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marmar

(77,072 posts) Wed Jun 20, 2012, 05:51 PM Jun 2012

Virtual Insanity Is What We're Living In, say car owners

(Bloomberg) Car owners had the most complaints about audio, entertainment and navigation features in J.D. Power & Associates’ survey of auto buyers, making such technologies the biggest source of defects for the first time in the study’s 26 years.

Glitches in those vehicle systems have increased 45 percent since 2006, while other categories have improved 24 percent on average, J.D. Power said in its annual U.S. Initial Quality Study released today. Owner-reported problems with factory- installed, hands-free communications devices have more than doubled in the past four years, J.D. Power said.

The features are no longer confined to high-end vehicles as companies such as Ford Motor Co. (F) and General Motors Co. (GM) have built more technology into their latest models. More than 80 percent of new-vehicle owners this year said they had some kind of hands-free technology, according to J.D. Power.

“Technology is becoming more important as a quality differentiator,” said David Sargent, vice president of global automotive at Westlake Village, California-based J.D. Power. “This is really where the battleground is now.” ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-20/car-owners-complain-most-about-technology-in-survey.html

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Virtual Insanity Is What We're Living In, say car owners (Original Post) marmar Jun 2012 OP

They need to adopt the Apple model: Free and frequent software updates. NYC_SKP Jun 2012 #1

And our chances of dying while someone is texting or looking at their iPhone GPS truedelphi Jun 2012 #2

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)

1. They need to adopt the Apple model: Free and frequent software updates.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 05:57 PM

Jun 2012

My 2007 Prius voice recognition sux, I don't use it, and the Navigation is outdated for many interchanges. I'm not going to spend $200 plus to upgrade it when I can have up to date maps on my iPhone.

Duh.

truedelphi

(32,324 posts)

2. And our chances of dying while someone is texting or looking at their iPhone GPS

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2012, 06:20 PM

Jun 2012

Goes up every day.Teenagers are now 600 times more likely to plow into someone else than they were fifteen years ago.

The technology I'd like to see employed - a device that shuts off your iPhone, iPad, fax machines, et al while your car's ignition is on.

You need to make a call - pull over and dial and talk. Period.

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