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Raised as a usability problem by 51 people on Hacker News over 19 years (2008–2026), in 46 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Audio starts unexpectedly minutes after phone syncs, distractingUnreviewed
20082026- Car unpredictably plays audio on start and makes you wait seconds before muting2022-07-20
- Audio starts unexpectedly minutes after phone syncs, causing sudden distraction2019-10-06
- Car stereo forces music to resume when an iPhone is connected, can't be paused2017-08-15
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 50 complaints
- Software takes about 20 minutes to start and must restart after every action2026-09-12
- Touchscreen froze and wouldn't turn off, forcing driver to pull over2026-06-24
- No physical play/pause button; touch screen pause is hard to hit while driving2025-09-05
- Screen shows useless data, hides useful info, and its UI is poor2025-07-10
- Auto wiper setting often guesses wrong and speed can't be adjusted manually2024-12-17
- Cannot disable the adaptive part, so spurious braking at night continues2024-12-09
- Replacement windshield without the Honda logo blocks sensor recalibration, so features can't be enabled2024-11-20
- Automatic braking resets to on at every restart, cannot stay disabled2024-11-20
- Banner says a feature is unavailable in motion but never names which feature2024-11-05
- Driver data sharing is buried in a long terms screen drivers must click through2024-03-14
- No pause button; must pick up phone to pause autoplaying media2024-03-05
- Volume randomly jumps to full blast and is hard to lower quickly2024-02-01
- Door handle touch sensors often lock an already locked car repeatedly before unlocking2023-11-01
- Popup disappears when car starts moving and can't be viewed while driving2023-09-20
- Too many inputs to select just to switch between AM and FM2023-06-23
- ACC silently shuts off and re-enabling it immediately fails without explanation2023-05-09
- Horn was hard to activate; the driver couldn't get any sound out of it in an emergency2023-05-01
- No physical volume knob, forcing volume adjustment through the touchscreen2023-03-22
- Can't turn off calls; must shout until call is answered to switch audio2023-03-22
- Climate on/off and fan settings buried in touchscreen menus, hard to operate2023-03-22
- Ad frames the page and covers the text the reader is trying to read2023-01-07
- Most people can't find how to open the doors2022-12-03
- Even after seven years, owner still has to look at the screen to use the buttons2022-08-17
- Sound and climate controls buried in touchscreen drew major negative customer feedback2022-08-17
- Car auto-plays the first song from the old Apple Music library, not the current app2022-07-20
- Car unpredictably plays audio on start and makes you wait seconds before muting2022-07-20
- Rear passengers can't ventilate, and must open front door to reach rear door2022-04-12
- Car locked out after many accidental fob presses; had to press hundreds of times2022-03-26
- Collision system resets to enabled on every restart, so can't be turned off permanently2022-02-26
- Touch-only AC controls are nearly impossible to adjust without looking away from the road2022-01-06
- Auto high beam toggling is hidden in flash/hold patterns with unclear state indicator2021-11-29
- Big knob only scrolls presets; XM tuning buried in screens, manual tuning tedious2021-11-20
- Touch-based climate control is harder to use than physical knobs while driving2021-11-19
- Warning light reset requires an arcane touchscreen button sequence and sustained driving at set speed2021-11-15
- Car yanks the steering wheel unpredictably while merging, with no obvious warning2021-08-16
- Brakes unpredictably for shadows, potholes and ghosts, sometimes unsafely2021-07-26
- No way to report software bugs or learn about recalls and updates2021-06-10
- Menus go four levels deep and show verbose warnings, making simple tasks distracting while driving2021-01-14
- LKAS turns off mid-curve and the audio alert is quiet or missing2020-12-28
- Lane keep assist works rarely and sometimes steers toward barriers2020-11-12
- Touchscreen controls require looking away and lack tactile feedback2020-04-01
- Dirt or wiping sets off buttons accidentally; no tactile feedback, hard to see in glare2020-04-01
- Touchscreen controls are less usable than physical buttons, risking safety while driving2020-03-31
- Touch-slider volume control is hard to use and slow compared to a knob2020-03-31
- Head unit UI is so poor that using it while driving is more distracting than texting2019-10-10
- Audio starts unexpectedly minutes after phone syncs, causing sudden distraction2019-10-06
- Car doesn't lock when tailgate closing as you walk away; engine cuts out after remote start2019-06-17
- Beeps angrily at lane changes and the side light must be checked first2018-04-05
- Car stereo forces music to resume when an iPhone is connected, can't be paused2017-08-15
- Many cars use tiny identical buttons that are hard to tell apart without looking2017-02-20