Crazy GPS...
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Instructor
Joined: Mar 2013
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Crazy GPS...
I have a 2014 Stingray LT3 that I took delivery on January 4 2014. Have traveled to Texas, California, Nevada, Arizona and other points using the GPS. It worked flawlessly.
Just returned from the Route 66 Car Show in Springfield IL. That stupid thing wanted to take me off the obvious routes to my destination, down residential streets and other roads that were obviously not the correct way.
I have not updated the navigation. Is this the way they punish you for not buying the updates????
Just returned from the Route 66 Car Show in Springfield IL. That stupid thing wanted to take me off the obvious routes to my destination, down residential streets and other roads that were obviously not the correct way.
I have not updated the navigation. Is this the way they punish you for not buying the updates????
Safety Car
Joined: Sep 2011
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From: Cary NC
The way you set the traffic preferences, segment preferences, and route preferences can cause that to happen if the "correct" route was congested, slowed by an accident, or involved some feature that didn't fit with a segment or route preference you had set. If the navigation system worked to your liking in every other instance, but this one time led you through back streets, that's what I'd suspect first.
Safety Car
Joined: Jan 2015
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From: Northern Virginia
Are there options to avoid toll roads or highways that might have gotten changed and affected the route?
On my Garmin, I once forgot to reset an "avoid highways" preference, and the thing tried to route me off the highway at every exit, and then right back on from at the same interchange. It was doing it's best to get me off the highway.
On my Garmin, I once forgot to reset an "avoid highways" preference, and the thing tried to route me off the highway at every exit, and then right back on from at the same interchange. It was doing it's best to get me off the highway.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2015
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From: Buffalo Minnesota
Are there options to avoid toll roads or highways that might have gotten changed and affected the route?
On my Garmin, I once forgot to reset an "avoid highways" preference, and the thing tried to route me off the highway at every exit, and then right back on from at the same interchange. It was doing it's best to get me off the highway.
On my Garmin, I once forgot to reset an "avoid highways" preference, and the thing tried to route me off the highway at every exit, and then right back on from at the same interchange. It was doing it's best to get me off the highway.
I can't remember exactly what the setting is on the NAV on my 2014 but its now doing exactly the same thing i.e. avoiding highways and sending me down smaller roads. It only started doing it after I messed with the settings so I'm sure I just need to go back and undo whatever it is I changed.
Race Director
Joined: Jun 2000
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From: Hurst, TX USA
I noticed the same thing last weekend. I was on a freeway that was just finished (after the current GPS map update) which changed things like what side of the road off ramps were and the nav didn't handle it well. But, I must say, once I motored on to older roads (ignoring the seemingly frantic messages from the nav) it recalibrated quickly and was back on course.
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I can't remember exactly what the setting is on the NAV on my 2014 but its now doing exactly the same thing i.e. avoiding highways and sending me down smaller roads. It only started doing it after I messed with the settings so I'm sure I just need to go back and undo whatever it is I changed.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2015
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From: Buffalo Minnesota
I noticed the same thing last weekend. I was on a freeway that was just finished (after the current GPS map update) which changed things like what side of the road off ramps were and the nav didn't handle it well. But, I must say, once I motored on to older roads (ignoring the seemingly frantic messages from the nav) it recalibrated quickly and was back on course.
A big advantage to a system like Google Maps (or pick your favorite) is that it gets its maps over the internet so you always have the most up to date map available. A big disadvantage of a system like Google Maps is that it gets its maps over the internet so no internet connection = no maps unless you have planned ahead. Of course you can get a Garmin with lifetime map updates. If only GM would do that with its NAV systems
