TomTom

Raised as a usability problem by 11 people on Hacker News over 16 years (2011–2026), in 9 threads.

People raised many different problems with TomTom, 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 11 complaints

Speed indicator shows 1mph and dark mode works unreliably2026-10-01
Major update removed full-screen turn indicators that could be seen without looking away from the road2026-08-03
Boot takes over two minutes; route changes need five or six touches; search results unsorted by proximity2022-11-02
Must use a third-party app to search, then OSM to navigate2022-11-02
Slow traffic data gives routes that are already congested when followed2022-06-01
Searching for a destination is slow and clumsy, especially without an exact address2022-01-26
Reporting a map error or unsafe instruction is too complicated to do while driving2019-12-12
New model touchscreen is very unresponsive and its interface and directions are less clear2018-01-30
UI locks out above 2 mph, so the user can't operate it while moving2018-01-30
Can't find local destinations, so user must look up address elsewhere and re-enter it2012-09-21
Mistypes at least 20% of touchscreen interactions, finicky to operate2011-10-07