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Dear Kia, your navigation system sucks
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I wish there was an option we could just check to turn them into intermittent wipers instead of automaticThe Garmin voice recognition works and I have never experienced a demand for a subscription fee.
I got an email about a week ago about Kia Connect being “updated” from Ultimate to LITE. I figured the voice recognition issue might be part of that. I guess Kia is taking a page out of the airlines business practices. I wonder what other functionality I will lose after 4 years of complimentary LITE when I refuse to be extorted. Maybe I should look into whether someone makes an aftermarket infotainment system for the Kia.
The navigation system being independent of cell phone was part of the reason I chose the Kia. My other top choice, Toyota RAV4, depended on smartphone for navigation. Where I live, cell coverage is spotty (to put it kindly) and also I refuse to burden myself by carrying a smartphone.
I have granted permission each time the car has asked to update the infotainment system, at least twice that I can recall. I would have expected that this would include updating the maps. I will look into that, but I don’t think outdated maps are an issue. The roads I travel on the trip that I mentioned have changed minimally in the last 20-plus years. Only bypasses of Lancaster and Nelsonville, OH, on US-33. The Kia navigation system wanted to add well over 2 hours additional driving time to a 4.5-hour drive. Google maps knows the best way, and I am no fan of Google.
Google Maps Lancaster to Hillsboro
As to the automatic wipers, mine are pretty clueless much of the time. They can run at fastest speed when it is misting and run barely at all when it is raining pretty good. Occasionally they work okay. I wish there was an Intermittent setting that I could use to set speed manually.
Wayne
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I agree on changing the automatic wipers to intermittent. I had a Hyundai rental car for a few weeks (a deer with a death wish darted in front of the Sportage) and the Hyundai had automatic wipers. A real breath of fresh air!
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KIA navigation is the worst! Takes me out of the way and when I proceed on a more direct route, it will continue to say "turnaround" no matter that I've arrived by a more direct route. It does not realize that roads change names; e.g., from a numbered street to a length with a name.
Recently used voice command to get to an address 12 miles away. The system just could not understand "2 Latham Road" and tried to send me 400 miles away! Other than that the Kia NAV has been okay. I frequently run WAZE on my phone via Android Auto. Excellent real time conditions.