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Raised as a usability problem by 111 people on Hacker News over 15 years (2012–2026), in 77 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
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Touch controls are hard to use while drivingUnreviewed
20122026- Forcing controls through a giant tablet makes car interactions worse2026-01-10
- Touch buttons lack tactile feedback, making adjustments while driving distracting and dangerous2026-01-07
- Touch-sensitive buttons with no physical volume knob are hard to use while driving2026-01-06
Window controls need touch to switch between front and backUnreviewed
20122026- Rear window controls hidden behind a touch panel; touch heating controls unusable at night without backlight2026-10-12
- Touch sensor switches which windows the buttons control, so people open the wrong window2026-01-06
- Window controls moved to left/right plus toggle, making them harder to operate2024-09-03
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 50 complaints
- Gear selection is on the wiper stalk, easy to get wrong2026-10-12
- Rear window controls hidden behind a touch panel; touch heating controls unusable at night without backlight2026-10-12
- Toast notifications vanish before the driver can read them2026-07-08
- Seat belt alarm sounds from a phone's weight on the passenger seat2026-07-08
- Lane assist jerks the steering unpredictably and resets to a setting the driver must change2026-07-08
- Must disable features after each drive, and distracting to turn them off2026-06-17
- Wipers and mirror fold button refuse to work when the car is parked or moving2026-06-17
- Capacitive steering wheel buttons are easy to activate accidentally, so you never know what you're adjusting2026-05-04
- Problems are time consuming and hard to fix, even simple ones2026-03-09
- Controls are confusing, distracting, and hard to track their states2026-02-11
- Forcing controls through a giant tablet makes car interactions worse2026-01-10
- Touchscreen buttons require looking at them, taking eyes off the road2026-01-07
- Touch buttons lack tactile feedback, making adjustments while driving distracting and dangerous2026-01-07
- Touch-sensitive buttons with no physical volume knob are hard to use while driving2026-01-06
- Buttons' on/off state inconsistently persists or resets when the car restarts2026-01-06
- Digital buttons require looking away from the road to operate2026-01-06
- Touch-based controls are terrible to use while driving2026-01-06
- Touchscreen controls require looking away from the road, distracting drivers while driving2026-01-06
- Touch sensor switches which windows the buttons control, so people open the wrong window2026-01-06
- Climate and other controls are still touchscreen-only, forcing drivers to look away to operate them2026-01-06
- Touchscreen controls on modern car dashboards are hard to use and distract from driving2026-01-06
- Too many buttons, owner never learned what they all do2026-01-06
- Too many buttons make it hard to locate the right one while driving2026-01-06
- Interior lamp is hard to turn on; needs waving gestures and doesn't work with engine off2026-01-06
- Touchscreen-only controls described as infuriating UX defects2026-01-06
- Fog light button often triggers Defrost Max; window toggles activate by accident2026-01-06
- Rear window button is confusing and climate controls hidden behind a warning screen2026-01-06
- Selecting CarPlay requires confirming the choice three times2026-01-06
- Touchscreen-era controls are hard to use; commenter wants knobs and buttons arranged to avoid mistakes2026-01-04
- Infotainment feels sluggish and poorly designed from a UX perspective2026-01-01
- Large A-pillar and mirror block view when turning left, forcing awkward head movements2025-10-01
- Pressing both window buttons together sometimes closes one window and lowers the other.2025-07-23
- Resetting the service warning needs a hard-to-find button combination that takes an hour to locate2025-06-28
- Took over an hour of guesswork to add a second user2025-06-24
- Shared headlight switch cycles through states unpredictably, so owner can't reliably turn auto beams off2025-05-13
- Pressing two window buttons together sometimes raises one window and lowers the other2025-05-12
- Volkswagen car controls are poorly designed and hard to use2025-03-11
- Capacitive buttons force drivers to look away from the road to adjust climate2025-03-09
- Toggle buttons don't show clearly whether they are pressed; backlight unreadable in sunlight; settings forgotten on restart2025-03-09
- Drivers must look away from the road for long periods to find critical controls2025-03-09
- Touch buttons on steering wheel and windows are ugly and hard to use compared to physical buttons2025-03-08
- Vital car functions require touchscreen use while driving, which is distracting and unsafe2025-03-08
- Touch buttons ignore or double-register presses, so defogging takes repeated tapping2025-03-06
- Must accept or reject online terms every start before using nav or entertainment screens2024-12-28
- Touch-sensitive hazard button can't be found by feel while eyes stay on road2024-11-04
- Admitted poor UX that early buyers must live with until hardware fix2024-10-21
- Buttons are learnable, but touchscreen menus become confusing and hard to operate2024-09-12
- Infotainment and rear window controls are poorly designed and hard to use2024-09-07
- Window controls moved to left/right plus toggle, making them harder to operate2024-09-03
- Lane centering keeps the car in a lane position the driver dislikes2024-08-21