Mercedes-Benz cars

Raised as a usability problem by 22 people on Hacker News over 16 years (2011–2026), in 23 threads.

People raised many different problems with Mercedes-Benz 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 23 complaints

Servicing the car without the proprietary diagnostic system is frustrating2026-05-04
Right-hand-drive cars put gear selector on stalk where indicators should be, causing wiper and neutral mistakes2026-05-03
Core car functions are harder to use than in older analog cars2024-08-12
No physical pause button; must use a capacitive D-pad or touch the screen2024-03-05
Modernized interior became a UI mess, hard to use2024-01-30
Can't find any specs on the linked product web page2023-10-10
Team couldn't work out how to turn off the air conditioning or radio2023-09-10
Many functions buried deep in menus, hard to reach2023-05-20
Capacitive buttons replaced physical controls, making them harder to use2022-08-17
Ordering takes several clicks and an interstitial warns the price will change2022-05-13
Must take eyes off the road to find and press climate and radio controls2022-03-22
Button doesn't stick out, so it's hard to find by feel while driving2022-01-31
Had to pull over to figure out how to change the radio station2020-12-26
Handbrake released by a pull handle while set by foot; fob doesn't look like a key2020-11-01
Controls feel unintuitive to use and the touchscreen is awkwardly placed2019-08-15
Accidentally hit a parking brake button while searching for another control at speed2019-07-03
Interior electronics and software feel flimsy and usability has declined2019-04-25
Interfaces are needlessly complex and the touch screens are frustrating to use2018-10-04
Paddle shifters often don't register presses, so gear changes don't happen2017-09-11
Horrible UI with bugs in a new car's touchscreen system2017-03-28
Many controls are confusing: unusual parking brake, gear stalk, washer and cruise stalks.2016-03-19
Too many buttons and features make the cockpit distracting and hard to use2012-12-07
Editing text requires unlocking, locks other elements, and saves fail with incomprehensible errors2011-10-23