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Start-stop systems
Raised as a usability problem by 4 people on Hacker News over 4 years (2023–2026), in 4 threads.
People raised many different problems with Start-stop systems, 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 4 complaints
- Start-stop is janky and annoying to live with, inconsistent across cars2026-09-02
- Engine takes a second to restart when pulling away quickly2024-08-21
- Car isn't ready to move when accelerator is pressed, so the driver must disable the system every time2024-06-18
- Engine stops at lights, causing a delayed, jerky response when accelerating; must disable it every startup2023-10-10