Autotrader – Shop All the Cars App Reviews

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An Unfortunate Descent Into Chaos. It deeply saddens me to write this review. After consistently providing in depth feedback via the surveys that used to pop up for years; I have been reduced to an App Store reviewer whereas I doubt the team will truly read each one of these reviews. The app is simply beyond use at this point, and an experience as mine is apparently relatively common nowadays. I have used old tactics that used to work to revive the utility of the application (i.e. deleting and reinstalling, clearing the data from my device in between installations) without success. I am not someone who uses many apps on a daily basis but Autotrader has always been a personal favorite of mine considering my lifelong affinity for automobiles as both an industry member and a buyer myself. In the case that my review be read by the team: Please do make a serious attempt at increasing the stability and hence utility of searching on the application, even at the expense of removing alternative features temporarily; it would appear to me that a core line of business and viability of the advertising revenue is at stake. Thank you for your time and new users beware: the application is effectively useless at this time but please use the website in its absence and i’m sure very soon it will be in proper working order.

Update: app is smooth and fast now. Most recent update has broken functionality. Update: the latest update has fixed the below issues. The app is actually a good bit faster now, especially with populating options in custom searches. Thanks dev team! App constantly errors out when making updates to a search. It’s been doing this for about a month now. This update should not have shipped, full stop…Did QA do any testing on an IPhone 14 Pro running latest OS? Because if they did, they’d find the app is barely usable.

Wow - no support??. App support is nonexistent?? Received an error message 404 not found on website for app support? Needed help why the iPhone app error keeps appearing that there was an error fetching the search options. No other way around this message. No exit button? Had to close the app several times and reopening to no avail. So I deleted the app. Still can’t get into the app so I have to resort to the website or my iPad for now. Please fix this error for I use this IPhone app to find cars to buy for my daughter. A one star for now until the app is fixed for iPhone.

Better than before, but still not great. Autotrader’s app had gone from being super simple and easy to use years ago, to being pretty much unusable in the last couple years. Frustrating UI, snail slow servers, ads, and a general difficulty in just trying to get drop down menus to select what you were touching have all made the app so irritating that I refused to even touch it for at least a couple years. The UI responsiveness has gotten better, but their servers are still plagued with lag so selecting options takes more than a few seconds of waiting. The worst offender now is the refusal of the app to let you log in so you can save searches and vehicles. I have an iPhone 14 Pro so my passwords are all saved and automatically entered, and for some reason I can log into AutoTraders website just fine, but the app steadfastly insists I entered the wrong email or password. I am about done with autotrader at this point. I have no idea how you can mess this up so badly and repeatedly.

Buggy and needs a new filter. Clicked send feedback in the app and this is where it brought me. Hopefully a one star review will grab the development team’s attention. Overall, I love Autotrader, but there is a new bug that makes scrolling search results on the iOS app impossible. I scroll so far and it jumps way down the list. For example, sort by lowest price, and it just skips a whole section of prices, but then refreshes down the page and puts those there. But only a few. Then I scroll back up and the order is all messed up. Please fix this. I would like to suggest a new filter also. There are a flood of “branded title” listings here, and I am not at all interested in any of them. I will never buy a branded title car. Please make filtering this out an option. A “-branded” in the search bar to filter out descriptions, or an explicit check box filter would either one work. Both would be the best option in case they don’t check the box on the listing. A mandatory check would be a good idea. And the ability to report anyone who doesn’t list correctly. Thank you for your attention to these matters.

Needs Improvement. I have used this app for a couple of years and one thing I’ve noticed is the developer doesn’t improve the app very often. I find it stalls on a regular occasion regardless of the device. And when I set my search criteria to not show vehicle without photos or price somehow they still show up. I don’t understand how someone can try and sell a vehicle without pictures or price. Really need to set that as required information and tell accounts that use stock photos they will lose the privilege of this site if that is continued. Would make a lot better experience for everyone. De-Clutter Autotrader

Fixed yet?. The last few updates have been horrible - app is essentially unusable for its intended purpose! Either AutoTrader execs hired in their high school drop out nephew or somehow one of the other (now better) car search sites were able to slip the app developers some cash to make the AutoTrader app the garbage that it is now. It’s hard for me to believe that these last few app updates were purposely made this bad…I’ll keep looking at the reviews of this app to see when it’s usable again, not going through the false hope of seeing another app update and thinking ‘wow, they finally fixed it’ just to be disappointed to discover that this app is an even worse dumpster fire than the prior version…

New update is horrible. I’ve been using this app since it came out almost 10 years ago. I’ve been through all the updates. This one’s bad… You have to log in essentially every time you use the app to save any vehicles. It should just keep you logged in like it used to. But the biggest issue is that they got real slimey and made the ads SO sensitive that even if you go to scroll, just the action of placing your finger on the screen to swipe triggers the ad and sends you to the advertiser’s website. This happens constantly. Or if you pull up the drop down tab for sorting and there is an ad underneath, tapping any of the sort options will just open the ad and again send you to the advertisement website. This is so ridiculous!

Slow and laggy. New app is very slow and laggy. Will forget position in search list when backing up after looking at a vehicle. Glitches while scrolling. Compared to the old app there is wasted blank space in the favorites menu. Have to scroll more to see the same information as before. The same account on the website shows more saved searches than on the app when this didn’t happen before. Hard to search when app will lock and freeze when selecting search filters or not load anything and shows a blank screen. Old app definitely needed updated but at least it worked efficiently.

App issue, support thinks it’s a me problem. First of all app is great or at least used to be but I’ve been having an issue for weeks where it will not let me save any cars at all it says I’m at 50 cars when I only have 25 even on the website. I contacted support and they gave me troubleshooting steps which have did nothing and I tried to tell them that but still apparently I can fix if when I obviously can’t. I did all the steps to no avail so I’ve just given up using this app. Sad to stop using Autotrader but if it gets fixed I’ll definitely be using this app again on of the top apps to use if you want price updates.

Misrepresenting as actual salesman. I had two occasions where I checked availability of a vehicle and somebody reached out to me. They acted as if they worked at the dealership….. But in both instances they did not. The second time the lady told me that she would not be there but assured me the vehicle I wanted was available. She said to ask for her manager. So I drove a long distance to the dealership only to find the car had been sold. When they ask who the salesman was I gave her name, they looked puzzled. Once I told them this all came about via Autotrader they were mad and apologetic. They said this happens a lot and that all they do to check inventory is go to the website of the dealership. I was very frustrated and lost a full day traveling that I didn’t have time for.

I want to like the app. I want to like this app when it works it’s great. Some things I’d like changed is full screen photos, what’s the point of enlarging the photos if they are about the same size? If you are looking at a car you want to be able to get a close look at it. Also photos load really slow so optimization there would be great. But the one continuously frustrating part is all the constant glitches, things don’t load, server drops, can’t connect, errors etc. It is so frustrating and this has been the case for a long time now and who ever is building the app has not been able to fix it. auto trader needs to find a new app developer and rewrite the app so it’s stable. This app doesn’t work as it yet to be fixed. I’ve used it for a long time in the hope that they will get their app straightened out.

