So far, I really like my 2015 HCH. It's a great car. But there are a few things that I wish Honda did differently. Here is my list so far:

1. Windows do not operate when the car is off. [UPDATED: There is a way to do it!]
   You left your car parked with the windows open to cool off. A few hours later you want to close the windows. Too bad. You can't switch the key to On with the keyless entry to close the windows. You have to press the brake and turn on the car (which turns on the ICE) to close them, then you turn off the car. I wish the "Accessories Mode" would operate the windows. But it does not.
   If you arrive at a location and turn off the car, the windows will work until you open the door. After a door is opened, the only way to operate the windows is to turn on the car...
   [UPDATED: Here's how: you press the start button twice without your foot on the brakes. 1st press car goes into accessory mode - radio will work - 2nd press car goes into run mode. Windows, Air Conditioning, etc. Thank you Intrepid1 for the tip.]
   
2. Gas engine will turn on when you shift to Park to turn off the car.
   You arrive at your location. You stop the car and the auto shutoff turns the ICE off. The moment you shift to Park, the ICE turns on again. Why Honda, why!? You press the button and the car turns off. Every time you drive, you have to stop at some point and the same routine takes place. Stop, shuts off, Park, turns on, press, shuts off. I don't get it.
   If you leave in Drive and press the button, the car complains telling you to shift to Park.
   
3. Hard to tell how much more the gas pedal can be released.
   I wish there was another gauge telling me how far the gas pedal is depressed, or if there were notches or some physical feedback mechanism on the pedal to indicate how far I am. Sometimes I'm letting go the gas pedal very slowly trying to get the car into EV mode or recharge mode or trying to stop the electric assist, and I go too far and the car goes into cruising.
   
4. When you hit the Audio button it always shows the screen to select an input.
   I think it should show the FM or the CD screen first. If you want to change the input, you can use the wheel controls. Sometimes I just want to see who's playing and I need find where my input is from the list.
   
5. No Android support on HondaLink.
   I'm not sure how much I would use, but no Android supports means that 80% of world users (global marketshare from 2015 by IDC) or 53% of US users (from 2015 by Comscore) are out.

Any others that want to contribute to this list?

Leo

 

1. Is there a car that has that feature? Every power window car I've owned requires ignition on. Would be nice.

2. Yeah...annoying... HCH2 is this way too. No idea why they did that. I go through a weird shutdown procedure as a result.

3-5. I got nothing.

 

All cars I know do not need the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) spinning to operate the Windows. The key needs to be on the On position for the windows to operate, but the engine will not be using gas.
For the HCH-III (and likely all of the cars with a keyless system), there is no way to put the key into On without starting the ICE.

 

Sorry... reading failure on my part.

 

Well actually you can easily operate the windows and anything else without lighting up the engine.

Here's how: you press the start button twice without your foot on the brakes. 1st press car goes into accessory mode - radio will work - 2nd press car goes into run mode - only when you don't apply brakes while pushing button - instead of engine starting - the electronics goes into the "on" mode without engine running. Everything will work - windows, AC, everything

 

This is awesome Intrepid1, it works just as you described.
I'll update the main entry. Thank you