A fix is coming out for Chrysler’s screen rebooting problem, but it will be too late for some car batteries

After spending the better part of the week dealing with endlessly rebooting Uconnect infotainment systems, Fiat Chrysler customers across the Northeast are finally seeing their cars mostly return to normal. A majority of the customers who spoke to The Verge earlier this week about their malfunctioning vehicles have reported back that the maddening reboot loop has stopped. According to numerous exchanges with the Uconnect customer support account on Twitter, other customers are seeing the same thing. For some it’s come too late, as the constant rebooting has drained their vehicles’ batteries completely.
The problem began over the weekend after an over-the-air update apparently went out to certain 2017 and 2018 model year cars. After that,...
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