Bad Advertisements, Good App. Great app/site for finding interesting cars nationwide. Recently, though, it's been overlaying invisible ads for GM rewards cards and other things that you can't see, but that when you try to click on a button or interface element, it redirects you out of the app to the GM website. I've found it does this especially when I'm applying filters to search results. It's impossible to apply filters or make selections on the part of the page covered by the invisible ad. Even when you come back to the app after closing the unwanted ad, the same areas are still covered. The only way out is to close and reopen the app.

App is getting worse? :p. I don't think that it's exaggerating to say this app is getting worse and worse. For the last week plus there's no place to login on the app, but it gives you an error message if you try to save more than three cars, and tells you to login, which you can't... The app seems pretty unstable. A rating of just one star is kind of harsh however this is a company that had something like $500 million to merge with Kelly so it's not like some coders are working in their basement. Some search criteria are very clunky Eg you cannot select multiple models within a brand in one step; you have to select three shades of brown if you're looking for a tan interior; blah blah blah... they survey for input all the time but don't seem to do anything with it :) You can't search cars by the listing date on the app, but you can on the website. Ie you can't display the new listings first. I set up an alert on the website, it looks like you can't do that on the app, but either way I get notices for "new listings" that display all the old listings... It is frustratingly poor performance for a system that just searches their own database of listings. The support people on the phone have been terrific and I'm sure they have competent talented programmers so what's the deal?!

How is it this bad?!?!. I’ve been using the Autotrader app for around 10 years. It has become unbelievable slow and unresponsive, and having it open for just a couple seconds causes my phone to get incredibly hot and then it starts lagging to the point the app is useless. More often than not, it’ll say theirs an issue and have a reload button, only problem is that the reload button doesn’t work. Then you make a selection to filter, it takes about 10 seconds for it to make that change. And sometimes it doesn’t actually make the change. The ads are horrible, if you so much as graze one, it opens your browser and takes you to whatever the ad was for. Even if you select the filter to remove cars that were in an accident, or damaged severely, it’ll still show them. This app has gotten so bad over the years. I like to research cars, and compare them, and Autotrader used to be my favorite app to use for that. But I have since switched to another app that is significantly more stable, functional and more responsive. This really is a shame since Autotrader used to be the best.

Good Site, Mediocre App. Autotrader is a solid way to see cars on the market. However the app is just unpolished and has been very much the same for a very long time. One of the most annoying aspects is when you are using the filters to find a car. As soon as you select the filter it will already load all results with whatever settings. So if you want to find a Mazda Miata, when you select Mazda, all the Mazdas in your location range will be loaded, and while it is loading you just have to wait. There should be a way to apply the filters you set so that you can specify what you want before each time the app searches.

CLEARLY THE APP DEVELOPER NEVER USES THE APP!!!. This app is just short of great but for the reasons it’s not, are nothing short of frustrating. If you search for cars and set a mileage or price parameter, lets say under 20,000 miles under $10,000. The search returns 80% of your results with cars that have unlisted mileage. Unlisted mileage doesn’t mean they forgot to list the mileage, it means the mileage is so high they don’t want you to know until you look into the vehicle. There’s no way to exclude these high mileage vehicles (or unlisted as they say), & its a huge waste of time to make people view them. You can’t sort them out to show only actual low mile vehicles, they mix the unlisted in with lets say 15,000. Even if you sort from low to high mileage, still mixes them all up. They could have made a minimum mileage search option, or a “exclude keyword”, but what they should do, is FORCE the advertiser to list the mileage. It is what it is, so put it in the ad. Auto Trader, you need to fix this, and stop making this a frustrating experience. Should be easy and enjoyable. Your developers clearly don’t USE the app, just test it. Maybe you should actually use it for a change, and work on sorting out these issues.

Much worse than previous version. I want to start this off by saying I’ve used Autotrader for a long time and really like the platform. But, this latest update is a major step backwards in UI. It’s clunky and hard to use compared to the old version. Searching is slow and tedious now. My biggest gripe is removing class selections in favor of models. For instance, instead of being able to select BMW then 5 series to see all available models (535i/550i/540i/etc) you have to select each model individually. This is really annoying if you are unfamiliar with the exact years certain model designations were used or want to see across many years. Second- the app should open to a screen where you select make and model every time, like the website. This is the primary function of the app! Why is it multiple taps away in a harder to use filter menu. Please rethink the way sorting and filtering are handled. The new UI looks nicer but it seems aesthetics took priority over functionality.

Ever since they changes this apps core it has been getting worse. I have been using this app for over a decade and I have used it to find my last two cars. About a year ago they changed the core functionality. Want to filter on a green car that is not within you search range. Nope. Since one is not available you cant filter on it. want to search for something modern like adaptive cruise control? Nope. The way you save of searches now does not work as well at it used to. Some of my searches have broken apart in to separate searches and 25 miles is the default? But the VERY LAST straw and why I am uninstalling... is forcing portrait mode. are you kidding me? These are the things you're changing not making the app work better. I AM OUT!

Used to be great now don’t waste your time. The app used to keep your favorites logged in so as you shop you can quickly reference your saved autos as you finalize which to buy. Now the app forces you to sign out and sign back in to get your saved autos and if you are shopping long you may lose them after 30 minutes - brilliant idea to waste our time. Then when you try and communicate with AT no reply... I have found other more friendly and effective apps. Too bad I bought three cars over the past ten years using AT. You had something special and then you ruined it.

Trashed. The developers have been destroying the app with each update over the years, to the point where it’s unusable now. I have been a longtime user of Autotrader and have been using it for over 5 years. The old app was the best. When they started to modernize the app, each update introduced new bugs and annoyances. The most recent update that introduced a new interface and a type search feature is the absolute worst thing. It was easy to tap make and model in the old app as it was front and center, but now it’s the search bar. The search bar does not recognize some very common models. For example, I type “S550” it brings up every Mercedes model except for the S550. If you do manage to find what you're looking for, when you apply the filter sometimes it doesn’t work, it shows the entire brand instead of what model you’re looking for. The app has had issues with it logging you out of your account for OVER A YEAR! How ridiculous is that? The newest issue is that, if you do manage to stay logged in, it won’t save cars that you want to save. Instead, it will give you an error. What’s also new is that if you tap on a vehicle to open the listing, it will show a blank screen. The app is literally unusable, in addition to showing us showing ads for this ridiculous performance, the developers and the company as a whole should be ashamed.

Text on description page is all scrunched up. Love this app, and have used it for years. However, recently the description pages of individual cars is all messed up and scrunched into the middle of the screen, overlapping and thus making it unreadable (and the autotrader app UNUSABLE). I have tried removing it and re-downloading it. I have tried it on different devices. Still the same problem. Still does not work. Autotrader app guys, here’s an idea: before you push a new update of the app out —- test it to make sure it actually works!

