Trivial things that annoy you about your car?

Guy:Incognito

DelBoy Trotter wrote: »

If I let anybody into the back of my car via the drivers seat, when the seat is pushed back, it doesn't go back to the position it was in previously :mad:

Are you moving the base back first and then the back of the seat or just pushing the back of the seat back? Cos the 2nd one will just leave the seat base in the forward position.

Guy:Incognito

CoBo55 wrote: »

I don't know what you mean about the cc being off.

The 2nd F is smaller than the OF

It says OF f

TrailerBob

looksee wrote: »

The supposedly half full - or half empty - fuel indicator on my Toyota Yaris hybrid is not half at all, its more like two thirds and one third.

That's a standard Toyota feature from about 1997 onwards.. needle gets to half and then .. boom... orange light.

Nate--IRL--

bodonnell wrote: »

2018 Civic

Auto wipers have a mind of their own, work when you don't need them & vice versa

Oh I hate this on mine too.

Nate

colm_mcm

CoBo55 wrote: »

I have mine vertical and use the steering wheel control to change the volume, I don't know what you mean about the cc being off.

So do I, then passengers happen!
Gonna see if I can just swap it with a blank one, they look the same and the icon isn’t illuminated or anything.

With the cc, as above - it says ‘OFf’ there’s no need to even have ‘OFf’ or ‘OFF’ anyway, it’s clearly off if the screen is blank.

The climate control ‘setup’ thing on the touch screen is pretty pointless too. You can literally only do one thing, which is control how strong the climate control is. There’s a button on the heater controls just to activate this menu.


Also, the car is the same, the wheels are the same, but the colour is wrong. On the Fabia you can change the colour.


It annoys me that they went to a certain amount of trouble, then just stopped.

BoardsMember

2010 Avensis. My new android phone wont connect for bluetooth audio, only for bluetooth calls. Maybe more than trivially annoying!

Cee-Jay-Cee

My mirror control button became faulty and so I could only adjust up/down but not left/right. I could have just left it as once it’s set I most likely would never have touched it again but it bugged me so I bought a replacement switch cluster on eBay and fitted it. I had to change the whole switch set which includes the windiest low controls. Anyway fitting them was straight forward and everything worked 100% and I now had full control of the mirrors even though they swerve set and didn’t need adjustment. Anyway I was happy that everything worked again until I was driving the car later that night and to my horror only the drivers door window switch lit up. None of the other 3 window switches were lit at night even though there is a little light/clear window on each which I assume should light up. It drives me nuts even though it’s not like I even need to look where each switch is if I want to open/close a window at night as my hand automatically falls to the switches and it’s easy to know which one is which but I hate that they don’t work and after almost 3 years I can’t take it any longer and bought a new set of switches last week. I haven’t fitted them yet but plan to fit them at the weekend. Then everything in the world will be right again.

wilser

freddieot wrote: »

My new Kodiaq is perfect except I hate the way Skoda have the heated mirror control on the same knob as the mirror adjustment. My first Skoda so first time I've experienced this and it seems bizarre. Also no light or anything to say that the heating is on.

One other thing I hate on this car and It was a feature on a previous X5 and probably lots of modern cars is that I can't control when the headlamp washers decide to spray the lights. Very annoying when you have washed the car and then this film of water squirts out...

3rd world stuff I know

Haven't noticed this on my Kodiaq, but one thing that cracks me up with it is unlocking the back doors, you have to press the unlock button on the key fob loads of times before the back door unlocks

FGR

How many manufacturers cut costs by not doing full conversions from left hand drive to right hand drive.

It’s the small things that bug me here - like in my Golf where the handbrake is to the left of the cup holders or even worse the Octavia where the old model had everything switched from left to right (with the exception of the radio dials) however the latest model has the handbrake, bonnet release and cup holders in the lhd position.

I commend the likes of Hyundai/Kia and the premium marques for making the effort. And of course many of the Japanese manufacturers whose cars were made for rhd to begin with.

colm_mcm

wilser wrote: »

Haven't noticed this on my Kodiaq, but one thing that cracks me up with it is unlocking the back doors, you have to press the unlock button on the key fob loads of times before the back door unlocks

This is an option on the touch screen that you just need to untick.

