[nosequel]

I was so excited to get my S60 PHEV. Mechanically it is an amazing machine, great handling, great power, I rarely have to put gas in it. BUT. It is a nightmare with the technology.

Like most new cars, everything is tied into the center display/computer. It will crash while driving, which will remove all sound from your car, and I don't mean just the radio/spotify/whatever. You can be in mid-turn with your turn signal on and then just absolute quiet. It is so off-putting. Your blinker stops, you can't really tell your engine is on, and every screen just goes black. Thankfully I don't have a pure electric, so I my car still physically moves, but I really can't believe I haven't gotten in an accident when my screen crashes.

Thankfully I leased this vehicle, and I'm almost done with it, I honestly can't wait to turn it in.

[drewg123]

Pure electrics also work when the screen crashes. My Tesla behaves almost exactly as you describe. When the screen crashes / reboots, you loose all displays, all sound, signals, etc. But the car still drives.

[ryandrake]

But the screen shouldn’t crash, ever! Why are people accepting this crap?

[m_fayer]

I have a rock-solid but aging Kia niro phev and I love it.

I’m thinking of turning it in for an updated model, but the updated model has displays instead of actual gauges and indicator lights like the older niro, and that just makes my skin crawl. It should be damn near impossible for the gauges and indicators to blink out of existence, and reassurance about nothing-but-screens has not been forthcoming.

[mysterydip]

Yeah, had my XC90's center console crash/reboot in the middle of a highway drive, very disorienting and unnerving.

[Workaccount2]

I would hope that the center control computer is isolated from the actual drive computer in all these cars.