Those of you who are having Navigation Issues (Please read)

[JamesRS5]

Im not sure it's the antenna, my system was off course and heading but was still detecting 7 satellites. This must be the 5F module at fault, it seems to want to keep approximating the position using the steering input and velocity but over time the errors build until the vehicle is way off where it should be. It only seems to do this when the system is first started with no satellite signal and still doesn't pick them up for the first few minutes of driving.
In my case, I come out from underground parking and drive through a very built up area surrounded by 40+ story buildings for the first 5 minutes of the journey, it doesn't seem to have the ability to recover from this, eventually it will just freeze in one position miles from my actual position.

[scmguru]

Im not sure it's the antenna, my system was off course and heading but was still detecting 7 satellites. This must be the 5F module at fault, it seems to want to keep approximating the position using the steering input and velocity but over time the errors build until the vehicle is way off where it should be. It only seems to do this when the system is first started with no satellite signal and still doesn't pick them up for the first few minutes of driving.
In my case, I come out from underground parking and drive through a very built up area surrounded by 40+ story buildings for the first 5 minutes of the journey, it doesn't seem to have the ability to recover from this, eventually it will just freeze in one position miles from my actual position.

You and I seem as though we have the same issue and park in a similar type of location.

Have you tried using the three button reset listed in the 1st post?

For me, if I perform the mmi reset it seems to resolve the issue by reinitializing the nav when there is a clear view of the sky, then it picks up the satellites and the map location is updated.

So the semi-good news is, there is a potential work around.

JamesRS5, do you park head in to your space or do you back in to your parking spot within the parking structure?

How about the rest of you? Do you park inside or outside and if you park inside, is the structure concrete or a residential garage?

For the folks who park in a parking structure, do you park head in or back in to the spot.


The reason I ask is the cement parking bumper in my garage is too tall and would tear up the front bumper, so I have to back in to the spot.

I wonder if that could be exacerbating the problem.

With my B7 RS4, I never had this issue (different nav system, but I was able to park head in.

I may try and see if there is an outside spot I can park in overnight and also try parking head in to see if either helps to resolve.

The strange thing is, my previous RS5 delivered 8/2013 never had this issue and I parked in the same spot and backed in.