Wildly Boaring

freddieot wrote: »

My new Kodiaq is perfect except I hate the way Skoda have the heated mirror control on the same knob as the mirror adjustment. My first Skoda so first time I've experienced this and it seems bizarre. Also no light or anything to say that the heating is on.

My Leon is the same.
Have had a lot of VWs never noticed before. Maybe on a t5 transporter I used to drive occasionally. Think the wifes old Leon was same.

Why are the heated mirrors not on the switch with the rear window heater??

Am I supposed to turn it on and off all the time. Or just leave on and it times out?
Was gonna read the manual Saturday, maybe someone here knows

millington

Wildly Boaring wrote: »

My Leon is the same.
Have had a lot of VWs never noticed before. Maybe on a t5 transporter I used to drive occasionally. Think the wifes old Leon was same.

Why are the heated mirrors not on the switch with the rear window heater??

Am I supposed to turn it on and off all the time. Or just leave on and it times out?
Was gonna read the manual Saturday, maybe someone here knows

It's the same on my 02 Passat so I would say it's been the same on all VAG products for the last 20ish years.

ednwireland

my skoda octavia had kmh only dials which was a complete pain as i live in a border area and drive in the uk regularly, thank god for uk imports with dual dials

zilog_jones

FGR wrote: »

How many manufacturers cut costs by not doing full conversions from left hand drive to right hand drive.

Could be a lot worse TBH. Like when they don't bother moving the brake master cylinder to the other side so the pedal is connected by a long linkage going across the car (which gives a great reassuring feel :rolleyes:) - and in some cases leads to an interesting situation where the passenger can also activate the brakes I think you could do that in the Peugeot 206?

Not so trivial though...

CoBo55

wilser wrote: »

Haven't noticed this on my Kodiaq, but one thing that cracks me up with it is unlocking the back doors, you have to press the unlock button on the key fob loads of times before the back door unlocks

You can change that in the convenience menu. Tick all doors.

magicbastarder

FGR wrote: »

even worse the Octavia where the old model had everything switched from left to right (with the exception of the radio dials) however the latest model has the handbrake, bonnet release and cup holders in the lhd position.

My 2012 model is fine, trying to remember what my 2007 model was like. Most irritating thing for me is that this is the second Octavia I've had where the rear wiper motor has stopped working. And on this one, in a weird glitchy way where it sometimes decides to work five minutes after you've tried to operate it, long after you've returned the stalk to the off position.

CalamariFritti

The various squeaks and groans and rattles the plastic interior components seem to develop over time. And it all comes and goes what with changing weather etc.
Some days it’s a perfectly quiet solid interior. Other days it’s a small rattle here and a squeak I never heard before there. Next day it’s quiet again.

And when I plug in the phone into the usb it will always start the music app and start playing some random stuff. When all I want is bbc iPlayer for 6music. So it always takes me a few frantic taps to stop this start that Restop this restart that. Since it insists on having a life of its own. Why not simply don’t start anything g and let the user decide what they want to do.

This is a 3 series and very much 1st world problem stuff

Tacitus Kilgore

Glow plugs failed in both aul diesels, neighbors find it more of a TA than me in the mornings i guess :pac:

_Kaiser_

FGR wrote: »

I commend the likes of Hyundai/Kia and the premium marques for making the effort.

Not all of them. The 5 series E60's I had as loaners drove me mad with how the wipers were still set for LHD cars. Big section of unswept windscreen right in front of the driver.

Cheapskates! But then so much of that car was overrated and inferior to the C6 generation Audi A6 it was supposedly a competitior to IMO (much smaller, awkward control layout, clunky infotainment system, the wipers, etc)

manti452

Had a Corsa D.. hated that the headlight bulbs were so hard to change myself. Passenger side required taking out the spout for the washer resevoir and really tight fit.. driver side couldn't be done manually as components had to come out.. Maybe I didn't have the skills but so basic..

BlackandGreen

The city-brake anti collision system keeps activating as i approach car park barriers.

seagull

manti452 wrote: »

Had a Corsa D.. hated that the headlight bulbs were so hard to change myself. Passenger side required taking out the spout for the washer resevoir and really tight fit.. driver side couldn't be done manually as components had to come out.. Maybe I didn't have the skills but so basic..

