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My navigation system cannot bring me to my own home. To test it I programmed it for my home address. Now this may seem like an exercise in futility since I know where I live and how to get there. Then I ran a test. Could it bring me to my home?
The Nav screen led me to King street just South of my home and directed me go East [so far so good]. When I get one block away from my home it directed me to turn right onto Clay Street, [totally wrong] .
My home is one block further down King street and in order to get to my home I must drive one block further East and then make a left turn onto Elm street.
For grins I followed the directions given to me by the lady in the box. It eventually ran me around in circles. It could not bring me to my destination.
I registered a complaint with Toyota, both the dealer and the Toyota USA, when I noticed this problem in May 2004. At that time I was given a complaint number by Toyota USA and told that a new Nav. CD would be ready in November. Well, it is now November and the local dealer is unaware of any update to the inefficient, inaccurate and confused Nav. system which came installed in the car.
Those of us who purchased Package 9 paid lots of extra money for an accurate Nav. system. I took one of the dealer's employees for a ride and the Nav. system duplicated my original test. The man admitted that the Nav. system is flawed. I will contact Toyota again this week and see what they plan to do to make things right.
The inaccuracies built into the system are intolerable and there is no way I will pay one penny to Toyota to acquire a CD update fix a problem endemic to their Nav. system.
I know that an accurate Nav system is very important to some Pri drivers. Physicians on a house call, delivery persons, people looking for the home of a friend in a city they have not been to before, etc. . They need accuracy.
I will keep everyone posted about the resolution of this problem.
Perhaps the threat of a class action lawsuit will move them to fix this problem pronto.
I am interested in seeing postings from other Pri. owners elaborating on their experiences with the Nav. system. The more ammunition I have when I speak to Toyota USA again , the better.
Arizona Charlie
The Nav screen led me to King street just South of my home and directed me go East [so far so good]. When I get one block away from my home it directed me to turn right onto Clay Street, [totally wrong] .
My home is one block further down King street and in order to get to my home I must drive one block further East and then make a left turn onto Elm street.
For grins I followed the directions given to me by the lady in the box. It eventually ran me around in circles. It could not bring me to my destination.
I registered a complaint with Toyota, both the dealer and the Toyota USA, when I noticed this problem in May 2004. At that time I was given a complaint number by Toyota USA and told that a new Nav. CD would be ready in November. Well, it is now November and the local dealer is unaware of any update to the inefficient, inaccurate and confused Nav. system which came installed in the car.
Those of us who purchased Package 9 paid lots of extra money for an accurate Nav. system. I took one of the dealer's employees for a ride and the Nav. system duplicated my original test. The man admitted that the Nav. system is flawed. I will contact Toyota again this week and see what they plan to do to make things right.
The inaccuracies built into the system are intolerable and there is no way I will pay one penny to Toyota to acquire a CD update fix a problem endemic to their Nav. system.
I know that an accurate Nav system is very important to some Pri drivers. Physicians on a house call, delivery persons, people looking for the home of a friend in a city they have not been to before, etc. . They need accuracy.
I will keep everyone posted about the resolution of this problem.
Perhaps the threat of a class action lawsuit will move them to fix this problem pronto.
I am interested in seeing postings from other Pri. owners elaborating on their experiences with the Nav. system. The more ammunition I have when I speak to Toyota USA again , the better.
Arizona Charlie