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Jonathan Wright

Ford owner says his new car was remotely shut down by the company in middle of busy expressway: ‘I could be killed’

A Ford Bronco owner’s roadside TikTok has gone viral due to the alarming accusation he makes about the company: that Ford killed his engine remotely, in the middle of expressway traffic, because a payment was late.

Nothing from Ford backs up the story, of course. When the automaker was asked about exactly this kind of technology three years ago, it insisted it had no intention of using it.

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