Updated search, no good. Update - worse than ever. The UX around search is terrible. The results take forever to load. Crashes all the time. Truly painful to use. App was buggy at times but worked well. The revamp of the search flows is super clunky, especially for enthusiasts that want to define specific criteria up front, and have multiple searches etc. The redesign is really unresolved. The graphic side is a little nicer but the UX is dismal. Try to revamp the “advanced search” to the IDENTICAL flow you offered before or you’ll lose your enthusiast demographic to one if the other 10 apps that do the same thing. Flows like searching for a vehicle have been around for years ans yours was one of the best - no need to reinvent the wheel, especially with the current build, it is truly inferior to the previous, simple yet flexible app.

Still Horrible, I’m done with the app. I’m back with my 4th one star review of the app, and this time the app is completely unusable. App consistently throws its self into a white screen which causes you to restart the app and renter your criteria. Additionally, when you actually get to look at your results the app puts you back at the very top of the results every time you look at a car and go back to the listings. Keep in mind these issues are on top of all the others such as overheating phones, slow frame rate/stuttering, app crashes, etc. I’ve been using the app for 5 years now and I’m done. The developers do not listen to the people using the app and every-time they try to fix one thing two more things break. Doug would be very disappointed.

The new update is lacking.. The new software update to this app is terrible. The most annoying bug is the delayed scrolling that lags and then restarts back to the top of the list when scrolling. For example, if I search for a particular make/model and receive 100 results. I will then start scrolling down through the results and when I get about 15-20 results down the page, the scroll will lag and then reset back to the top at number 1 - it makes the app near useless for quick scanning of search results. Additionally, users can no longer add a keyword into their searches. For example, terms like “turbocharger” or “winch” could be added to searches in the previous version of this app, but that feature has been removed for some reason. It was very useful. Two out of five stars for an app that was 4.5-5 in the past.

Bad selling experience. Very difficult to navigate selling process. Didn’t want to deal with FB marketplace nonsense so I tried this app. Listing interface was very easy and uploading pictures was quick. Once the ad is up and paid for, the app becomes almost useless. I couldn’t track views or use messaging in the app at all. Everything came to my email. Then if I used a link, it took me to the website rather than app. Good news though, in a month on a low mileage F150, I had virtually no activity. 2 messages right away that gave me email addresses to reach out to them on. Both did not work. One more when ad was expiring. My truck had some modifications that didn’t fit into the Autotrader algorithm I guess. Ended up on FB for $39k and sold in a week for $37k. Still gave 3 stars as I did not use the buying side of the app.

Finally, nothing’s easy.. Just updated. Hate the new version. My searches weren’t transferred. Can’t see enough saved cars per page. This version seems to favor dealers/sellers maybe and I’m guessing mobile phones, but I use my iPad almost exclusively and it is much worse there. It may look better, but it works worse. May just go back to using the web version. Update 9/23 Website is glitchy in safari also, but worst thing is their customer service if you purchase a car through the private exchange. I’m still waiting on my title beyond the 30-45 day window (which is ridiculously long) and I’m not sure if I will ever get it. Customer service is just giving me the runaround. My temporary tag has expired so I can’t even drive. It’s fully paid for. They have no excuse.

Such promise, disappointing results. This app is great at showing local cars for sale but allows dealers to flood the listings by sponsoring ads to skew the results. While you may find a car you want you have to scroll and scroll past all the sponsored listings... it makes one question the validity of search results. Unfortunately there’s no way to filter out the places you know you do not want to buy from. We have a dealer with serious questionable reputation and Autotrader has them as a featured dealer... it proves the point that this app is all about who advertises not about autos for sale. As a buyer, there is a severe shortage of private listings. Something you can find in the classifieds. Hopefully they’ll rethink their decision to cater to the biggest spenders, else this app will be as useless as Google news

App Structure needs fixing.. For finding cars, this app does the job for you. There are various filters you can apply, in addition to being able to save certain vehicles and even your searches. The reason I rated this three stars rather than five is due to the application performance. The app tends to lag and delay response time to scrolling significantly. The result amount listed was tested at 127 results and 100. I do not think the app should be struggling to display these results, and I don’t think it does, however I believe the advertisements cause this latency issue. As they load in continuously, the app must focus on loading the pictures in for the ads, in addition to the specific dimensions. It seems that when the ads is loading in, the performance drops. When this happens, it seems to slow any scrolling, even in the filter screen. As this looks like a big con, and to me it kinda is, the app still gives you the ability to search cars to a tee that fit your style.

Fix this app!. I don’t usually review apps, but I’m hoping if enough people do they’ll fix whatever is wrong with this thing. I have used AutoTrader for years and never had any major issues but lately it has become very laggy. These issues have gotten even worse with the new “update” a few days ago and now it is to the point where it’s really only usable for a few minutes before it becomes basically impossible to use and also heats up my phone. I have tried everything, restarting the app countless times, restarting my phone, and even reinstalling the app. Nothing has helped at all. I know there are other car shopping apps out there but like I said I have been using this app for years and therefore am very comfortable with the software so please fix this! It is a great app when it is working properly.

Love autotrader. Absolutely love autotrader. Bought a car and found other cars for others. 1 thing missing for me and would love to see included...on the website users can choose to hide or remove certain selections from the search. The user is also able to leave a comment as to why they want the particular selection to not be included in the search. For example...searching for a manual transmission, but the search results include automatic transmissions. The auto transmission cars should be hidden or removed because they were not included in the search criteria and should be flagged

Broken as usual. Yup, this app is broken. When i try to like a car, i get an error and it doesn't allow me to like/save the vehicle. If i exit and swipe out of the app several times, i can favorite a couple cars before the error pops up again. Also, when searching for cars and putting in the parameters, it’ll say “0 results found.” So ill delete the parameter, then put it in again and voila, low and behold it works. The flaws with this app are small but absolutely annoying. Ive switched over to other apps and almost always avoid using this one now because of how flawed it is with tiny but mind boggling glitches. Trash and flawed. I like the layout for the most part but CarFax and Cargurus are allot more user friendly and wayyyy less flawed.

Functional but annoying. Overall the app ok, however I have seen two issues. The first is I have went to go test drive cars but they were already sold yet they were showing available on the app. I realize this is could be the dealerships fault for not updating their data but it could also be the app’s fault for not syndicating the data everyday, but nevertheless the integrity of the information shown is still compromised. My second issue is more annoying than anything. The AD vehicles show multiple times on the same screen which skews the results. If the AD vehicles only showed once at the top of the screen I would have given it 4-stars.

Glitchy, Poor results and too Expensive. I have been using Autotrader for years. The last few times I have used it not only is it glitchy and freeze up, but the quality of the results were not inclusive of many many other results found on other competing websites. Step it up or I will start my car searches where the results can be found. I have also sold a few cars on Autotrader. The last time I TRIED to sell a car I was SHOCKED how expensive it was. Tried it for a few weeks with only a few calls, all tire kickers. I put the same car on another site after a few weeks on Autotrader and we had ten calls in two days and the car was sold within a week. So, again poor results. Autotrader needs to lower the cost to list a car to solve their two biggest problems. 1)Not enough listings 2)because it’s to expensive to list a vehicle. Look, I think Autotrader has been the goto in car searches/selling over the years, but they got too big for their britches! Come back to reality Autotrader and realize you are getting your clocks cleaned cause you got greedy.......

