Ford wants to allow your car to lock you out — and even drive itself to an impound lot or scrapyard — if you miss payments

• Ford wants to patent a system that would let cars repossess themselves if drivers miss payments.
• At first, the cars would lose the use of features like GPS, air conditioning, and the radio.
• If the owner still skips payments, the car could lock them out and drive itself to a repo agency or even a scrapyard.

Ford's latest patent application shows a bizarre new way that cars could be repossessed in the future if their owners don't make payments on time.