Kia

Raised as a usability problem by 8 people on Hacker News over 5 years (2022–2026), in 8 threads.

People raised many different problems with Kia, 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 8 complaints

Model names mislead: GT-Line is far less powerful than the GT, so buyers can't tell trims apart2026-11-01
Regen setting resets every time the car starts, needing the paddle pressed again2026-07-07
Constant beeping and controls the driver cannot see, making driving miserable2025-07-22
Doors unlock about 500ms after locking, so the driver can't lock them for 3-4 seconds2025-05-11
Temperature controls require manual fiddling, unlike set-and-forget climate control2023-11-02
Kia Connect app is so frustrating to use it makes the car's system seem snappy by comparison2023-04-27
Temperature readout only appears as a pop-up overlay when adjusting the dial2022-08-17
Passengers must shift Park, Drive, Park to unlock all doors; radio blasts at max volume on start2022-04-28