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Ford cars
Raised as a usability problem by 21 people on Hacker News over 10 years (2017–2026), in 14 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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Everything on a huge touchscreen is annoying to operateUnreviewed
20172026- Many cars put everything on a huge touchscreen, which is annoying to use2026-06-28
- Driver has to look at touchscreen controls while driving, which is distracting and hard to operate2022-08-17
- Single 18-inch touchscreen replaces many physical knobs and buttons, making controls harder to reach and use2021-05-31
Climate controls on touchscreen hard to operate without knobsUnreviewed
20172026- Defrost adjustment takes several touchscreen taps with no physical button2023-09-21
- Climate controls on a touchscreen are hard to operate without physical knobs2022-08-16
- Touch controls lack tactile feedback, making volume, heater and lights hard to adjust2021-05-21
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 20 complaints
- Many cars put everything on a huge touchscreen, which is annoying to use2026-06-28
- Interior electronics are barely functional and hard to use2025-12-16
- Defrost adjustment takes several touchscreen taps with no physical button2023-09-21
- Ford's car software is abysmal and hard to use2023-06-08
- Wiper and high-beam controls are on the touchscreen, not simple labeled buttons2022-08-17
- Driver has to look at touchscreen controls while driving, which is distracting and hard to operate2022-08-17
- Media and climate controls require looking away from road and many adjustments while driving2022-08-16
- Touchscreen is so slow that the user can't tell whether a press registered2022-08-16
- Climate controls on a touchscreen are hard to operate without physical knobs2022-08-16
- Takes about 30 seconds after startup before the interface is usable2022-08-16
- Sensor is buried in the dash, so replacing a $25 part costs $1000 in labor2022-08-09
- Cannot set drive mode to default to Eco, so must select it every drive2022-07-26
- Wheel keeps spinning with no effect at its end stops, and wraps around2021-11-20
- Steering wheel button functions depend on the screen, so controls behave unpredictably2021-09-28
- Single 18-inch touchscreen replaces many physical knobs and buttons, making controls harder to reach and use2021-05-31
- Must look away from road to view camera screen2021-05-21
- Cockpit has too many distracting controls and poor forward visibility2021-05-21
- Touch controls lack tactile feedback, making volume, heater and lights hard to adjust2021-05-21
- Giant center touchscreen replaces simple tactile controls, making common functions harder to use2021-05-20
- Radio blares when phone fails to connect via Bluetooth, making Bluetooth unusable2021-04-05