Does anyone else but me think there are way too many electronics in today's vehicles?

[HighDesertRam]

I am not a technophobe, but I think there are just way too many electronics in today's vehicles and they are the source of a lot of the issues discussed here. My wife bought a 2021 Outback after her previous 2014 Outback was rear ended in a freeway accident. She loved her previous vehicle, but hates the new one as there are just too many "nanny state" electronics that drive her crazy, that she cannot turn off.

On my 2022 4x4 Diesel Ram, I have all the annoying stuff turned off, but the truck regularly hiccoughs with some type of electronic issue. Last week, the touch screen system was blank for a day. Now it's back. Yesterday, Car Play stopped working for some unknown reason.

Short of buying an older used vehicle, there's just no way around this garbage that I can discern. It's extremely annoying.

 

[Tom Davis]

100% agree!

 

[Rado]

110% agree I purchased a New car March and still finding things and most I do not need!
Many I can shut off and use it like a car not a tech driving car lol

 

[CanuckRam1313]

Agreed!

 

[DickLowman]

Agreed. But Ram is better (less bad in that context) than some options. We bought a 2022 Ram and 2022 Honda CRV. Love the Ram in spite of the relatively minor nuisances. Hate the CRV due to all the electronics.

 

[Tulecreeper]

The first thing I attempted to disable was the back-up camera as it irritates me coming on all the time, even when I have the Uconnect turned off. I use my mirrors to back up. Apparently there is no way to do that unless I unplug it at the tailgate, and doing that disables the tailgate light which is kind of useful. There are also a dozen things I will never use - Bluetooth, GPS, Compass, etc. - as I'm a real low-tech guy.

 

[JHoward]

I agree, however these newer vehicles were not part of their thought process for design and of the times for us older folks. I'm happy with my 2017 RAM 1500 RCSB Express ... nothing fancy just the necessities, ie power locks/windows/steering and an much easier simplified radio without SeriusXM radio ... I didn't renew that, because I have my "Star Trek" phone and earbuds, Bluetooth, etc. for music listening pleasure and also for yaking/texting purposes ...for Pete's sake, lol.

 

[ibike]

My 2004 Jeep is my favorite ride. 202,000 miles on it. Crank by hand windows. Tops off and 99% of the trips are in it. The Ram gets the long comfy drives.
It still has too many electronics. I miss my old Gremlin with points and a cassette radio.

 

[TotallyHucked]

I agree to an extent. My '17 has just the right amount of gadgets for me. The heated/cooled seats are awesome, the radio/backup cam are nice. The blindspot monitoring/door is open so it slams into park/etc is annoying but not the end of the world. But the loaded up '19+ trucks are another level of complex. I have my '85 GMC to run around in when I feel like going back to a simpler time lol

 

[gtomike60]

You're not wrong

Everything is too complex and expensive to repair/replace