Navigation software update: is there a cheaper alternative?
#1
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Navigation software update: is there a cheaper alternative?
Is there a cheaper alternative to update our navigation software without bring it to the stealership and have them charge us...what?...$300-500. Is there a CD to upgrade the software or is there a device where the dealership plugs into our car somehow and upgrade? Is there some jailbroken USB or some sort I can get?? LOL
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I didn't like paying for the Nav update but I did. I like using the stock nav, and what I see people spending on lighting, wheels, other mods, it's not that significant. For me it will only be every 3-4 years (just had my orig '13 maps updated, so 4 yrs in this case). I believe I paid $330 installed.
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#10
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What does the software update do? Does it only update the maps? If so, how much do the main city maps change over the years. I don't think it is that significant. You can always substitute with your phone.
#11
Really depends on where you live. In my area (MD/DC/VA) things have changed A LOT in four years since my orig maps.
Last edited by DP03; 02-18-17 at 07:39 AM.
#12
Lexus Test Driver
Agree! In my area (Dallas - Fort Worth) the Interstates, tollways, highways, streets and roads have really changed a lot too, along with the zillion of POIs like restaurants, shopping, etc. There were times when the NAV screen would show that I was driving in the middle of a large lake (like I was in a boat) or where there was no roads. There also have been many dozens of altered or new entrance ramps, exit ramps and completed extensions to major Interstates and highways, plus hundreds of new neighborhood streets, since the original map was factory loaded in my car's NAV . My 2013 GS 350 was factory loaded with the 2012 version of maps and POIs. I upgraded the NAV map in December, 2015 to Version 21-15-17 (Map dated: 2015-06-1). The three year newer update really helped.
Last edited by bclexus; 02-18-17 at 06:08 PM.
#13
Pole Position
Agree! In my area (Dallas - Fort Worth) the Interstates, tollways, highways, streets and roads have really changed a lot too, along with the zillion of POIs like restaurants, shopping, etc. There were times when the NAV screen would show that I was driving in the middle of a large lake (like I was in a boat) or where there was no roads. There also have been many dozens of altered or new entrance ramps, exit ramps and completed extensions to major Interstates and highways, plus hundreds of new neighborhood streets, since the original map was factory loaded in my car's NAV . My 2013 GS 350 was factory loaded with the 2012 version of maps and POIs. I upgraded the NAV map in December, 2015 to Version 21-15-17 (Map dated: 2015-06-1). The three year newer update really helped.
#14
Lexus Test Driver
My GS 350, being a 2013, takes the download from Lexus' mainframe computer to a Lexus dealer's computer, and then downloaded to the car via the USB port.