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Raised as a usability problem by 24 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), in 23 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Lane keeping steers back into lane and must be overridden, so drivers stop using itUnreviewed
20132026- Lane keeping steers back into lane, must be overridden, so driver stopped using it2026-07-07
- Car fights driver's attempt to bias left within lane, forcing them to learn its behaviour2022-09-24
- Lane assist steered toward a bridge on a turn, so the driver stopped trusting it2020-02-12
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 25 complaints
- Beeping cannot be fully turned off, and it sounds too early in some situations2026-10-21
- Cameras trigger constant chimes and warnings implying driver is distracted or sleepy2026-09-06
- Lane keeping steers back into lane, must be overridden, so driver stopped using it2026-07-07
- Many false positives make the alerts an active distraction2026-07-07
- Disengages unexpectedly often when lane markings are unclear2026-01-23
- Location sharing is on by default and hidden deep in menus to opt out2025-01-23
- Difficult to search a wide area for vehicles2024-07-11
- Finds the rotary gear knob awkward to operate2024-01-09
- Couldn't figure out how to turn off automatic braking; buttons were on the ceiling2023-06-02
- Touchscreen freezes for about 5 minutes, leaving no climate or audio controls2023-04-27
- Changing settings takes over 20 seconds after startup due to lag2023-03-22
- Car fights driver's attempt to bias left within lane, forcing them to learn its behaviour2022-09-24
- Driver must press accelerator to restart after stopping in traffic, making the system awkward to use2021-08-29
- Volume knob input lags and queues up while rear camera is displayed2021-06-10
- Volume buttons ignored while reversing; queued presses apply only after shifting to drive2021-06-10
- Lane keeping bounces between lines and loses track of lanes2021-03-10
- Lane assist steered toward a bridge on a turn, so the driver stopped trusting it2020-02-12
- Stereo always turns on with the car, forcing the driver to lower volume before switching off2019-07-04
- Interface feels cumbersome and gets stuck on specific menus2019-04-13
- Infotainment system is laggy to interact with2019-02-05
- Beeps constantly with no clear meaning, so the driver can't interpret what each alert signals2018-09-13
- GPS lags a block behind and takes too long to reroute2016-10-12
- Infotainment touch screen shows a loading bar on startup, seen as slow and unusable2015-12-14
- Accidentally triggers unintentionally and often needs several presses to work2015-03-17
- Rear-left pillars block the view, so merging requires craning or asking a passenger to check2013-03-22