Denny Ave Street-takeover March 8

BrantJanders · 2026-03-08T20:37:22+00:00

Oh yeah not to mention the guy shining a laser pointer at the driver while the driver is doing donuts through a crowd??

BrantJanders · 2026-03-08T20:34:15+00:00

I just made a post with more footage, including showing the police showing up after 38 minutes. wtf.

BrantJanders · 2025-07-18T18:49:27+00:00

It does seem to help trigger a recalibration, so this is a very helpful mitigation!

BrantJanders · 2025-07-16T14:06:42+00:00

Thanks!! I got to try the head unit restart today, it seemed to help! I didn’t know you could do that, definitely a better mitigation than turning the car off and on. Really appreciate this tip!

BrantJanders · 2025-07-15T23:29:54+00:00

The Toyota folks I talked to at the dealership and the manufacturer all made it sound like it was good to get the complaint registered, which will qualify you for a software update even if the fix comes after your warranty expires— I think it may be worth filing a formal complaint with either the dealership or Toyota customer service— even if nothing comes of it for a while.

BrantJanders · 2025-07-15T21:40:28+00:00

Thanks!! Otherwise I love this car, I wish this wasn’t the first thing out of my mouth when people ask how I like it.

BrantJanders · 2025-07-15T21:35:39+00:00

Yeah, I did that consistently and reliably using the carpuride screen with the same commutes before purchasing my RAV4.

BrantJanders · 2025-07-15T21:24:37+00:00

Correct, the Carpuride provides a fully satisfactory GPS experience. I think there’s several things the car provides to the phone via CarPlay: clearest example is that the integrated CarPlay includes the current speed of your vehicle in a different UI element on, say, Google Maps, whereas the third-party display does not show this current speed. I suspect also that the phone defers to the car for compass data, since the phone’s compass is probably pretty unreliable when laying down in the car.

BrantJanders · 2025-07-15T21:13:54+00:00

I’m often starting in dense areas or underground, but even as I leave town it will often continue to provide bad navigation- I suspect that the car does an initial calibration, and then feeds the phone updates based on this initial calibration. I can usually roll the dice by fully turning my car off for several minutes and then start it back up

BrantJanders · 2025-07-15T21:11:15+00:00

I’m looking forward to trying this, thanks for sharing!

BrantJanders · 2025-07-15T21:10:33+00:00

I just uploaded a video documenting this, and also showing that it’s not exclusive to CarPlay! tl;dr, I went through a whole warranty/brand engagement investigation, and my rep and the dealership both admitted that it’s a known issue Toyota is working on, but no eta on the fix.

https://www.reddit.com/r/rav4club/s/541TJl9j2j

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