Obsolete Nav maps taken a small step farther...
10-01-2012, 07:59 AM
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I finally (after 4 trips to my dealer, 200 miles, and at least 12 hours of my life), have map update 5.5.6.
So the good news is that I now have the update and it was done for free; the dealer and AoA splitting the cost.
And the bad news is that it took "4 trips to my dealer, 200 miles, and at least 12 hours of my life" and Rt 200 mentioned by Q520009 is not in the database. So the maps are still dated. Was the update worth the effort, even for free? No. I'm sorry I ever wasted my time with it. I'll probably be dumping my Q5 at CarMax within the next 6 months. Helping me in this decision was the profound miss in the engine this AM. No code set but it most certainly was misfiring. Just guessing it's the beginning of the Carbon build-up issue. Who knows?
Extremely disappointing.
Considering a new S5 or maybe an X1. How's that for a broad spectrum? I don't know...the Q5 sure is a good fit.
So the good news is that I now have the update and it was done for free; the dealer and AoA splitting the cost.
And the bad news is that it took "4 trips to my dealer, 200 miles, and at least 12 hours of my life" and Rt 200 mentioned by Q520009 is not in the database. So the maps are still dated. Was the update worth the effort, even for free? No. I'm sorry I ever wasted my time with it. I'll probably be dumping my Q5 at CarMax within the next 6 months. Helping me in this decision was the profound miss in the engine this AM. No code set but it most certainly was misfiring. Just guessing it's the beginning of the Carbon build-up issue. Who knows?
Extremely disappointing.
Considering a new S5 or maybe an X1. How's that for a broad spectrum? I don't know...the Q5 sure is a good fit.
You do what you have to do. Look at X3, X1 looks veard to me.
10-01-2012, 09:02 AM
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10-01-2012, 05:38 PM
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I started it up and backed it out of the driveway and then put it in drive and when I gave it a little gas it stumbled a little and then started accelerating and stumbled again and then all was Okay. This all happened in about 15 seconds...start to stumble to smooth. This is the first time it's ever missed a beat. It could be anything really... Faulty plug or injector or coil...maybe condensate in the fuel. I expect whatever it is will likely get worse and set a code before it strands me. It's under warranty so I'm not so concerned about it.
10-09-2012, 11:53 AM
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i think someone may have already mentioned this within the many pages of this thread...
however, i live in st. louis, and this past weekend i was trying ot navigate from my house in the suburbs to an art fair downtown in a location that i wasn't familiar with.
my nav system thinks that the major highway in st. louis (64/40) is still under construction, and therefore closed! it wouldn't take me on the highway, and when i got on the highway, it kept telling me to get off at the next exit... even though it acknowledged that the road i was currently on was in fact the highway that was supposedly closed.
i wonder if the nav update takes care of this - because this flaw makes my navigation system virtually unusable in st. louis. very disappointing - any way to confirm that this is fixed in the "new update?"
however, i live in st. louis, and this past weekend i was trying ot navigate from my house in the suburbs to an art fair downtown in a location that i wasn't familiar with.
my nav system thinks that the major highway in st. louis (64/40) is still under construction, and therefore closed! it wouldn't take me on the highway, and when i got on the highway, it kept telling me to get off at the next exit... even though it acknowledged that the road i was currently on was in fact the highway that was supposedly closed.
i wonder if the nav update takes care of this - because this flaw makes my navigation system virtually unusable in st. louis. very disappointing - any way to confirm that this is fixed in the "new update?"
10-10-2012, 03:07 PM
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i think someone may have already mentioned this within the many pages of this thread...
however, i live in st. louis, and this past weekend i was trying ot navigate from my house in the suburbs to an art fair downtown in a location that i wasn't familiar with.
my nav system thinks that the major highway in st. louis (64/40) is still under construction, and therefore closed! it wouldn't take me on the highway, and when i got on the highway, it kept telling me to get off at the next exit... even though it acknowledged that the road i was currently on was in fact the highway that was supposedly closed.
i wonder if the nav update takes care of this - because this flaw makes my navigation system virtually unusable in st. louis. very disappointing - any way to confirm that this is fixed in the "new update?"
however, i live in st. louis, and this past weekend i was trying ot navigate from my house in the suburbs to an art fair downtown in a location that i wasn't familiar with.
my nav system thinks that the major highway in st. louis (64/40) is still under construction, and therefore closed! it wouldn't take me on the highway, and when i got on the highway, it kept telling me to get off at the next exit... even though it acknowledged that the road i was currently on was in fact the highway that was supposedly closed.
i wonder if the nav update takes care of this - because this flaw makes my navigation system virtually unusable in st. louis. very disappointing - any way to confirm that this is fixed in the "new update?"
10-10-2012, 05:29 PM
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Well the 13s have a totally different hardware system than the earlier models. The theory was that Audi simply decided not to support the earlier versions anymore, let alone the map updates.
10-11-2012, 07:04 AM
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the highway is definitely there on my nav - it just thinks it's closed, so it won't take me on it for any route i try to program in.
maybe try to navigate to the arch, or busch stadium and see what it tells you?