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Future Ford vehicles could repossess themselves if drivers miss payments

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FILE - Ford car logo is pictured on Jan. 18, 2023. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Future Ford vehicles could repossess themselves or go into a "lockout condition" if the driver misses payments, according to a recently-published patent application.

Ford Global Technologies filed a patent application with the United States Patent Office titled "Systems and Methods to Repossess a Vehicle." The application was originally filed in August 2021 but formally published on Feb.

23, according to The Drive, which first reported the news. The document describes multiple ways in which technology could make vehicle repossessions easier in future Ford vehicles.

In a statement, Ford told FOX Television Stations that it doesn’t intend to introduce the described technology."We don’t have any plans to deploy this.

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