I had a headlight bulb go in the i10. Dropped into the dealer to get it sorted. The front bumper had to come off. I thought the zafira was bad in having to change the headlight bulbs via the wheel arch.

Acquiescence

Fiesta has a black hole of doom when the handbrake is up.

Conservative estimates suggest there's at least a million euro down there.

slave1

Not being able to switch from Kms to Miles in a few seconds.
Irish Ioniq can be switched from Kms to Miles totally but UK Ioniq can only have speed changed to Kms, everything else stays in miles

colm_mcm

BlackandGreen wrote: »

The city-brake anti collision system keeps activating as i approach car park barriers.

That happens me when I go for pedestrians

foxy farmer

Clock on the radio runs fast. Constantly having to correct it. I reset it when the clocks went back a few weeks ago but today it's now running 7 mins fast. I'm going to leave alone for another month and see will it gain more.

CoBo55

foxy farmer wrote: »

Clock on the radio runs fast. Constantly having to correct it. I reset it when the clocks went back a few weeks ago but today it's now running 7 mins fast. I'm going to leave alone for another month and see will it gain more.

Now, that would do my head in, even being out by a minute I have to correct.

Another one on the superb, open the drivers door and you get, beep beep beep, caution engine running, em it's a 2 litre diesel, it's not like it's super silent or anything....

Andrewf20

Mrk 3 mx5 has no door pockets and it fairly thirsty for a 1.8. Engine temp needle sits very low if driving on motorway. I'm suspecting the thermostat is stuck open a bit.

CoBo55

Andrewf20 wrote: »

Mrk 3 mx5 has no door pockets and it fairly thirsty for a 1.8. Engine temp needle sits very low if driving on motorway. I'm suspecting the thermostat is stuck open a bit.

Would explain the thirst too. Common enough on Japanese cars.

ronnie3585

Mk6 GTi. Great car, but may main two pet hates are;

1. On a cold start, it sounds like a diesel. I hate diesels.

2. The roof is designed to perfectly funnel any water on it towards the driver side window. If the window is open, you get a nice stream of water directly onto the electric window switches. Terrible design.

Stallingrad

Lot of these 'glitches' solved by reading the owners manual!

MetzgerMeister

BMW 330d - the engine isn't an S55 3 litre twin turbo

Seriously - the rear doors make a creaking noise when the chassis flexes (e.g. driving on a bumpy road or turning/driving up an incline). It's a common thing on the F30s (and all 3er saloons) due to the rubber door seals rubbing off the shadowline trim. Fixable with Gummi Pflege but I dry around the doors and the sills after I wash the car and end up removing it after a while.

I dislike the way the driver's floor mat sits around the accelerator pedal. There's a gap between the mat and the pedal where stones and debris falls meaning you have to remove the mat and hoover underneath instead of just hoovering the mat.

Often when it rains and you open the doors a few drops of water will fall onto the edge of the seats.

magicbastarder

I drove a rental Vauxhall mokka about five years ago in the UK and it was utterly infuriating. The engine cutoff system for when you were stopped in traffic cut the engine out on me several times in completely inappropriate scenarios - going from reverse into first gear, for example, with my foot still in the clutch.

colm_mcm

foxy farmer wrote: »

Clock on the radio runs fast. Constantly having to correct it. I reset it when the clocks went back a few weeks ago but today it's now running 7 mins fast. I'm going to leave alone for another month and see will it gain more.

That’s not a Hyundai is it?

G-Man

_Brian wrote: »

Peugeot Partner van, 171

Can’t turn on radio unless full ignition is on or Van is started

If its similar to citroen hold the power button on radio for about 7 seconds and just it powers on..

peasant

Two clocks on the dashboard ...one in the infotainment, accurate and driven by GPS I believe...and one in the little board-computer display, still on summer time and a minute off the other one

As an exchange, no digital speed display (unless I switch to map view on the infotainment)

Oh...it's a bit of a faff to turn off the radio completely. Mute is fine, one button on the steering wheel, but turning it off is several stabs at the infotainment screen...I need an off/on button please

ianobrien

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Mk6 GTi.

