BMW Sat Nav Slow Responses. FYI & Comments

WorcesterMan

OK thank you: I'll switch forum.  I think I have the NBT iDrive

mjn

If when on the nav screen you press option, scroll to bottom and press about. That should give you maps version info.

redaprilia

No rtti on a 2016 car ? I thought you got 3 years free and then could renew for circa £35 -- I could not do without rtti !!

sparkie1984

I don’t rate it on my 2014 NBT nav system. Slow and easily outperformed by google maps!

redaprilia

Well yes Google maps is going to be the best , but the RTTI probably comes from google and is overlaid on our maps ?

Nimbus65

Hi. I've a 2017 F25 with prof nav unit that have developed a split personally

On a good day the nav loads in around 2 secs, other days it takes 20  secs for the nav to load or just freezes then reboots after 180  secs or freezes until the engine is shut off.
Dealer returned it after a week, software refresh applied under warranty, with same faults. Given the dealer video's to demonstrate the faults & they now says these are "characteristics" as the nav isn't logging any fault codes.

Other BM's "characteristics" I've owned x haven't had these "characteristics" so has anyone else seen this; had any success in getting BMW or dealers to fix these issues; or are these "characteristics"?

Any advice would welcome

DPinBucks

OK, two points:
It's still under warranty.  Get them to sort it out; no way are 'characteristics' like that acceptable.If this were any other kind of electronic gadgetry, a laptop say, which behaved like that, then I would start thinking it may well be down to hardware, such as the sat nav disc, if it has one these days.  Anyway, don't just put it down to software.