Clarity Issues

My garage is currently sitting at 47F with the Clarity plugged in. I turned on the climate control this morning via the app (car was still plugged in), and got the car to warm to about 65 with no issues.

 

Definitely the best way to go (climate pre-heat first). I think the earlier note was that if you just go out to the car cold (plugged-in) and you didn't think to pre-warm it (say going out to look at a feature or menu item on a whim), you cannot just turn on regular climate and get heat. There is fan action, but for some reason no heat, very odd. But the seat heaters do work. (for all our discussion of quirks and things that could be better, I should say that I am still very happy with the Clarity overall; it is a wonderful car).

 

Congratulations on finally finding the answer to this conundrum!

And I'm glad I resisted the urge to post uninformed guesses as to what you might try, as I never in a million years would have guessed that!

 

Waze


Voice command


Infinite upgradability.

 

Try the voice command. Something like,
" Ok Google, play Black Velvet."
"The nearest charging stations."
"Call Elon musk."

Basically, you get to use your phone in your car.

 

My apologies for being away from the forum lately. Thanks for checking into this. I do not understand how the remote climate even works because I can use it from my office, far from blue tooth range, and it can't be the satellite antennae because it is covered parking? Hope they find a solution fro this one.

 

Not really an "issue" but a complaint - what IDIOTS would make you use a 589 page PDF Owner's Manual without bookmarks or links in the Index?

 

I was able to use the wife's Clarity for a few short drives over the weekend and the one thing I don't think I will ever get used to is that stupid gear selector. Never mind the fact that every time I push the D button and put it into drive I immediately then try to move a phantom gear shifter into drive. The real issue I had today was trying to back out of my friends driveway who lives on a somewhat busy two lane street with kind of a blind turn on one side. Pulling out of there and switching to drive quickly is important and that is really hard to do with this push button system in the Clarity. I don't like it.

 

I'd do my backing into that friend's driveway in the future, but I know what you mean. At least in the Clarity (compared to the Prius PHEV) when you step on the go pedal, the car actually moves with some purpose and velocity.

Coming from the Prius PHEV (with the same flying bridge) I can live with the buttons. It seems to be a "bridge" feature in this year's Honda models. Fewer parts means lower costs.

 

With the traffic on his street backing into his driveway would be way more dangerous, if not impossible.

 

Yup. I still find myself fumbling and feeling for Park and Drive. Change for the sake of change?

We still love the car. As with any car, there are some design decisions you question, but the overall package still hits the mark.

 

I would agree with everything but the reverse button change - it would be far too easy to accidentally put the car into reverse with a "button" rather than than the pull down mechanism they use.

Overall, it is a BIG waste of space, when coupled with the flying bridge, compared to the Prius mini-shifter on the dash. Plus, there is NO REASON for the bridge to widen as it approaches the dash, encroaching on driver and passenger knee room. I know all manufacturers claim they do focus group testing, but if they had let 30 average drivers test the cockpit of the Clarity before going final for production, they would have caught most of these gaffes - if they had added 30 experienced Prius drivers, they would have caught all of the rest.

We also have "issues" with the Odyssey - there is far more front seat passenger foot room in my Clarity than the Odyssey because they hung the rear passenger HVAC fan low in the foot well of the front passenger seat, literally forcing your feet down and to the right in a small cubby. STUPID!

 

Honda does know how to do the "flying bridge" better: witness the 2018 Accord and 2018 Odyssey vs 2018 Clarity:





Personally I feel the Odyssey does the best job of giving you the maximum front seat space (other than front passenger foot space); Accord the better Infotainment system.

 

Yeah, definitely less wasted space in both cases.

BTW, I changed the skin on the Clarity this morning and rearranged the icons to make the page more space efficient. I like it, but my wife hasn't yet seen it. It's her car, so she'll have the final word.

 

I realize they don't want the car lines to blur (otherwise we would have just had an Accord PHEV), but steal that compact dash from the Odyssey and the Infotainment from the Accord, and it would be killer.

PS - I also really like the angled controls in the outside doors of the Accord.

PPS - I think my 2018 Clarity is MUCH better looking than the 2018 Accord!