>I really really hope VW keeps apple/google/microsoft out of their software strategy.
Did you by any chance had the "pleasure" of interacting with ID.4? Its infotainment is utter broken garbage, someone actually signed off on shipping it like that :o
>I couldn't turn the heater on countless times because the climate portion of the OS was unresponsive. Other times, it would simply say that the function couldn't be performed at the time.
>user interface was also absolutely horrific. It was glitchy, slow, and organized in a way that made zero sense. During a two-hour trip, I was not able to turn off the heated steering wheel function, which had gotten stuck on its highest setting. It got so painfully hot that I had to resort to just using my fingertips to hold the wheel. Power-cycling the car wouldn't do anything, either. Eventually, it just turned off by itself for no apparent reason.
>headlights—despite being on Auto mode—sometimes would stay on after I had exited the car, making me come out of my house minutes later to manually turn them off
>driver only has two switches to control all four windows. That's right, you must select the "Rear" setting and then use the two available switches to operate the rear windows. Want to roll down your own window? De-select Rear to be able to do that.
>After spending nearly two weeks attempting to learn the system, I realized my efforts didn't matter because the damn thing was so unpredictable and flawed that I just never felt confident that I had control over it.
>>OK, I'm puzzled now. Are you guys saying that you have to wait for the car to boot before it's driveable?
>No, but the likelihood that you get some random error is greatly diminished. I almost always unplug, sit down, flip it in reverse and go and almost never have any issue.
its not undriveable if you just start it without waiting over a minute, it just randomly glitches!
If you search id4 on youtube videos like "Improve Infotainment Screen Lag with these 2 things!" and "How to fix a Blank Infotainment Screen on the VW ID.4" are at the top.
WV has been selling car this broken for a year now (11 months).
Did you by any chance had the "pleasure" of interacting with ID.4? Its infotainment is utter broken garbage, someone actually signed off on shipping it like that :o