Navigation weirdness - (jogs off the highway and right back on)? - Page 2 - GreenHybrid

haroldo · #11 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 11:59 AM

I don't have the NAV, but would this help?

spiff72 · #12 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by skywagon

I know of at least five cases where they scream abuse and have not covered the nav screen when cracks. The customers have had to find units from wrecked vehicals on e-bay. these screens are very fragile so watch what you do with them. 7K for a new screen.

Is it really 7k for a new screen? Isn't an entire nav unit cheaper than that? (It is a $1500 option when you buy new, isn't it?).

jbollt · #13 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by skywagon

I know of at least five cases where they scream abuse and have not covered the nav screen when cracks. The customers have had to find units from wrecked vehicals on e-bay. these screens are very fragile so watch what you do with them. 7K for a new screen.

Wow! Other than my friends on this forum, I don't even know five people with Toyota Nav systems. To know of five that have cracked screens and had them not covered by warranty! You must be in a Toyota service department.

skywagon · #14 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by jbollt

Wow! Other than my friends on this forum, I don't even know five people with Toyota Nav systems. To know of five that have cracked screens and had them not covered by warranty! You must be in a Toyota service department.

Sorry, three are on Lexus vehicals, same nav unit.

http://us.lexusownersclub.com/forums...howtopic=42244

Bobby Soprano · #15 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 02:33 PM

$7,000 for a Nav unit ... how can that be right?

rmorrow · #16 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by spiff72

I had picked the second choice on the 3 routes screen. I wonder if this is a "minimize" highway route, so it gets you off the highway wherever possible?

You may be onto something there. it srikes me that I also had picked the second choice. I usually take the first choice, but the second choice took a different highway than I usually take, further down the route. Hmm...

rmorrow · #17 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by mikecism

The biggest feature I miss is that I cannot input an "Intersection" (ex. Broadway and Main); I used this all the time in my old car, but it looks like this can't be done in the TCH (only steet addresses). I could be wrong - please, someone correct me.

OK. You're corrected. Go to the second page on the Destination screen to find it. (I bet you're going to say "I didn't even know it had a second page"

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rmorrow · #18 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 03:07 PM

Drat. I see I was beaten to the punch.

mikecism · #19 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by jbollt

You CAN input intersections! On the "DESTINATION" screen, in the upper right corner touch the ">1/2" button, (one/two, NOT one half!) Voila! Intersection becomes an option!

I haven't uesd this yet, but I hope this helps you.

Jeff

Cool...I knew there were smarter folks than me on this...thanks! It will definitely help me.

mikecism · #20 (**permalink**) 04-02-2008, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by skywagon

I know of at least five cases where they scream abuse and have not covered the nav screen when cracks. The customers have had to find units from wrecked vehicals on e-bay. these screens are very fragile so watch what you do with them. 7K for a new screen.

I guess that's 5 cases of people not being able to make an effective case. And one case, as in the Lexus board you pointed out was user error- "My fault I just pushed too hard trying to enter information into Navagation system." So that is not related to warranty coverage.

Something similar to that (not cold related) that happen to my co-worker (Honda). The display "wore out"/disorted at one point. Got it replaced just fine.

A different friend has his go kaput, and they dealer cried "abuse" (GM). He went to small claims and won easily. The bonus was sending the police over to collect the judgdement. Suddenly everything got taken care of nice and quick.

Small claims court goes up to $5,000K...not 7K, but close. You could do separate claims for the navi and the labor to install.

If you've damaged it through negligence, that is one thing, but if it's through normal use, then it's on them to fix.