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12-04-2025
Randall V wrote
Can you add any shortcuts to make it easier? So you don't have to go through all the menu's for common tasks.
Yes. Hold the action/icon you want and the menu to add it to shortcuts will pop up
12-07-2025
Randall V wrote
Can you add any shortcuts to make it easier? So you don't have to go through all the menu's for common tasks.
Maybe; best for you to try it. Find the menu in question. Whatever you selected to get that menu (like menu title listed on left of screen), press and hold it until you see a popup. If it gives you the option to Add Shortcut, there you go. If it doesn't, out of luck.

Many menus cannot be Shortcuts, which is one of my iD 8.5 complaints. IMO, every menu that you can access by selecting should be able to be a Shortcut *and* be accessible directly via voice command.

Per heated seats settings, the menus depend on your Options/Packages, like the Climate Comfort Package (S0ZRC).

The Automatic Program is what has the seats heated automatically. Get to that by selecting the fan icon on bottom row of main screen, then "Individual settings".

See Manual pg 287+
12-08-2025
DJHakim wrote
Maybe; best for you to try it. Find the menu in question.
I will when I get it. My production date is Dec 16th
01-03-2026
2025G0540i wrote
I find I can manually back into a spot twice as fast as this feature. I do want to try one of these days the recordable path feature so I don't have to guess how far to pull in every time into the garage.
Good for you youngsters, I am 70 years old, still play golf but don't enjoy twisting my neck to back into a parking spot or parallel park. Loving the auto park feature.
01-03-2026
Condorll wrote
Good for you youngsters, I am 70 years old, still play golf but don't enjoy twisting my neck to back into a parking spot or parallel park. Loving the auto park feature.
Ha! I'm not too far behind you. I like normally parking on an end spot with a curb, when I can, and like to get as close as possible to the curb and the auto park centers it between the line and curb. I always can get way closer to curb on my own.
01-04-2026
2025G0540i wrote
Ha! I'm not too far behind you. I like normally parking on an end spot with a curb, when I can, and like to get as close as possible to the curb and the auto park centers it between the line and curb. I always can get way closer to curb on my own.
Indeed it parks center-ish. Also, it bails on autoparking or path recording if objects are too close and/or the steering angle is too sharp. "too close" is pretty far away.

It's a neat parlor trick when it works, but I wish I could disable the feature. I want the Park Assist button to activate only the parking cameras.