Saved me a lot and made me happy. I needed to replace an Audi. I kept cruising Autotrader and the net deciding what I wanted, seeing the options, and, mainly, working up the nerve to drop that much money on a purchase. One day I noticed the latest model with everything I wanted and very low mileage for 25% off. I contacted the dealer and it was already sold. However I learned from that dealer that the dealers sell their loaner cars at the same time when the new model arrives. So I watched Autotrader like a hawk. Sure enough another one appeared at a dealer closer to me. I emailed them immediately through the app and snagged the prize. I was planning to pay full price for a new car, but I figured a loaner was basically a new car at 25% off. I think I got the new car with everything I wanted and saved $13,000 or more. I presume the app made a little money too—good for them. Unfortunately the Audi dealer we always worked with wasn’t part of Autotrader so they lost my business. Thanks Autotrader! I’m a big fan.

Bought a Car!. Like many car enthusiasts, I am always scouring Autotrader. Recently I bought a car that I found on the app! As a service, Autotrader is pretty great- but there are some issues with the app that could using improving. 1. No dark mode. 2. I have noticed some crazy performance degradation when using the app. Like even with full battery but iPhone X struggles to navigate through the app smoothly. (Just updated though so this may be fixed). 3. Lag time with loading pictures. Sometimes pictures take incredible long to load even on a properly good internet connection. 4. Lastly, this is a bit difficult to put into words, but I do think the UI could be worked over. One example would be when going to change the manufacturer after searching for a specific company and model. I always find myself tapping through a few menus to try to remember how to back out of say Volkswagen to get to the full list of manufacturers.

If it Ain’t Broken, Don’t Fix it. I agree with a prior review. AT was clean and generally simple. The best in my opinion. Not a bunch of hidden menus and options with overly complicate (IT nerdy) ways to use the tool. Competitor tools tend to overwhelm the user and are confusing to navigate. I’d set all of my advanced settings, multiple vehicles at times, and hit search. And, I’d save the search or vehicle(s) and periodically set alerts. If I were to improve anything - realizing AT must satisfy both the retailers/sellers and buyers experience - I’d continue efforts to only show vehicles asked for under set query parameters. Meaning, if I say Toyota Tundra CrewMax, under 75k miles, max $30k, within 25 miles, don’t show me vehicles that don’t match this criteria. It’s annoying and I abandon tools that do this. Asking the user if they’d like to see similar vehicles or those further out or more dollars, etc. would be fine - though essentially running a finite report criteria and getting back incorrect results is a pain. Clean, Simple, Accurate!

Not user intuitive, has issues!. The algorithms for pricing do not factor in upgrades to the vehicle and therefore makes pricing advertised as high and negatively affects sale. This is a problem. The text for ad will not be formatted. They jumble it together and it looks bad and unappealing. Very disappointed in this aspect of Auto trader as well. The AutoTrader app is not user intuitive. You need multiple sign ins and they do not have an easily accessible and identifiable means to see where your vehicle is listed. I look forward to deleting this app as it is frustrating and disadvantageous as a seller in multiple ways. For a market leader in this area I can tell AutoTrader is slacking and lacking in major ways. Go elsewhere and use a different app I recommend!

Wish you weren’t the 900lb gorilla in the room. Due to owning most of Internet traffic for resellers and dealers… Auto trader has the luxury of not including lots of options that lots of people would love to see… For example I can drill down to the year instead of being lumped in groups but yet I can’t drill down to the mileage that I want to select. Case in point, I don’t want any vehicle over 50,000 miles, yet I’m forced to go up to 60,000 miles and then have to eliminate options just based on scrolling. Also I specifically want an SUV with seven seats not eight seats but there is no option for that either. Since Ford decided to make well over half of their expeditions in an eight seater configuration instead of a seven seater, 1 in 10 maybe one in 15 options at auto trader sources for me as actually a viable vehicle for me to even look at.

Worst app ever. I have never left a negative review before, that being said, an app this bad is deserving of a bad review. For starters I have never used an app with this many bugs. I have used this app to find cars in the past and have been using it a lot recently trying to find the right vehicle to purchase next and every time I try to use the advanced search feature, it shows a blank page and shows zero cars. I have to delete and re-download the app to use it and that’s a temporary fix because it happens so often. Even if I get it to work, browsing cars is a nightmare because it freezes up and crashes. This app used to be amazing before the big “update” a couple months ago. If I were the designers, I’d seriously consider going back to the drawing board and maybe even take a few pointers from the previous version. I have now moved on to a different app for my car search

No option for buying a Ford Van. Just trucks… i am looking for a newer Ford E350 extended van to camp convert. Its not even an option. This is when i would pref we didnt have such tech. I could pick up a local auto trader book, list or sale and not be restricted nor overlooked: would just be another listing at minimum…. Now with “apps” the minimum is below standard: below par. Because we are limited to the knowledge base of the app developers, who are brilliant but usually know little about the industry to which they develop the app. Case and point. Darn. I used Auto trader past 30 years!!! Now it is an app 😕 …. Limited

Website, fantastic. App, worthless.. AutoTrader is a massive and wildly successful company. They are the leading website for car searches. I love their website and they have been my go-to for years when buying/shopping for a vehicle. That said, their app is so poorly done it’s embarrassing. The app frequently crashes and the crashing problem has existing for a long while. With the recent dark mode update, the app looks terrible. The option wheels hide the text. The functionality is clunky at best compared to the online website. If I want to search for example a Nissan Altima and Maxima in both SL and SV trims, I have to search for 4 separate vehicles. I should be able to select multiple makes/models/trims in a list the way the website allows. I should be able to narrow down mileage limitations more than just the 5 allowed on the app. I could go on and on, but it’s nothing that other users haven’t already complained about. It’s just a shame that a company with nearly one thousand employs won’t do anything about it.

App Unusable Due To Obnoxious Ads. You’re looking for cars? How about an ad on something else that is not cars? Yes, that’s what you want. Touch any where in the app…even that car you’re trying to look at and no, it’s not going to take you to that car you were looking for but an advertiser that is paying us to funnel traffic to them and we can show them all the clicks we are getting that are in essence, falsifying customer interest. So after happily using this app for years, this current version I have recently deleted because you can no longer scroll vehicles and search results without the app leaving the search results every 2 to 5 seconds and bringing you to another advertisement in a web browser. No matter where you touch in the app at all, it prompts this as if you clicked an ad. I am not interested in the ads and this is just obnoxious. At first this was just irritating, but now it’s made the app completely unusable. I’d rather use other platforms that do not do this. Look, I get it, you have to pay the bills and monetize this content you provide in some kind of way. But you’ve lost me with the poor user experience here. Hope you figure this all out before you lose more of us and this app is no more. Appreciate how this used to be.