2. The roof is designed to perfectly funnel any water on it towards the driver side window. If the window is open, you get a nice stream of water directly onto the electric window switches. Terrible design.

It must be a family thing. The Leon is the bloody same......

colm_mcm

ianobrien wrote: »

It must be a family thing. The Leon is the bloody same......

And Octavia

Mine can’t set auto up/down on the windows. You have to hold the switch all the time.

iamwhoiam

Daschia Sandero , the boot doesn’t open when you press the button to open the car doors

foxy farmer

colm_mcm wrote: »

That’s not a Hyundai is it?

Ford Focus.

honeybear

When I’m turning the radio off in my v40 I have to hold the radio button down ... would prefer an instant response.

Philb76

FGR wrote: »

How many manufacturers cut costs by not doing full conversions from left hand drive to right hand drive.

It’s the small things that bug me here - like in my Golf where the handbrake is to the left of the cup holders or even worse the Octavia where the old model had everything switched from left to right (with the exception of the radio dials) however the latest model has the handbrake, bonnet release and cup holders in the lhd position.

I commend the likes of Hyundai/Kia and the premium marques for making the effort. And of course many of the Japanese manufacturers whose cars were made for rhd to begin with.

Wife has a peugeot 208 good little car but no glove compartment space cos the fuse box has not been moved for rhd market also as another poster said can't play radio unless car running

colm_mcm

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Mine can’t set auto up/down on the windows. You have to hold the switch all the time.

What car is that?

manti452

FGR wrote: »

How many manufacturers cut costs by not doing full conversions from left hand drive to right hand drive.

It’s the small things that bug me here - like in my Golf where the handbrake is to the left of the cup holders or even worse the Octavia where the old model had everything switched from left to right (with the exception of the radio dials) however the latest model has the handbrake, bonnet release and cup holders in the lhd position.

I commend the likes of Hyundai/Kia and the premium marques for making the effort. And of course many of the Japanese manufacturers whose cars were made for rhd to begin with.

Yup. Corsa D had the same thing.. bonnet release in the passenger footwell.

manti452

CalamariFritti wrote: »

The various squeaks and groans and rattles the plastic interior components seem to develop over time. And it all comes and goes what with changing weather etc.
Some days it’s a perfectly quiet solid interior. Other days it’s a small rattle here and a squeak I never heard before there. Next day it’s quiet again.

And when I plug in the phone into the usb it will always start the music app and start playing some random stuff. When all I want is bbc iPlayer for 6music. So it always takes me a few frantic taps to stop this start that Restop this restart that. Since it insists on having a life of its own. Why not simply don’t start anything g and let the user decide what they want to do.

This is a 3 series and very much 1st world problem stuff

Myabe check the settings on your phone re the music player? I know on my phone when I plug in a headphone jack it auto starts the music app I use but I've set it that way and can turn it off. Should be some settings around what to do when the phone encounters USB connection. Never had a beemer so no idea if there's a setting there for that

fancy pigeon

I alternate between cars and a work van

Peugeot 607: where on earth do I start! Best described as temperamental but worth it; keeps me occupied

300ZX: turning circle of a flatbed truck, more suited to a different type of 3 point turn... Has a crap heater, dipped beams are not strong so require a powerful bulb. Find me a powerful and affordable H3C bulb that isn't a HID...

BMW 116i: I need to remove that rubbish clutch damper thing someday

teroknor83

VW Golf MK6

Don't like the feature of having to press the unlock key on the fob several times to open passenger doors.. Once only opens driver door... I know it's mean to be a security feature but it's really annoying

Stallingrad

teroknor83 wrote: »

VW Golf MK6

Don't like the feature of having to press the unlock key on the fob several times to open passenger doors.. Once only opens driver door... I know it's mean to be a security feature but it's really annoying

You can change this via car settings on the touchscreen, unlock all doors or just drivers door.

teroknor83

Stallingrad wrote: »

You can change this via car settings on the touchscreen, unlock all doors or just drivers door.

Thanks.. have been trying to find out how... I'll look a little more into it..