What Have You Done To Your 3rd Gen Today?

Thank you! I've been looking for a solution for mounting them under my cover.

 

Oil change with Castrol

 

I wasn't aware that the wireless charger was even an option (owning a base model). What a shame it doesn't operate very good. What an annoyance that so many folks have this bubble issue. Some technology just shouldn't be implemented in a vehicle I guess.

It seems to me that technology such as this winds up being outdated and useless within 10 years. I'd imagine that even the USB charging port in my truck will be obsolete sometime in the near future.

 

I think I've used mine once since buying the truck in 2020 and it's been off ever since. It's so bubbled up that a phone can't even lay flat if I did need to use it.

 

I traced the every-2-days-frozen-display to the 3 month free trial with sirius. Once that ceased the radio no longer freezes up. SMH.

 

Interesting. My wife’s 2019 Sport has the Qi charger and we’re quite happy with it. No bubbles, and it charges her iPhone fine.

Sounds like there may be some duds that got distributed; has Toyota ever done a recall?

 

Mine works fine if I take my phone out of the case. It's easier to just plug it in. So for me it is a pointless feature. Note: I wirelessly charge my phone all the time with the case on at home using a mid-priced wireless charger from Costco. Then I bought a more expensive and more powerful one from Belkin and it doesn't charge but would do a nice job of keeping your coffee hot. And I think Belkin is a quality brand. <shrug>

 

What - a Tundra?

 

I will, I am getting it done tomorrow afternoon.

 

in a parking lot at night with a sun blocker in the windshield?

 

Poking or toking

 

You're. Freaking. Kidding.

They are seriously the worst in the industry for this stuff. It's not even close. My 10 year old Nissan was better than my 2023 Tacoma in every possible way when it comes to the radio, GPS, audio, music playback, etc.

 

No offense intended, but I hope you didn’t buy your taco for the audio quality. I bought mine with off-roading in mind. Audio components are way at the bottom of the list of concerns….just sayin

 

Let us know how it goes and how you like it

 

I didn't but had I known that paying over 1k for the shittiest GPS I've ever seen in a vehicle (including in cars that are up to 20 years old) along with how trashy their electronics are, I may have bought the Nissan Frontier. I legit like the Tacoma better as a truck, including in the looks department but holy jeez, their infotainment is fucking garbage. Ironically, when you swap out the dash tweeters it doesn't sound half bad. Not great by any stretch of the imagination but good enough for most people.

 

Getting the Alpine ILX-F511 from Trail Grid Pro solved a lot of the infotainment issues and eliminated the need for adapters for wireless CarPlay.

https://trailgridpro.com/products/alpine-ilx-f511-plug-play-bundle-16-23-tacoma

I have this but the 9” may look like a better fit for the dash to some.

 

I have a dedicated portable Garmin GPS. Display-layout is far superior to in-dash system, and I can get updates for that dedicated GPS whenever, unlike "if you subscribe" like the Toyota in-dash.

Besides, in-dasj cannot move with me if I must leave the vehicle, and cell phone "network required" GPS is useless without the network. Granted Gaia/Trallforks/others can download "offline maps", but then you need to power the phone for GPS as well as talking ... and abandoning the vehicle means you want the phone to talk if you finally get a signal.

 

My fault for not test driving a vehicle with built in nav. But I seriously couldn't have imagined it would be THIS God-awful. In 2023 NONE of their "engineers" considered muting the music/radio when it has to give navigation instructions? Seriously? I've never seen another nav system NOT do that, even since the earliest days of vehicle GPS. Had I known how seriously flawed it is I wouldn't have paid extra for nav and I certainly wouldn't have paid extra for "pReM1uM aUd10." That money could have put in a MUCH MUCH MUCH better system with money left over. Or a different vehicle.

 

I think there's a TSB mentioned in this thread: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/qi-pad-lifting-bubbling-up.629831/
Not sure I'm interested in getting it replaced and may be too late to take advantage anyhow.