This was done as a result of a JD Power IQS customer survey. Its designed to improve usability and performance of the system. Not happy that they made the change I really don't think it was necessary and it deleted some great well used commands. If enough of us complain maybe they will go back to the old vr system.

 

The system recognized the commands fine, they designed it to walk the user through it easier, but it actually makes it more time consuming. We want quick response and they made a bad choice in my opinion.

 

You should have had a delivery Coordinator at that dealership! They would have walked you through your entire car! Go to info /voice recognition/command list and you will find the entire list and exactly how to say them. Good Luck!

 

My 08 does not have the longer list of voice commands, but does have the auto raise steering wheel and auto backing driver seat. I don't know whether or not they are removing these features from cars being built now, but at least my car has them.

 

I just picked up my 08 Journey w/Nav, Premium, and sport yesterday. The auto raise steering wheel and driver seat sliding back when shutting down the car are still functional (selectable via setup).

-Craig-

 

This really frosts my shorts. How can anyone think that REMOVING commands would improve useability? For those that don't know the commands, they wouldn't use them. But for people who want to use as much of the car as possible (especially with the nav lock-out), having the complete list of '07 commands would come in very useful.

Sometimes I just don't understand car makers. People want more options not less....especially when there is no additional cost!

Wurst not First

 

Just picked up a brand new 2008 G35x Prem/Nav/Tech and I can confirm that
1) voice commands like "temperature 70" work, and
2) wheel, gauge cluster, and driver's seat move out of the way when getting out of the car

 

I'll go check and get back to you.. I don't think these features have been removed. At least I read about them in the manual. Haven't actually tried using them yet.

 

I don't understand why some of the 08's have these commands and others don't.

Mine has them and also does the auto steering wheel raise thing as well.

Is it possible, that the car doesn't like your voice on these commands? Have you had a friend try them? I hav eno trouble with most commands, but I can never get it to recognize my home town name.

 

list which packages you have on your car... it could be the extra commands are part of a package set of options...

 

I did above, but I have the 08 sedan with premium and nav packages. I do not have the tech package.

 

It appears that some of the voice commands have been changed, but not removed. "Satellite radio channel 222" doesn't work in my '08 Sedan (sport/nav/prem), but "xm 222" does.

 

This is odd... "XM 222" does not work in mine, but "satellite radio channel 222" does....

 

Not odd, I just suck apparently. Re-checked over lunch and I obviously misremembered which combo of commands worked.

"XM 222" no-go.

Both "Satellite radio 222" and just "satellite 222" worked like a charm.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

He showed me some of them, but said they have decided to show the basics at initial pick up and then have a thorough session with you when you pick up the license plates. He said they hae discovered that most people are overwhelmed with the features on day 1 and retain it better if they have a couple of weeks with the car first.

Sorta made sense to me, but I would have liked to have a bit more day 1.

One thing was ironic, he was trying to show me the multi-command thing, like Temperature 77, etc.. And it wasn't working. It does appear that mine is one that has some of the commands removed or changed... I tried every combo I could think of to get multi-word commands to work...Not getting anywhere right now.

I can, however, confirm that the auto seat back and steering wheel raise on exit are still options.

My 08 has all options except the Tech Package.

Going back out to try the XM 222, etc commands now..

PITA

Andrew