"Lost" navigation - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum

texter · 11-14-2012, 06:02 AM

Over the past two days I have noticed problems with the car's navigation - it is able to track the exact location of the car but it is unable to determine the direction in which you are going. ie. when driving down a straight road the system thinks I am going backwards, taking U-turns etc.... This makes the navigation impossible to use.

Any suggestions how to fix this problem?

Jin.ActiveMotorwerke · 11-14-2012, 06:22 AM

Never heard of this problem. What nav system do you have? Does it do it all the time?

_ink · 11-14-2012, 07:08 AM

I hate the BMW navigation system, its sucks hard! It doesn't show off ramps clearly, and it isn't clear or intuitive to the driver.

I got a hacked version of the BMW navigation for my previous car and that was a tonne loads better, i think it was based on iGo8 maps.

texter · 11-14-2012, 10:56 PM

It's Business Navigation. Pretty much gives me the wrong information most of the time, it now thinks I am travelling on a nearby parallel road when driving on the main road...

Jin.ActiveMotorwerke · 11-14-2012, 11:58 PM

Hard to say. I would start with reading faults on the car.
And I recall there is a way to read the GPS signal off the headunit. But you might need to find and shop to do these and get it diagnose.

Jin.ActiveMotorwerke · 11-15-2012, 03:33 AM

If you are in melbourne, you can come around and i can check the fault for you.

11-14-2012, 06:02 AM	#1
texter New Member Drives: E90 320i Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 12 iTrader: (0)	"Lost" navigation Over the past two days I have noticed problems with the car's navigation - it is able to track the exact location of the car but it is unable to determine the direction in which you are going. ie. when driving down a straight road the system thinks I am going backwards, taking U-turns etc.... This makes the navigation impossible to use. Any suggestions how to fix this problem?
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11-14-2012, 06:22 AM	#2
Jin.ActiveMotorwerke Private First Class Drives: BMW E46 330i Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Melbourne Posts: 101 iTrader: (0)	Never heard of this problem. What nav system do you have? Does it do it all the time?

11-14-2012, 07:08 AM	#3
_ink Captain Drives: 335i 09' DCT M-Sport Join Date: May 2012 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 608 iTrader: (0)	I hate the BMW navigation system, its sucks hard! It doesn't show off ramps clearly, and it isn't clear or intuitive to the driver. I got a hacked version of the BMW navigation for my previous car and that was a tonne loads better, i think it was based on iGo8 maps.

11-14-2012, 10:56 PM	#4
texter New Member Drives: E90 320i Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Melbourne Posts: 12 iTrader: (0)	It's Business Navigation. Pretty much gives me the wrong information most of the time, it now thinks I am travelling on a nearby parallel road when driving on the main road...

11-14-2012, 11:58 PM	#5
Jin.ActiveMotorwerke Private First Class Drives: BMW E46 330i Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Melbourne Posts: 101 iTrader: (0)	Hard to say. I would start with reading faults on the car. And I recall there is a way to read the GPS signal off the headunit. But you might need to find and shop to do these and get it diagnose.

11-15-2012, 03:33 AM	#6
Jin.ActiveMotorwerke Private First Class Drives: BMW E46 330i Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Melbourne Posts: 101 iTrader: (0)	If you are in melbourne, you can come around and i can check the fault for you.