For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, with most of the ire directed toward in-car infotainment.
For the first time in 28 years of JD Power’s car owner survey, there is a consecutive year-over-year decline in satisfaction, with most of the ire directed toward in-car infotainment.
My biggest gripe is that they are incredibly distracting to use while driving. The safety implications are huge. I hate on-screen buttons. On top of that most are poorly coded and run slowly.
For that reason alone, I’m surprised they’re even as normal as they are. Yes, absolutely, what I want to be doing when I’m driving is removing my eyes from the road so I can poke ineffectually at a flat screen way over to the side. Buttons I can’t even feel for. Fantastic development. But I can watch Shrek in my car now.
I don’t understand distracted driving laws, yet somehow those screens become a thing. If I have a tablet near me while driving, I can get pulled over and fined.
Now put the temperature controls, fan, and all the essentials into a screen with menus to navigate, and with terrible scroll-bars and finger response, and that’s supposed to be okay?
The absolute biggest problem for me is how slow they are. Seconds are precious when you take your eyes off the wheel.