Navigation DVD Ver. 9.1

[philflprius]

I have just been advised there is a new navigation DVD Ver. 9.1 due out on September 1. Since I picked up my car three weeks ago it has Ver. 8.1, do you have to pay $200-$300 to get Ver. 9.1 or is there some way to complain to Toyota customer service.

[scottwyden]

I'm in the same boat. Hopefully it's free if you got the car recently

[eglmainz]

Originally Posted by philflprius

I have just been advised there is a new navigation DVD Ver. 9.1 due out on September 1. Since I picked up my car three weeks ago it has Ver. 8.1, do you have to pay $200-$300 to get Ver. 9.1 or is there some way to complain to Toyota customer service.

If you were advised this, I would ask your advisor?

Did you see this information online somewhere? I too, would love the new update, but not if I need to pay more money for it so soon after buying the car.

Is it mainly a data upgrade, or a software upgrade?

[Jabber]

just a data upgrade. And I have not seen Toyota voluntarily upgrade a DVD. Not saying it won't happen, but I have never seen it done. Although, you guys/gals are considerably more "on top" of things than the average consumer.

[32kcolors]

No way they're going to give it to you for free and lose out on $200-300 (unless you strike a deal with the dealer before purchasing the car). Really no different from purchasing any other electronics before a software update. It's a revenue generator for Toyota.

[NovaStu]

Originally Posted by Jabber

just a data upgrade. And I have not seen Toyota voluntarily upgrade a DVD. Not saying it won't happen, but I have never seen it done. Although, you guys/gals are considerably more "on top" of things than the average consumer.

Au contraire... My 2004 Prius had a GPS DVD upgrade provided with no charge as a result of multiple errors scattered throughout. (Streets assumed to connect which actually didn't, circuitous u-turn routing instead of simple right or left turns, etc.)

I've already encountered two such errors on my 2010. One led me down an alley that led to (but didn't actually connect with) a housing development I was trying to get to in Pennsylvania. The second error in northern New Jersey tried to send me into a side-road leading to a farm field while I was on my way to visit my daughter.

Hopefully, this update will be done with no cost to the users also.

Stu

[32kcolors]

Originally Posted by NovaStu

Au contraire... My 2004 Prius had a GPS DVD upgrade provided with no charge as a result of multiple errors scattered throughout. (Streets assumed to connect which actually didn't, circuitous u-turn routing instead of simple right or left turns, etc.)

Different situation. Your NAV system wasn't working right in the first place and Toyota remedied that.

[Indyking]

Originally Posted by philflprius

I have just been advised there is a new navigation DVD Ver. 9.1 due out on September 1. Since I picked up my car three weeks ago it has Ver. 8.1, do you have to pay $200-$300 to get Ver. 9.1 or is there some way to complain to Toyota customer service.

You can either pay the 200 bucks plus what you have already paid for the overpriced nav system or use that money to buy a less convenient (very true) but much better Garmin (for my standards) and enjoy quarterly updates at a much lower charge for its entire lifetime...

When I see posts like these and many others bashing the Prius nav system... I just think... what a good deal I have done by sticking to my Garmin... sorry I could not resist...

[philflprius]

Originally Posted by eglmainz

If you were advised this, I would ask your advisor?

Did you see this information online somewhere? I too, would love the new update, but not if I need to pay more money for it so soon after buying the car.

Is it mainly a data upgrade, or a software upgrade?

Don't know what it updates.
My wife received an e-mail from Sewell Lexus in Dallas to purchase Ver. 9.1 for her Lexus & I spoke to their parts dept regarding Toyota. & they said that can order the Toyota as long as they know the version of your Prius system. Their price I think is good at $199.00 with a $50.00 mail in rebate if you return the Ver. 8.1 to them with their rebate form.
Phil

Phil

[philflprius]

Originally Posted by Indyking

You can either pay the 200 bucks plus what you have already paid for the overpriced nav system or use that money to buy a less convenient (very true) but much better Garmin (for my standards) and enjoy quarterly updates at a much lower charge for its entire lifetime...

When I see posts like these and many others bashing the Prius nav system... I just think... what a good deal I have done by sticking to my Garmin... sorry I could not resist...

I'm not bashing the navigation system which works excellent, just the costs of the DVD.
I already had a portable system which was stolen out of the glove box by a theif smashing a window cause they saw the wires hanging out. If you don't put it away each time you park even if you stop a few minutes to run into a store, your bound to have it stolen one day.
Phil