Mazda

Raised as a usability problem by 15 people on Hacker News over 7 years (2019–2025), in 12 threads.

People raised many different problems with Mazda, 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 16 complaints

Driver gets distracted trying to use the knob to turn on an album2025-09-20
Mazda's rotary knob is horrible to use for the commenter2023-12-18
Too many buttons with unclear functions, forcing manual lookups2023-04-27
Newer models replaced tactile dials with buttons, a regression in ease of use2023-02-21
Push buttons replaced dials, so settings can no longer be set without looking2023-02-21
Using the knob while driving pulls attention from the road, risking momentary lapses2023-01-07
Phone auto-plays random songs at high volume on ignition, racing to lower volume2022-07-20
Feels clumsy at first before muscle memory develops2022-01-31
Alarm triggers falsely when driver lightly touches the wheel, causing distracting alerts2020-02-26
Car shifts to neutral or can be shut off while rolling, and the emergency off hold is hard to remember2019-09-30
Sport mode switch sits next to parking brake, hard to operate by touch2019-07-04
Voice commands often misinterpret speech and act without confirmation, forcing menu sifting2019-06-17
Touchscreens freeze and become unresponsive while driving2019-06-17
Changing vent or fan settings takes far more button pushes and time2019-06-17
Climate control buttons are nondescript, so they are hard to tell apart by touch or sight2019-06-17
Using CarPlay through the non-touchscreen controller was terrible to operate2019-06-17