Can you maybe unbreak your app?. For the most part I love Autotrader. I find it very useful. I found my most recent vehicle purchase on it. But you guys really need to hammer out the glitches in your app. If I get particularly far in scrolling through a search the app just decides it can’t handle it and shuts down. Then I have to restart my search from the beginning and try to scroll back to where I left off. I think to myself “maybe I should check to see if there’s an update that fixes this.” Yes! An update there is. Great, let’s try this out again. Problem definitely “fixed.” It’s not crashing out of the searches any more because it will only let me see....oh, I dunno....50 of the results? Out of 1600. Yeah that’s just perfect. That’s exactly what I was hoping for. Just show me those 50 cars. And let’s forget all about the other 1550 I might be interested in. God forbid you let me see them, because obviously your app can’t handle it without crashing. I’m rolling my eyes so hard that if I was driving, I would crash like your app. Or, I just update my brain to the new software version that only lets me see 5 cars on the road at a time, and then I would never crash. Because that’s how things work, right?

Used to be good. I have used autotrader since it’s beginning. My entire family comes to me to find them vehicles. I was ok with AT moving to a model of promoting dealerships that pay extra. However, the newest trend of telling me a vehicle is located within my search range because it can be delivered is not ok. I understand delivery is very common these days but I can’t casually go look at a car that autotrader says is 1 mile away when it’s actually 150 miles away. Not every customer wants to buy a car unseen and have it delivered. Some actually want to know what is available, today, within 50 miles. I downloaded several other apps today. If they perform better, I will use them in the future.

Keyword search. Let's say your search filter includes Dodge, Challenger, and you want to use a keyword of "50" (Challenger 50 was a trim model sold a couple years ago) you can't. The app thinks you want to search for a Challenger from the 50's. Which you can't because they were not built in the 50's. So Autotrader returns zero results. The point is there is no way to use a keyword from within the "filtered" results. This was not always the case. At one point in the past I could filter results with a keyword. Seems this feature is gone or has been neutered. To be clear I'm NOT talking about using the eyeglass search icon. I'm talking about when you select a make, model, trim, mileage, distance, price, year, etc....there used to be a option to enter a search keyword too. That option is gone.....:( why?

Devalues ‘lastest listing’. The fundament thing of finding a good car is seeing the best ones fast. That means as soon as they are listed. Why would ANY developer devalue this metric in a car app. Idiotic overthinking by manipulative morons. Hiding this metric says everything about this app—it’s junk and only wants to spam the user with rubbish listings and bill listers for false hits. I enjoyed deleting this app. I’d doubt if the developers can even drive a car. They’ve certainly never bought a good one using this piece of rubbish app. Additionally, asking for a users physical address when opting out of information is borderline criminal. Yes, intimate all you want, but I will enjoy the anonymous future coming... when this type of gutter dwelling over information gathering will be prohibited and devalued. Bad, morally corrupt companies and developers are at play in this app.

Not Properly optimized. Ever since they launched the new updated version of this app is has been borderline unusable, it doesn’t allow me to save vehicles anymore it just gives me an error when I try to, I constantly have to keep changing the distance to “any distance” when on the old version it saved it as my default after changing it once, and not to mention it seems like no one tested this I am on an iPhone 8 Plus and if I use the app for more than 10 minutes or so it slows down making it impossible to navigate and if I don’t completely close the app it slows my entire phone down and I’m assuming just takes up all of its processing power for no reason there needs to be a big change to the optimization.

Much Improved Performance. Editing my prior review to state that app version 4.2.1 has much improved performance over the versions we’ve had for the past couple years since the last major overhaul. Previously trying to filter for vehicles would take a long time after each filter was applied (10+ seconds, particularly when changing the “condition” filter, even on a new model iPhone) and freeze the entire app UI while doing so. Not so anymore! The app is much more responsive and fluid in general use, and changing filters is almost immediate now. Even when there is a slight delay to update results (again particularly when changing the “condition” filter), the entire app doesn’t freeze up so you can click other filters and adjust them while the other side of the app is updating results.

Bugging out. I love this app bc of the wide variety of vehicles I can find. However, there are quite a lot of posts that have no mileage posted whatsoever. That is a major drag due to the fact that you can’t weed out those postings within your searches. Lately, I’ve been searching for vehicles on a day to day basis and saving quite a few that I have my eyes on. I love being able to go back and look at them and see which one would fit my needs best, well all of a sudden the list of saved vehicles has now disappeared, and I can no longer save new vehicles either. An error message appears stating, “oops. We stalled. Please try again”. I have tried restarting my phone, logging out and back in, and even not using the app for a few days. And it still appears. Please fix this. Thank you.

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Year selection view is disabled?. Great app. But I think the most recent iOS update messed up functionality. I don't see the years to select from. Additional, note that might help you QA is to test the app on the new IOS update with dark mode on. It might be something to with the background color selection as well. Good luck. Hopefully, the next release should resolve this. Additionally, the app crashes if you perform too many searches. Maybe memory cache?You have to close the app and reopen to restart the search.

Memory Wiped. With the latest update, everything I had saved is gone. All the cars I was looking at and referencing are gone. All the different searches with search parameters are gone. I have to recommend using a different service to buy or sell a vehicle. Autotrader does not seem to be consistent or easy to use, which were it’s only advantages. Edit: Also due to the update, you can see maybe half of the information that you used to be able to see, and things do not seem to work correctly. The demand for used cars is the highest it’s ever been. Bad timing on the release of a new untested application update.

Great app..when it works.. I love looking on auto-trader. In fact when I’m at airports, waiting for food, bored at work, I don’t play games. I browse Autotrader. But the app... is at best glitchy and barely tolerable. It constantly crashes. I mean constantly. No exaggerating or hyperbole. 3 minutes of browsing and boom it slows and crashes. Then you must enter all of your search parameters yet again. The search parameters are comprehensive. But my problem with them is that if one is searching for a car with many trim levels, you can only search for 1 trim or all of them. If there is a car I like with say 10 trim levels, and only 2 I’m interested in than I must create a whole new search.

Texting feature freezes. Autotrader is truly an impressive app for searching and filtering vehicles, and viewing crystal clear pictures of exteriors and interiors. The issue I keep having with the app, even after deleting and reloading, is that it is becoming impossible to share vehicles via text in the app. It often freezes, the submit button is below my screen view where I cannot scroll to it, and even when I can get to the button, it takes 5-10 tries to send. And if I mistakenly add an incorrect text-to address, the entire feature freezes to the point I have to leave the app alone for over 1/2 an hour.

Northtowne Lincoln Inc KC MO. I was looking to replace my 98 Lincoln Navigator. I saw Autotrader on TV & I downloaded the app. I put in my filters & over 150 vehicles popped up.. Found the one in Medina NY close to me & they sold it before I could get financing . Two days later I saw the same Navigator better price less mileage & all the options I wanted!! Contacted Northtowne worked with John & Tim❤️😎 They made everything go so smoothly & when all was said & they had my Nav delivered right to my driveway ! God Blessed me with these two gentlemen & they did a excellent job!!! Loving my Lincoln Nav Reserve 2018❤️❤️❤️😎 Thanks guy’s& God Bless.😎

Great app but needs bugs fixed. I LOVE using this app! It is so fun to see what cars are for sale near me. There are two issues I have. 1. The app crashes ALL THE TIME! 2. The app freezes and drags ALL THE TIME! Please fix these issues! There have been many times when I will run a search, get to a car I like and the the app just crashes and closes. Either that or it will drag horribly at which point I have to relaunch the app, thus losing the search and vehicles I was looking at. The app needs a major overhaul so these issues don’t happen. Please fix them!

