip out the cable that goes into the seat, and attach your own controller.