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Two weeks ago the family and I made a trip up the coast to Lake Lopez which is just outside of San Luis Obispo on the central coast. I programmed the destination into the nav system which then proceeded to be mightily confused. Specifically, it wouldn't highlight the route or show a list of turns. In other words, it wouldn't navigate.
I bought a map.
Josh Jacquot, Senior road test editor
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bodyblue says:
03:48 PM, 10/15/09
Ooops..maybe it was lonely for the Mazda 6.
stephen987 says:
03:52 PM, 10/15/09
It does appear to be telling you to travel east on a north-south road.
subaru123 says:
04:00 PM, 10/15/09
Now I know why GM has On-Star Turn by Turn Navigation. It's a back up in case the main unit needs the BIG"FAIL" stamp like this Dodge/ Chrysler/ 0lllllll0 unit does.
cwmoo740 says:
04:34 PM, 10/15/09
Your fingers looked angry in this video. Mine would be too.
altimadude00 says:
06:45 PM, 10/15/09
I guess you can't depend on technology for everything. I don't think this deserves an fail. One occurrence of misprogramming doesn't justify the whole unit is junk. Unlike positioning the car in the ocean.
carguy622 says:
07:21 PM, 10/15/09
The same navigation head unit in the Wrangler worked fine. Maybe it's a fluke.
When the navigation in my Acura broke it was very frustrating, but at least I hadn't left the house yet. I took the $100 Garmin. Worked fine.
kurtamaxxxguy says:
08:07 PM, 10/15/09
If Dodge is licensing Google or Mapquest as their source, they are way behind the times. Both MapQuest and Google maps are relatively old (in Portland OR, parts of them date from 2006 !!).
Lexus could have a similar problem - a 2009 RX400h I rode in could not find a destination that the shotgun 2010 Garmin had no trouble locating.
At least Thomas and Garmin keep their data bases current.
johnnyr3 says:
03:16 AM, 10/16/09
Another reason why I can't justify the purchase of in-dash satnavs. Really, $1000-3000 for this when a $100-$250 Garmin does a better job? Pass.
dougtheeng says:
05:48 AM, 10/16/09
A map is always going to be a better solution, imo. I hate blindly following directions, like from a nav unit. 99% of the time, I'm able to look at a map and learn a little about my route even if its to an entirely new place.
notabigdeal says:
07:07 AM, 10/16/09
This is strike 2 for the "tough" ram.
audisport says:
07:12 AM, 10/16/09
I don't think this is strike two. It's a glitch. The Ram Box issue though, was horrible enough to earn strikes one AND two.
hybris says:
08:29 AM, 10/16/09
Agreed its a glitch and this sort of thing can happen in any nav-head unit. At the very least its not going Das Boot on us.
jeepsrt says:
08:43 AM, 10/16/09
I have a portable Nav for my other car and when we were on a trip in Phoenix it totally crapped on us. We pulled over and got a map, then it worked on the highway where we didn't need it. I have heard of some issues with the MyGig Nav in Chyslers, I have the older REC Nav in my Jeep and have had no issues.
cr_driver says:
06:13 PM, 10/16/09
Only this time has failed?