TERRIBLE REDESIGN. The previous version of the app was not perfect. It never kept me logged in & photos sometimes never loaded, but OMG I would take it all back when compared to this new version! Now we can only save 15 cars instead of 30, which I found out the hard way.. (hit the star to save a vehicle and instead of saying “saved storage full” I just got an “error” message. I miss how the search filter settings used to save on every search as well, anymore they reset any time I start a new search (distance/sort by). All around I just hate hate hate this new version and am extremely dissatisfied. Truly hope the developers make some much needed and proper changes!!

Please fix the grey box. After making a selection for a specific type of make and model of a vehicle and pressing the search button, the results only come up with three vehicles. You can see the first two clearly but then the third one is a sponsored ad that has a big long gray box that takes up the entire page. It does not let you see any other results. It looks like from other reviews that there are other users who are having the same issue. Can you please fix this ASAP as I have used Autotrader to purchase two vehicles in the past and I’m looking to buy another one which is not going to be possible if I can’t see the results of what I’m looking for.

Trouble saving cars and etc?. if you’re having trouble saving cars and your saved list was deleted and you’re getting the “Oops We’ve Stalled” error message, then try deleting the app off your device, redownload, reset password and finally log in again. it worked for me as I have been having this problem since like the beginning of this year. Hope you helps any of you out there! :)

100% Clickbait. Haven’t used the app in a couple of years, but now that we’re in the market for a used vehicle, I launched it again because I remember it being pretty easy to work with. Wow, have times changed. It started out OK, but when I had entered all of my filter criteria and was browsing results, I kept “accidentally” clicking on ads, which launched a web browser. This happened 3-4 times before I realized I wasn’t being sloppy with my tapping, the app was pulling up ads when I wasn’t tapping anywhere near an ad, or an ad would pop up under my finger just before I tapped an area of the screen where no ad was showing previously. The app is almost entirely unusable for me in its current state.

Needs work.. This app has me shaking my head. It has many features, the look and feel of the layout is good blah blah blah, BUT the only thing it does reliably is crash. I think Autotrader is generally a good source for car listing searches, however using this app is very finicky since many of the features are cumbersome and slow at best. The search and distance settings are irritating, and I’m only trying to find a car at that point. I’m not even trying to sell a car and the experience is relatively rough compared to just going to the website. I think that’s what I’ll do.

No support for seller and messages. I’m trying to sell my car. For $50 to post my and I have gotten only bot offers. The app has zero support from the seller end. It only supports searching for a vehicle to buy. I would like to access my ad and messages from prospective buyers on the app but there is literally zero support for that. Using the webpage to access the seller side of things requires a log-in every time I access it. This seems crazy. I’m getting nothing for my money. I have had many more legitimate offers and ways to interact with potential buyers through Facebook marketplace, which is entirely free.

Got rid of the "sort by" feature!. I absolutely love Autotrader and use it almost every day. Upon reinstalling it on my iPad, I noticed how the sort by function was broken. In previous versions I could change the sort by from: from near to far, far to near, price height to low, price low to high (my favorite), etc. Now it is stuck on "Distance: near to far." Please fix this as soon as possible. It is crucial to have this feature working in order to search efficiently. Thanks!

What happened to landscape mode??. App is probably 75% of the way there… but why in the world limit the iPad version to portrait mode?? Much harder to see the images and listings than in landscape and you can forget about using it with a dock or keyboard case as it defaults to portrait and refuses to switch. Still clunky and takes FOREVER to update parameters. Often times you will need to click multiple times to get it to remember your selections. Overall fine but needs major work to be compatible and seamless.

Unusable. Used to be my go to app for car shopping. Now, selecting filters is an all-day chore. Doesn’t accept input, laggy when it does accept the input, then the selected filter disappears when moving on to the next option. It took over 20 minutes of frustration to select a Honda CR-V with less than 30,000 miles within 200 miles….and it never let me select a trim, even though the options were available. This should have taken less than a minute; in fact, it used to take less than a minute to set up that exact search. This is on a fully updated M1 iPad Pro. It ain’t the device. I have deleted the app, and am moving on.

I DESPISE the new version😔. Long time user, and sad that I never made the time to give the old version a five star review. This newest version changes everything, and in my opinion, not for the better. It is slow for some unknown reason. It is NOT intuitive. It is NOT organized. And it starts of with that annoying screen saying ‘finally it’s easy.’ The only thing that the old version needed to change was allow photos to go landscape when rotating the phone horizontally. Nothing else needed a change. I can no longer find cars that I KNOW are listed for sale through Autotrader. Very disappointed because not I have to use Auto Tempest instead ….

Poorly Designed. App doesn’t work right half the time. You tell it to search within 25 miles of a zip and it deletes your zip before it searches and gives the same results all over again so it doesn’t take the input correctly. When you change the make or remove it to select another make it keeps giving the same results for the make you searched previously even though you unselected the previous make. Then 50% of the time it says an error occurred. I installed the app on my phone because the website was glitching with above said error when loading results but the app is even worse than the website.

Pictures won’t turn Horizontal. The app is ok. Nothing great, nothing blatantly wrong with it. If you’re searching for a car this will help you find it. The only issue I have is when you click on a vehicle to view it, you aren’t able to turn the pictures to landscape/horizontal. I want to see details if I’m thinking of spending thousands on a vehicle. Allow me to turn the images horizontally so I can see a bigger and more detailed full view image.

Zero Communication from Auto Trader. So they updated the password requirements to need a special character. But they did not communicate this to any of its users of the change. Without that knowledge you think the app is just broken. To fix this you have to sign out on the app, reset password, create a new password with a special character, then sign back in. Once you do those steps it fixes all the issues. But without that knowledge the app doesn’t let you know you need to do any of that, it just kept saying ‘opps try again.’

New update 7/8/21 breaks the login - constantly. Forced update on 7/8/21 introduced a sign-in glitch I can’t seem to resolve. It times out my login in a few minutes and I have to login again. This has happened multiple times since I was forced to update the app 30 minutes ago. Someone didn’t properly test this update and it’s ruining the customer experience. Hey autotrader - get this fixed! Side note: I’m wondering if autotrader had a user password breach. I’ve been using the app daily recently, and today it forced an update (had previously updated last week) and forced a sign out and password change. That’s when the problems started.

Garbage App. I am firmly convinced that the App Developer of Autotrader hate the its users. This has to be the worst, most glitchy App I have ever had the “pleasure” of using. It constantly crashes; You’d scroll through a couple vehicle selections down the page then it begins to lag and next thing you know, the App crashes. Yep! Let’s start all over again with the specifications we’ve selected. It will not allow you to save the specific vehicle you wanted; God forbids if you want to save the ones to your preference and liking into your collections during shopping. And I certainly do not understand why the App will not allow us to view the photos of the vehicle in horizontal mode due to the aspect ratio of the uploaded photos by the dealers. I’ve been using Autotrader for years and have never stumbled across such a hot mess of an App before. The primitive version of the App worked fine, what is the reason behind the Dev Team making the App usage unnecessarily cumbersome now? I guess I’ll stick to the website for now.

