Push button start features - Not a good experience.

[dlundblad]

Sounds more like Nissan quality as opposed to the push button feature.

I can’t say too much. I was close to buying a Frontier earlier this year.

 

[4WD]

It’s looking like another first world problem is nearly solved here!

 

[Patman]

I'm adding this story to my long list of reasons to never own a push button start vehicle.

Maybe you should just buy a car with a starter crank on the front.

 

[50yr Street Mech]

2 of my beaters have just REGULAR keys. Not coded. The fob is separate. Fob only does door locks, trunk, and panic... 2 old Toyota's. My 13' Honda has the coded key built into the fob, and there's a little red light that stays on to tell you the fob battery is good. Once that light dims, or goes out, time for a new battery. But, those old Honda key fob batteries last for years. Have that little phillips head screw holding the key to the fob.

 

[Hohn]

OMG, push buttons are in use 25+ years. More reliable and cheaper to fix than old fashion ignition lock.
This is on par: let me tell you bad experience with multiport injection over carburetor.

Wait until you hear about how awful iridium spark plugs are compared to the good ones that only need replacements every 15k miles.

 

[50yr Street Mech]

Never had an ignition lock fail in my life. Just lube it every so often, and use GOOD keys, not worn down garbage. Keep you're buttons that fall into the dash and leave you stranded. Yeh, old school and stayin that way as long as possible ( well, I am old, so be it )

 

[zzyzzx]

What else is on your long list of reasons?

They essentially replaced something that was simple, cheap, reliable, and intuitive, with something that's not.
Push buttons aren't necessary. Don't fix what's not broken.
IMO, push buttons were yet still another car feature that's compliments of the marketing department.
Adding it to cars just adds something else to break.
I like the satisfying feel of starting with a key.
Push button start is a silly waste of money.
The weird thing about the keyless cars is that the fob has a hidden key inside it to get the door open but NO keyhole for the engine start. Seems pretty intentional and evil to me. At least if it had both it would be up to your preference which to use but nope.
Turning on the accessory mode with a key is much easier and intuitive.

 

[Skippy722]

Heel & toe works fine for that. But it doesn't work when the gas & brake pedals are 3 miles apart from each other, as they are in those old trucks.

Or if you’re wearing size 13 steel toed cowboy boots, I’m lucky if I can hit just one pedal at a time!

 

[SammyChevelleTypeS3]

No...this site is different. It leans heavily towards boomers that want to revert back to the "good 'ol days".

Push button start is better in so many ways.......yet some wish to get a key out of their pocket every time they they start their vehicle.

I totally get it. Maybe some folks actually wish they can burp or toot and their cars , stereos and the phones could all jump start at the same time. I am just one of the boomers shaking the fist at the sky fussing at no one.