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Capacitive controls could be the cause of a spate of VW ID.4 crashes
(arstechnica.com)
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The ID.4 doesn't just have capacitive buttons, it has swipe controls on the steering wheel.
And of the most frustrating cars I have ever driven.
It's both. VW can't make their mind up.
Swiping works on them, but so does pressing.
While im not a fan of the capacitive buttons on the steering wheel, I’ve gotten used to them and havent had any issues. That said, if there’s some sort of recall that swaps it out for a wheel with regular buttons, im down for that. I saw some of the newer VWs had physical buttons again, i wonder if it is just as easy to sawp like my MKV Rabbit from the bare bones to a R32 wheel?
Now the capacitive buttons below the screen could f right off lol. I barely use them. I tend to rest my hand on the top of the screen and use my thumb to navigate where i need to go. Thanks above for the travel assist mode.