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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Yes. I admit, I rather like having the system, but if it were an option I would have to choose to voluntarily pay for...I wouldn’t.

My 2019 Subaru has it, and I had a tire with a slow leak they couldn’t seem to fix without replacing the sensor in the tire. So they did that, but the slow leak persisted.

Worse, I kept getting the “Master Caution Light” and the TPMS indicator. They reset the system and upgraded the software, it worked for two days, then stopped working at all.

Bah.

There is only one newfangled option on these new cars I would pay for-the Adaptive Cruise Control, which is great.

All the other stuff is annoying and worthless, and I hate being obliged to pay for it because some politicians thought I should, and car manufacturers think it is even more awesome to make us pay more for useless crap.


16 posted on 10/25/2025 7:37:42 AM PDT by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est.)
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To: rlmorel

I rented a Chevy Trax for two weeks recently. Paired my iPhone quick and easy before driving off. CarPlay worked well.

Three days later, it “forgot” my phone. Oh, well. Re-paired it. CarPlay works again.

Four days later it “forgot” it again. I’m getting steamed. Re-paired it. CarPlay works Again.

Three days later, it “forgot” my iPhone and CarPlay went completely dead. Spent and hour trying to get it running again. Bluetooth sound worked, but no CarPlay. GRRRRRR….

I complained to Alamo about that and worn-out, chattering wiper,blades and got $75 taken off the bill! Alamo treated me right.

The web is chock full of people complaining about these problems with the Chevy Trax entertainment unit. Stay away!


42 posted on 10/25/2025 9:49:17 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: rlmorel

Sure glad my car is just old enough not to have much of this new fangled crap on it. Don’t miss it at all. Every one of most of those newer systems should have a way of working around it.


60 posted on 10/25/2025 7:11:28 PM PDT by oldtech
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