today when i jumped into my car i noticed that my navi screen was all blue. I then zoom out and see that i am in the middle of the gulf of mexico. i planned a trip to my house (i am in my driveway right now) and it says that i am 250 miles from home. the gps must have malfuntioned. 2 cents anyone

 

that sounds like a serious problem. 250 miles is quite an error. i'd take that sucker in first thing on monday.

 

Take the CL for a drive, make sure the screen indicatesd 3 or more satelite icons, after about 1 - 2 miles the Navi will figure out where it's at and everything will be OK. (worked for me)

 

Disconnect your battery for about 15 to 20 min. Reconnect. Punch in your navi codes & radio codes. Let the navi satelites reposition your location.

Dont move your car while it's positioning.

that should do it

 

I think the satellites were malfunctioning last night......

I was driving in NYC last night around 8pm and it said I was in Chessapeake Bay, in the middle!!!!!!

I was waiting for the navigation to say, please exit your car and swim to shore immediately!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

today i tried it again it seemed that it was now off by about 100 feet. that is a lot better than 250 miles. if it is still not working by monday i will bring it to the dealership.

 

Let us no what happens.

 

i call acura at the 1800 number but they did nothing for me so i called the dealer. i told them that i think some of the sats could be messed up or some interference but they said to wait a couple days to see if it works then bring it in. Is any one else having a problem with there navis, any in the houston area

 

The satellites were having problems since yesterday morning. They are sending an intermittent signal and throwing alot of people off. If you look in the upper left corner of the screen you should have 3 GREEN lines in the box to know if you are reveiving service. If the lines are YELLOW or OFF completely, you are not getting regular service.
Yesterday, I was showing like i was in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean!! I was hoping the Airbags would pop out...LOL

I called my cousin who has the same car and he said his was off too. Then I looked at the satellite signal and it was off and alternating occasionally to yellow.
Later on, it turned green and the picture and location was fine.
Dont take your car for service, you'll be wasting your time. You must realize that the system is always moving and subject to the same outages as a DirecTV system in your house. Maybe weather or software or computer glitch is off and I'm sure they are working on it.

 

Problem solved.

 

We had some nasty stuff happen from the 27th through Today.

I had my car appear in the Pacific Ocean (I park in West LA) and the sat signal strength was going crazy.

During periods of peak solar activity this kind of stuff happens.

Just be grateful that this wasn't a few months back when the satellites were out from a geomagnetic storm for more than 1 hour -- I was almost going to take the car in for service. After driving for an hour (with good position data, but no green or yellow bars showing) the display moved the car about 20 feet after 1 - 1.5 hours of driving.


Electron Event >2MeV @ >=1000pfu BEG 27 Jul 2001 1600 UT
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