Mazda cars

Raised as a usability problem by 14 people on Hacker News over 17 years (2010–2026), in 11 threads.

People raised many different problems with Mazda cars, 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

Thick A-pillar blocks the driver's view when looking left and right2026-06-11
New model's controls are touchscreen-only, making them hard to use2026-05-03
Car falls back to radio after Bluetooth disconnects, with no way to turn audio off2025-05-11
Scattered buttons around the map corners are hard to find and need learning2023-04-27
Climate controls on touchscreen are a pain to operate2022-08-18
Passenger can't easily control music without a touchscreen or reachable controls2022-08-17
Can't change volume, station or inputs for minutes after cold start2022-02-09
Some car manufacturers' interfaces are awful, so buyers rule those brands out2022-02-09
Lane and following-distance alerts nag the driver constantly, even for a safe driver2021-11-19
Touch panel air conditioning controls are difficult to adjust while driving2021-06-11
Must go through many menu levels to search for destinations2019-08-29
Can't reach the phone's voice assistant through the car's infotainment system2019-06-17
Warning screen covers whole display and cannot be dismissed, must wait for it to clear2019-06-17
Infotainment is slow to boot up and the camera image is poor2019-06-17
Non-linear scale makes the last quarter tank misleading, leaving drivers surprised by low range2010-12-21