Notthat simple.
Though, to be honest, that little display in this model car is better than the little black “round knob” of the gear selector on the center console, right between and below the little black round radio knob, right near the little black “On/Off” button near the steering wheel, right above the little round black fan motor speed knob and left of the little black round radio tuning knobs.
I use rental cars frequently, and YES! Have turned the fan “off” but been forced to leave the engine running and the car in gear: The engine CANNOT turn off without the gear selector knob rotated to “Park” AND the key removed. BUT! The engine does not turn “off” because the radio key fob do not require a key to be in the switch.
With the radio key fob securely in the driver’s pocket, the “key” does NOT need to be in the key slot to turn the engine “On”. And, regardless of where the key fob is located, the engine will NOT turn off automatically under any conditions.
Worse, if the selector knob is left in “Fwd” or “Reverse” the engine cannot be turned “off” at all, regardless of where the driver is or whether he or she is trying to leave the car.
Indeed, it is easier, faster, and more likely to step out of the car WITH the car running AND in gear (forward or reverse) than it is to have turned the engine “off”.
Sounds like an accident waiting to happen if an engineer cannot easily maneuver it.
Are you talking about the rotary gear selector that Chrysler tried a few years ago? If so, I agree, that thing was a disaster. Totally non-intuitive. Way too easy to wind up in the wrong position. They tried to overcome this by having it lock you out of certain positions at certain times, but it was still a bad design. I’m almost surprised there wasn’t a recall on it.