Love the Insight. Great fun to drive. Makes one want to run errands just to take it out and see what kind of MPG one can achieve.
Still, after a few local trips this past week, FIVE glaring design defects emerged. Call them physical design problems or interface problems, they are signs that Honda engineers were sleeping or playing video games the day they designed them!
Here are the first three. To not overwhelm the forums (or overstay my welcome), I’ll just post these today and post the two major ones in the coming days.
1. Door Sealing Against the Rain—What Sealing?
2. Right Camera Comes On Too Easily
3. Trip Meter Resetting Confusion
Still, after a few local trips this past week, FIVE glaring design defects emerged. Call them physical design problems or interface problems, they are signs that Honda engineers were sleeping or playing video games the day they designed them!
Here are the first three. To not overwhelm the forums (or overstay my welcome), I’ll just post these today and post the two major ones in the coming days.
1. Door Sealing Against the Rain—What Sealing?
I have been shocked and dismayed by this. Drive in a downpour—or wash the car—and all sorts of water creeps in under the door sill and even onto the inside ledge inside the car. I’ve noticed this after spritzing the car, or even hand-washing it, and especially after driving in the rain. Right under the bottom edge of the door, you can see the rain and rain spots or mini-puddles; open the door and you see more; and some of the water is even scattered inside, splashed up higher onto the next ledge. The sealing doesn’t seem to be very good.
While I recall seeing raindrops or water on the lower sill in our Accord, they definitely never showed up on the next ledge up.
Are other people seeing this?
While I recall seeing raindrops or water on the lower sill in our Accord, they definitely never showed up on the next ledge up.
Are other people seeing this?
2. Right Camera Comes On Too Easily
Several times now, when I’ve been turning LEFT, I’ve inadvertently pressed the end of the turn signal stalk and the right camera has come on. Now, that’s driver distraction! You think you’ve put on the left turn signal, which you probably have, but the right lane display shows up. I’ve then turned off my turn signal, a natural reaction to turn off the camera but, of course, it remains on. One time, I overshot the signal and, so, there I was attempting a left turn, but with the right turn signal on and the camera view for the right lane on.
Three conclusions. The end of stalk turning on is too sensitive. It should never come on when turning left. It should go off when the driver changes or turns off the turn signaling.
Three conclusions. The end of stalk turning on is too sensitive. It should never come on when turning left. It should go off when the driver changes or turns off the turn signaling.
3. Trip Meter Resetting Confusion
I assume, but do not want to test this, that if one inadvertently presses rather than rolls the selector switch (e.g., to go from the Trip A to Trip B meter) that one is prompted to confirm. Otherwise, that looks like a risky set up in that you could inadvertently reset it. In fact, why is resetting there at all? It looks ripe for a disaster, especially if one has kids (or a dog)! (OK, I guess a dog wouldn’t have the key or turn on ACC power.) There should be an option to block the reset entirely from the steering wheel to avoid inadvertent presses and resets.