Grey box bug. Please squash the ‘grey box bug’ being displayed in the search results on the iPad rendered app, iOS 16.3.1. The results are generated and the first image is displayed as a sponsored vehicle but nothing else is visible except a grey box. Many different searches, same result. Deleted the app and reinstalled it, several attempts, but doing somdid not correct the issue. I realize I can log on online, but the app is where it’s at. If you need a screenshot, I’m glad to email one over but I’ve already reported this bug via your help desk and the response was ‘go online instead😒’. This bug renders the search results useless. The bug does not appear on the iPhone rendered app, same iOS.

Lots of vehicles, difficult to filter, saving is broken. Autotrader still has one of the largest selections of used vehicles, but its search functionality is lagging the competition's. It's difficult/impossible to select multiple models, trims, and other filters at once as part of a search. Also the data is highly inaccurate, making it difficult to actually search for vehicle features (cylinder count, heated seats, trailer hitch, etc) The search results are biased, where they show you “premium” vehicles (where the seller paid them more) before other vehicles that are a better fit

Buggy and clunky. Too many areas in the app where fonts don’t fit the area right (I’m not using any apple custom font settings). Also, after viewing a vehicle details page, pressing the back button launches an OnStar ad page in my browser and I cannot return to the search results page. Have to force close the app and start all over again. Good thing is search results are fairly fast and accurate to what I put in for search choices. Updates and better programming needed.

Slow and glitchy. The filters and features and info are great! However, there are a bunch of ads and they are clicked so easily that you open an ad when you’re sorting the filters or even just scrolling! What the heck? Also it will just crash and close when viewing pictures of the vehicle you clicked on. It’s SOOOO annoying. Beyond frustrating. I also feel like all dealers should have to submit carfax. Outside of that, I’m able to search for cars and filter nicely. One wish… filter for has fog light and has pictures.

ch ch changes. Autotrader app is one of my all time favs. The only problem is that they change the darn thing too much and for no reason. The one we had in 2017 up until Sept was the best. Now we have one that's clunky and not as easy. Why do I only get to pick make model and location THEN later I get to refine and add more categories ? makes no sense. Please stop changing this thing. it was fine. you guys did a great job. just stop changing it.

Private Party Seller. Not sure how many customers have caught onto this yet but you might notice that Autotrader has partnered with KBB to devalue the listing value of a private party seller in comparison to a dealer (seller) who is selling the exact same car on Autotrader. Yes I do mean exact, down to the make, model, mileage and features. I might add that it’s not an insignificant amount either (I’ve noticed on average that it’s marked down 30-40% at least). They even go out of their way to NOT label your car as a “fair price” to put added emphasis on it. All of this to encourage or rather force you to trade in your vehicle at near 50% of its actual value.

Latest update ruined this app. Portrait mode only now? Yeah, because who would want to look at their iPad in landscape! Just idiotic! Also, filters don’t work reliably anymore. For instance, if you want to look at cars within 50 miles sorted by price, they show maybe 15 cars sorted correctly and then throw in 10 cars from 1200 miles away at crazy prices. As you scroll down it suddenly jumps back to close to where you were, but has now skipped over 8 to 10 cars, so you have to scroll back up to see what you missed. It’s just a disaster now, not worth looking at.

AutoTrader Private Seller Exchange. Way too many hiccups and glitches in their Private Seller Exchange system. I think they are into a good idea overall but they need to improve their system by having a step by step process for both seller and buyer so both parties can see next step in the process. I spent 45 minutes with their customer service person on the phone before getting through the process somewhat. We made this sale this past Friday and today is Monday and I still don’t have my money but the buyer has my vehicle and title! Today is President’s Day so I will give AutoTrader one more day to transfer the buyers money they have had since Friday.

Good app to browse vehicles... BUT. I enjoy using AutoTrader. When I’m bored or have some downtime, I’ll look at vehicles on AutoTrader. The problem I’ve run into most-recently has been the issue of lagging. When I get on the app and try to look at some of my saved searches, the app starts lagging pretty bad literally less than five minutes after opening the app. The lagging didn’t even start happening until the last couple of updates. I close the app, reopen it... That doesn’t help. The app was pretty stable before then. Hopefully the lagging issue can get sorted out.

Terrible Performance and Saved Search process. I have an iPhone 11 and this app just crawls. Even typing in is sluggish. Looking at pictures can drag. My second complaint is the process of saving searches. When you save a search it asks for a name and suggests some random date time stamp. How stupid is that? Suggest based on the models I’m shopping for. “Ford Explorer” If I want to tweak my filters on a saved search, I have to create a new search? I can’t just update the existing search? Horrible! Especially because this takes me thru naming the search by clearing out all the date time stamp suggested name. Did I mention that this is so slow on my new phone?!?

Need to revert back to previous version. This new update is BEYOND horrible!! I use this app everyday as I’m a car enthusiast but I don’t after the update. It’s constantly crashing and starts to run super slow and glitchy after a few mins and I think the ads have something to do with it. I can’t save any vehicles anymore it says that something went wrong and to try again later and it’s not like I have a bunch of cars saved I currently only have two from a while ago and I still get that error. They need to revert back to the old version until they can fix all these problems.

Frozen in Minnesota. I normally do not write reviews, but in this case, I feel compelled. I have used and enjoyed the app for years. I have even sold a couple of vehicles with its help. I use your app for research because I am a car enthusiast and I am always looking for ideas for my next purchase. That is all to the good. Lately, however, the app has proven to be very problematic. It FREEZES and when it doesn’t Freeze, it JUMPS. Is there anyway that your IT people can fix this VERY annoying problem? I give the app 2 stars because, I find that it is still better that the other search sites for vehicles.

Call support if you want to get security-splained. Their idea of a secure upload is using Gmail. As a private poster I was required to upload a photo of my title. Not that I was notified in any way of this requirement. I had to call in to find out why I couldn't view my post--even though my credit card had already been charged. Year after year I hope AT will get better. Yet every time I use them to sell a car it just never gets past their front door because their so-called security measures (which put me and my PII way more at risk) have not improved. I do love how they auto-truncate my safety word. Tells me they probably do the same with passwords. Okay, i give up. Deleting this app forever.

Bad Update. This recent updates seems like Autotrader app may have taken a step backwards. Here are the list of changes that I am not a big fan off. - The app doesn't mentions msrp to the dealership prices anymore. Due to this change you cannot judge how much discount are you getting. - Carfax opens up in a new tab and not in the app itself which makes it little long to open. - App has become more clunky. - The layout of the app has made it difficult to navigate around.

Always glitchy!. The app has been nothing but problems! I’ve used it for years hoping it would improve. Right around the time things seem to be working correctly, they release an update or new layout, and it performs poorly, glitches constantly and does not function as promised. Most recent issues: can’t save more than 4 cars at a time, app crashes when trying to narrow search results, search results do not show as any vehicles available. Autotrader should be able to do better! Very disappointed and am looking for a suitable app that can actually perform the same functions.

