My 5 year old 735 has Sat Nav. Last week it announced that I was about 20 miles away from where I was. It kept this up several days on the run always missinterpreting my location. As I drove, it would move too, running me through lakes and countryside! After four days it woke up and got it right again.
Any suggestions?
Try asking over here...
Your car used to belong to to a leading members of the Iraqi regime, so your GPS has been slugged.
Elsewise - loose aerial, **** loaded map, poor alignment.
Get a paper map... (he said unhelpfully)
DAS
What do you expect? This kind of gee whiz solution looking for a problem is hardly more than a novelty, IMO. Suggestion: get a good up-to-date road atlas (downer ain't it?), and figure out your route before you get lost. Ya know, I hear that there are people who can't do arithmetic on paper anymore from years of relying on calculators...
-- Cliff
Some unhelpful comments in response to your post..... As can be common in this NG, unfortunately.
I had the same problem on my E66, which developed a problem with the GPS location aerial. It would intermittently get my current location incorrect. However, I took it in to the dealership, and they replaced the GPS location aerial under warranty, FOC.
I believe your car may have developed this kind of fault, either with the GPS aerial, or with the connection to the GPS unit itself.
May be worth getting it checked out
Cheers
Paul '2002 745Li '2000 740i Sport '1998 740i Sport
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