SPECIFICALLY the 2017 navigation system in a 2017 Ford Expedition ... worst navigation system I've ever had the displeasure of being forced to endure.
I rented a brand new 2017 Expedition to haul home my daughters college belonging. It was equipped with their integrated navigation system. I picked up the Expedition at the Greensboro, North Carolina airport on Thursday of last week. Used it to drive around the cities of Greensboro and Winston-Salem, NC. We stayed in Greensboro, but she graduated from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem which is a sister-city a few miles west. Then drove it home yesterday. Returning it this morning in about 90 minutes so we had plenty of time to use the Navigation system in both urban and highway settings.
There are other deal killers but the above list shows some of the highlights of the bad system.
Seriously if this was my vehicle instead of a rental I'd have ripped this out of the dash and sent it bouncing along the roadside after heaving it out the window of the moving vehicle long ago and would be replaced with an aftermarket ALPINE or SONY unit
I rented a brand new 2017 Expedition to haul home my daughters college belonging. It was equipped with their integrated navigation system. I picked up the Expedition at the Greensboro, North Carolina airport on Thursday of last week. Used it to drive around the cities of Greensboro and Winston-Salem, NC. We stayed in Greensboro, but she graduated from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem which is a sister-city a few miles west. Then drove it home yesterday. Returning it this morning in about 90 minutes so we had plenty of time to use the Navigation system in both urban and highway settings.
- The system will not let you -- or your passenger -- enter an address/destination while the vehicle is moving :doh: Never used a Nav System that forbid you from using it!
- The system does NOT give multiple driving options. It decides your route, even if it's wrong and directs you there. Most other system I've used give you 3 options and let you choose which is your preference.
- The system, when set to the scale of "5 Miles/Inch", the map does not display any roads other than Interstate highways
- The system, when set to the scale of "5 Miles/Inch", the map does not display any cities smaller than Louisville, Chicago, etc. making it difficult to determine your relative location FYI there are a lot of cities that dot our nation between Winston-Salem, NC and Chicago
- The "arrow" that represents your vehicle is not centered in the screen, if fact if you are traveling north the arrow shows a map that displays the arrow about 60% up from the bottom of the screen. That means you see more of where you have been and less of where you are going. WTF!!!
- Because of the way it displays turns, I missed several turns in cities by turning too soon. The map on the dash shows you making the turn at the intersection so if you glance at the map and turn, but there are MULTIPLE places to turn, you end up turning too soon. It should show the multiple intersections (like other systems show) and show you which turn to make (like other systems show)
- Despite being a BRAND NEW vehicle the MAPS were OUTDATED ... WTH?
There are other deal killers but the above list shows some of the highlights of the bad system.
Seriously if this was my vehicle instead of a rental I'd have ripped this out of the dash and sent it bouncing along the roadside after heaving it out the window of the moving vehicle long ago and would be replaced with an aftermarket ALPINE or SONY unit