Chevrolet Bolt

Raised as a usability problem by 14 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2016–2026), in 12 threads.

People raised many different problems with Chevrolet Bolt, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

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 15 complaints

Built-in touchscreen software is laggy and hard to navigate, a constant headache2026-07-06
Touchscreen stopped responding, and critical controls tied to it are hard to use without touch2026-05-07
Touch screen stopped responding, so climate, camera and navigation controls can't be used2026-05-07
App status and climate controls fail or show wrong state after remote use2025-09-05
Took a long time to figure out how to charge and find chargers2024-04-04
L mode must be re-enabled every drive, creeps unexpectedly, and reduces regen randomly2023-11-02
Long distracting warning paragraph pops up at random, even while driving2023-09-20
Charging takes so long that long trips are effectively impossible2023-08-09
Couldn't get navigation map to show; buttons just start phone calls2023-04-15
A/C controls are on the touchscreen instead of physical knobs, which is annoying to use2021-11-19
Power button only mutes the radio; turning it fully off is hard to figure out2021-09-16
Touchscreen used for functions the commenter wanted as dials; slow interface2021-09-16
Only two first-come charging spaces, so drivers often can't get one2017-10-23
Touchscreen controls can't be found by feel, forcing drivers to look away from the road2016-04-04
Touch screen controls lack tactile feedback, forcing drivers to look away from the road2016-04-03