Glitches. This app and the webUI for that matter never work correctly. Often when scrolling photos the photo screen will abruptly close. Other times when scrolling listings the list will just randomly page up a bit from where I was. The range filter works sometimes but often when I’m scrolling through listings I will see vehicles from way outside my search radius with no warning. Both platforms are becoming increasingly unusable. Oh, and the ads. I don’t mind ads, however they will open without me touching them at all, even if my finger is on the same page ads will sporadically open.

Just Keep Scrolling, Just Keep Scrolling, Scrolling. No matter how far you scroll you will see the same listing at a high frequency. For example: if you scroll ~10 listings down you will encounter the first or second listing again. Even when I filter for hundreds or thousands of results I still feel like I just keep seeing the exact same listings repeated over and over as duplicates. I understand that “sponsored” listings will do this, but even ones that aren’t are also duplicates! I might scroll through 300 listings to see 100 cars 3 times each. Frustrating!

Terrible - after update. The most recent update totally changed autotrader app (for the worst) now, its like you have to know exactly which vehicle to search for in order to populate results. Before you could go into make, model, & trim in one seamless process.. now you have to know make, model, & trim off the top to search. & if you want to be more specific you most now go into the refine section to add filters which all in all makes it so much more difficult. Also it does not any longer save your searches & what i mean is, if i set the radius at 300 miles & quit the app, i come back & have to reset it yet again.

Constantly Crashes - Filters Are Terrible. I can’t believe this app STILL crashes constantly. In the new app they force you to use their filters to search. Filters are awful. Constantly having to scroll way back up or down when switching between filters. When you back out of a listing you’re usually brought back to the top of the search and have to scroll through. Even after dealing with all of that the app always crashes forcing you to start all over again. Awful! Switching to CARFAX. I’m done. Sent my concerned in. Plenty of people have complained. They don’t care enough to fix it.

Absolutely Terrible Now. I used to browse AT everyday through the app. Sold three cars through the previous versions of the app and bought at least five cars listed on AT. This was something I used all the time as I planned out my future car purchases. The last major update ruined the user experience and made this app totally unusable for me personally. Saving cars doesn’t work correctly. Searching is now a complete mess - taking way too many steps to set your search parameters. The blue everywhere looks dated and old. It’s just not intuitive and became an exercise in frustration trying to get to what I want. This was just an awful decision on their part and completely ruined something I enjoyed using every day. I already deleted it and changed where I go for finding and saving cars I’m interested in. Are you listening Autotrader? Fix this. It’s hurting your business model. If shoppers are frustrated, then you are literally losing the customer base for those who are listing their cars. This is a crisis Autotrader…you need to make a dramatic correction.

old app was tons better. This app constantly crashes... way too slow... and its extremely clunky, full of bloat; search shows far too many vehicles that aren't part of the actual search, for example. Too much unnecessary flash. The entire experience is extremely irritating. All I want to do is run a simple straight-forward car search, without the bloat, that doesn't crash one minute into a search. The old app was light years better, zero bloat and it actually worked. Desktop site is only slightly better, but that interface is also far too clunky and congested. Used to visit often before the overhaul; now i'm about to delete the app, because it was ruined.

Incredible Performance Problems. This app has been a struggle for a while, but as of the last week, it’s unusable. It brings an iPad Pro and iPhone XS Max to a halt, and will usually crash and lock up within minutes. For about a year prior to this, performance would slow to a crawl while overloading the device CPU within about 10 minutes, now it’s happening as soon as the app is opened. On top of that, I cannot imagine why they took away proper full screen photo viewing on the iPad app...the pop out for “larger photos” are barely larger than the thumbnails. I’ve resorted to using the actual website. If this isn’t fixed soon there will be no reason to keep the app installed on either of my iOS devices.

New Update. I used to use Autotrader on a daily basis, for shopping or sometimes just for fun. The old interface made this experience enjoyable. However, with the new update, it takes me a few minutes just for the filters to load to search for the car I’m looking for. I have to log in probably 3 times a week to see cars I’ve saved (if the saving option even works which it rarely does). Luckily for them, it’s still probably the best place to look for cars as I have found other apps like CarGurus to be even worse. It would be faster for me to drive to every dealer within a 25 mile radius and walk the lots than to try to find it on Autotrader. Overall, disappointed.

Has worked ok up to recently. I’ve used it for a few years. It’s worked fine. A few options missing from full online version would certainly make it better. For example, ability to select multiple trims under same model instead of having to add another car/model/trim. Also, it has started crashing on a regular basis the past couple of days. I can only view a few cars then it locks up and eventually crashes/closes. Still not fixed. Freezes up, crashes, does not allow you to view car details when clicking the more arrow. To the point app is useless and I just use browser. I’m on latest iOS and latest app running dark mode.

4.1.2 has killed the App for me. TL;DR- The “new” app has utterly destroyed the user experience - and I’ve been a longtime user of the Autotrader app. The main degradation is in the search functionality, and search is the core function of this app. It is laggy and slow to respond. You can’t see the cursor, so no idea where you’re going to type. The default search screen waits for you to input text; selecting make/model needs you to take an extra step and goto the advanced search or use the filter on a basic search. And no, I’m not on an iPhone 8 - I’m on an iPhone 12 Pro.

Does not work. This app is trash. The app does not allow sign in with my existing credentials. Looks like Cox is trying to pad their account numbers by having you create a different one for mobile, or Sandy Schwartz is trying to save a couple bucks by neglecting the app. Ditto for AT Classics, need a whole other account set up to use it as well. If you try to login the app via Google or FB, it goes to the login screen and has an endless spinning circle. If you try to create a new account using your email, it won’t allow that either. Their solution is to select ‘forgot password’ each login? Nah, I’ll shop with someone else. This is an unusable app.

Just to report a Bug on the Autotrader Apple TV App. Specific comment to Apple TV app, didn’t know how to give feedback there. The app is great to use, especially looking at car pictures on a big screen. There’s bug that makes you force close the app though when you click on more info on any car. For some reasons, the back button doesn’t work and you are stuck on the page with car details. Please fix that! Otherwise, keep doing a great job!

Finally Over??. I know the app has been having issues for years and then the developers finally got their act together but what’s going on now? Haven’t been able to access the app for a few weeks. I just keep getting a “looks like an error occurred while trying to load this content” message. The site was down for a bit too but started working again. The app however, still hasn’t been able to function correctly. Is the app finally finished?? If so then it’s a sad day in the auto industry. I’ve been an avid subscriber for over 25 years, since the magazine days… Please say it ain’t so.

I mourn demise of iPad app. First we lost free carfax, now the iPad app squeezes the auto details into a thin column in middle of iPad screen, leaving 80 percent of screen below photos blank. Text and links overlap horribly. Tried reinstalling app, resetting iPad. Nothing helps. I have purchased phenomenal cars with auto trader app research. Now I have to switch to something else. Maybe it hasn’t been adapted for latest iOS. End of a decade or more of passion researching cars and selling my cars on Autotrader.