I recently got a 2023 Toyota Corolla. I've got my say my experience has mostly been the opposite, but I don't have the blind-spot alert or an auto-closing trunk.
The closest thing I've encountered is mentioned here - the tire pressure alert is way too sensitive. Drop 1-2PSI below the nominal (which happens the moment the temperature drops) and it complains on startup. But it's brief and easy to ignore.
Otherwise, it's been great! It never whines at me and does what I want.
The lane keep assist still requiring input on stop is bizarre. Glad mine doesn't do that!
Also: Fwiw, I think most collision detection systems immediately turn off the lane-keep-assist if something like that is detected to be about to occur. Plus, it doesn't 'fight' you very hard, if you put in any force at all it overrides it - at least on mine.
> The closest thing I've encountered is mentioned here - the tire pressure alert is way too sensitive
That one annoys me to no end. I have a Renault and a Hyundai, but have tire pressure sensors that trigger when the weather changes, if you turn to fast or just at random. The pressure sensors have so many false alarms that I no longer believe them, so they've become pointless... well an annoyance. I've asked if they can be disabled, but no. It's actually kinda dangerous, I could be going 130kph and ignore the pressure warning, because the car has trained me to assuming that the sensor is wrong.
The Hyundai have another incredibly dangerous feature, a loud "BING" when road temperatures hit 4C. So again you're going 80 - 130kph and then "BING" all your attention is drawn away from the road. I know it's cold, it's cold for 6 month of the year. You're stealing my attention at the EXACT point where you know that the road could be icy, brilliant.
My old Jeep had a similar warning (and I think my LEAF does as well, but I’m not 100%).
It’s a chime, not a klaxon. I don’t find it the least bit difficult to prioritize it correctly (any more than alerts on some rental cars suggesting me to take a break after X minutes of driving).
I also suspect it’s a net win for safety, given the overall level of clueless disconnectedness I see in steering wheel holders.
Blind-spot alert is very handy, but mine doesn't beep at all. Just inobtrusive yellow lights on A-pillars. If you signal a turn and there is a vehicle beside you, it flashes.
If it beeped I would've gone mad too.
So overall, it seems some manufactures integrated the new tech well, some did it poorly.
If a car comes up on the left lane (while I am in right), I can see it in rearview, then sidemirror + rearview, then in peripheral vision, the whole time.
It is possible a very small and fast unicycle could find a place to hide, but a normal size car can't.
I have a 2020 Prius Prime and the antediluvian infotainment system that reminds me of a mid-oughts GPS is the only real flaw with its software. Like, start the car and then wait because I'm not allowed to touch the GPS when I'm in motion and it needs like half a minute to boot up to the point where I can actually enter a destination.
Otherwise I like the UI. The pair of thumb-menu navigators on the steering wheel are great, I basically only have to touch the touchscreen for GPS.
The closest thing I've encountered is mentioned here - the tire pressure alert is way too sensitive. Drop 1-2PSI below the nominal (which happens the moment the temperature drops) and it complains on startup. But it's brief and easy to ignore.
Otherwise, it's been great! It never whines at me and does what I want.
The lane keep assist still requiring input on stop is bizarre. Glad mine doesn't do that!
Also: Fwiw, I think most collision detection systems immediately turn off the lane-keep-assist if something like that is detected to be about to occur. Plus, it doesn't 'fight' you very hard, if you put in any force at all it overrides it - at least on mine.