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As a VW ID4 owner, I say "Good." My overall summary of the vehicle is that I absolutely love the part of it that is a car. I absolutely loathe the part of it that is a computer.

The infotainment system is the worst piece of consumer technology I've interacted with in easily a decade or more. It's truly bottom tier. It would be better off if the only function it had was connecting to CarPlay and that's it. Of course, connecting to my phone via Bluetooth also takes 5+ minutes, so that is also subpar.

But, it isn't only the infotainment that's an issue. The software that controls core functionality of the car is busted. Some examples:

* Unlocking the passenger/rear doors. When using the key fob, sometimes they unlock and sometimes they don't. There's no rhyme or reason to what's going on. The lock/unlock capacitive "button" on the driver's door is essentially non-functional. I usually just end up leaning over and opening the passenger door manually rather than trying to figure out how to unlock it.

* I've had situations where it seems like the windows operate as a boolean rather than a float. Meaning, I put the window down about 1/3 of the way. But, when I tried to put it back up it just wouldn't move up AT ALL until I put the window fully down, then I could roll it back up. Almost like the isOpen flag variable had not flipped value.

* Many times I've gotten into the car and it gives me all kinds of warnings about the electrical system erring out. The only way to fix it is to put the car in park and physically get out of the car, shut the door, wait 10 seconds, then get back in.

* The collision avoidance system will routinely slam on the brakes for no reason when entering/backing out of my garage.

* The seat position profiles are just a cluster. It doesn't even get the seat position remotely close to where I saved it previously and setting/adjusting it is unintuitive.




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