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Raised as a usability problem by 32 people on Hacker News over 17 years (2010–2026), in 32 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Climate controls moved to touchscreens with no physical buttonsUnreviewed
20102026- Climate controls moved to touchscreens with no physical buttons2023-04-27
- Touchscreen-only controls replaced the easier-to-use scroll wheel and buttons2022-05-17
- Climate controls on the lower touchscreen can't be adjusted without looking away from the road2019-05-03
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 37 complaints
- Must dismiss a data-sharing prompt on the screen every time the car starts2026-07-03
- Interior controls and user experience were pretty awful for the buyer2026-01-06
- Cluttered button wall and laggy touchpad or dial for entertainment and navigation2023-12-09
- Parking beeps are confusing and hard to concentrate through, with unclear meaning of warnings2023-11-03
- Everything was overly complicated and the tech was annoying to use2023-11-01
- Climate controls moved to touchscreens with no physical buttons2023-04-27
- Too many button presses and modes to turn off air conditioning2023-04-27
- Car is sluggish to accelerate and creeps forward if brake slips off pedal2023-03-28
- App is buggy and unreliable for controlling the car2023-03-16
- Cannot change the email address on Audi account; support says delete and recreate2022-12-24
- Time-of-use charging is buried 5-6 clicks deep and must be re-triggered each time parked2022-12-14
- Fuel level hidden by default; date shown in multiple places; must memorize dial flicks2022-09-27
- Shift programming behaves differently for different drivers, so acceleration feels unpredictable2022-08-25
- Physical dials and buttons are horrible to use compared to Tesla2022-08-17
- Touch presses on the station list register as scrolls over bumpy roads2022-08-17
- Limiter misreads signs and brakes hard, and cannot be turned off2022-07-07
- Touchscreen-only controls replaced the easier-to-use scroll wheel and buttons2022-05-17
- Button stays on the dashboard but does nothing because the feature is paywalled, confusing users2022-04-04
- The Back button on the Audi interface is awful to use2022-01-31
- Sequential light animation is distracting and makes turn direction less clear2021-09-26
- Audi's car software is poor, which matters a lot for EVs2021-06-25
- Rear hatch opens by itself unexpectedly, and the dealer fix seems unreliable2021-06-25
- Audi's car software is poor, making the EV worse to use2021-06-25
- Profile switch takes minutes, then errors and forces reselecting the profile2020-01-20
- Screens positioned awkwardly, requiring concentrated focus to register traffic movement2019-10-10
- Must press a button every time to start the car, which is annoying2019-08-08
- Audi's touchscreen-based controls are clumsy and less useful than alternatives2019-06-17
- Built-in voice recognition is hard to get working, even when stationary2019-05-20
- Climate controls on the lower touchscreen can't be adjusted without looking away from the road2019-05-03
- 2018 Q5 door won't open while in drive or reverse, and Jetta locks doors on ignition2018-11-30
- Can't tell which part of the touchscreen they're touching without careful finger placement2017-07-28
- Reverse camera picture freezes for about two seconds after shifting into reverse2016-04-05
- Feature cannot be permanently turned off and fails intermittently2015-01-12
- Lane assist often fails to recognize lanes and beeps unless the driver keeps turning the wheel2014-10-10
- Radio controls placed low on dash, hard to reach and operate while driving2014-08-11
- Parks on wrong side unless indicating toward the parking spaces; undocumented behaviour2012-12-07
- Menu bar stays fixed and covers text when scrolling in Mobile Safari2010-08-31