GPS won't get signal anymore
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GPS won't get signal anymore
Around a year ago my GPS would lose the signal here and there and the GPS text would turn from white to grey causing the map to eventually get off location. Recently it's become more frequent to the point now where it has worked for around an hour in the last three weeks. I don't use the navigation, but it's nice to have the map correct for distance to exits and whatever. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm going to try and pull the head unit and check the connection and someone said you can reach the antennae from inside the dome light hole if you have tiny hands, but it seems unlikely that it would just come loose.
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Last edited by smbell; 02-29-20 at 09:50 AM.
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Around a year ago my GPS would lose the signal here and there and the GPS text would turn from white to grey causing the map to eventually get off location. Recently it's become more frequent to the point now where it has worked for around an hour in the last three weeks. I don't use the navigation, but it's nice to have the map correct for distance to exits and whatever. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm going to try and pull the head unit and check the connection and someone said you can reach the antennae from inside the dome light hole if you have tiny hands, but it seems unlikely that it would just come loose.
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Around a year ago my GPS would lose the signal here and there and the GPS text would turn from white to grey causing the map to eventually get off location. Recently it's become more frequent to the point now where it has worked for around an hour in the last three weeks. I don't use the navigation, but it's nice to have the map correct for distance to exits and whatever. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm going to try and pull the head unit and check the connection and someone said you can reach the antennae from inside the dome light hole if you have tiny hands, but it seems unlikely that it would just come loose.
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there’s a gps update you probably need. I received a letter last year telling me all gps systems in the world built before a certain date would stop working accurately after I think November 2019. The letter said the car gps was definitely affected (like every gps in the planet) and would need a firmware update from the dealer(free) which I still haven’t done myself.
It seems to only affect the safety connect GPS location feature from what I gather. I think this is the same thing the poster above mentions. Doesn't affect standard nav features.
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