Wake up Chrysler
by Ron on March 12th, 2007I had to travel Sunday for a Monday meeting. Since daylight savings time had just made us “spring forward” I needed to change the clock in my Toyota Corolla on the way to the airport. All I had to do was press the “H” button one time and the time was correct. Easy.Fast forward a few hours once I was in my rental car – a red Chrysler PT Cruiser. Now let me make one thing crystal clear… a red Chrysler PT Cruiser is not my style. I am more your silver Toyota Corolla type of guy but I digress.
Anyhow, when I got into the PT Cruiser I went to adjust the clock as it was off by an hour. I studied the clock for a few seconds and realized I needed to push this little button down while I waited for the STUPID analog arms of the analog clock move all the way around. The picture above was taken in the car. Well I had started to drive by this time (real safe I know) and was not paying attention so you can probably guess what happened next. I went more than one hour! So I had to press the button again, which had begun to hurt my finger, and wait for the STUPID analog arms of the analog clock go all the way back around.
It is entirely possible that you can make the arms move in reverse instead of just forward but I sure couldn’t figure it out. So I was forced to do it the hard (and painful) way.
It seems this is one more example of how a company like Toyota has taken the time to think of the voice of their customer while a company like Chrysler is more concerned with how some STUPID analog clock makes the dash more stylish. I was sure glad to be back in my nice little Corolla with my nice little analog clock.
Until next time, I wish you all the best on your journey towards continuous improvement.
It’s not just Chrysler. My wife’s vehicle has an aftermarket Pioneer radio, all digital. For the life of us, we have to get the dang book out everytime to figure out how to set/change the clock each time. The buttons are so tiny and arcane… the process involves having to turn off the radio power to change the clock. And there is no “Power” button or “On/Off”… it’s also arcane.
Frustrating!
I’m sure you’ve learned the lesson with hotel clock radios also?
The lesson I have learned about hotel clock radios is that I always set them wrong so I now rely solely on my cell phone alarm.