2012 XM radio signal goes out.

Has anyone experienced the satellite signal going out when listening to XM ? Normally happens near trees or bridges. I never had this issue before with previous vehicles outfitted with XM. Dunno if its the new shark fin antenna that comes on the 2012 or not?!

 

Yes, anywhere antenna can't see sky, you will lose the signal. This is a normal thing I had with all my other xm receivers. One thing I don't like about it in my 12 is lower volume vs regular radio.

 

The reception on XM is the worst. I installed the Sirius Stilletto I had in my other truck and it works perfectly, night and day difference. MY stock one would cut out under tree branches with no leaves on them, pathetic. The stereo itself is kind of lame too. Too much rear bias and when you adjust the fader, you lose volume. You can barely hear the fronts, especially the tweeters. Its a shame, they're placed well. MY 2005 Dakota with the non upgrade am/fm/cd blew this thing away to the point of embarassment for Toyota. Only good thing is the steering wheel controls.

 

XM reception in my 2012 is horrible. I've noticed a pattern though. If I'm driving east or west, the signal is constantly going in and out - hear static or nothing just as often as I hear music. Driving north and south, I rarely have signal issues.... But I never had signal loss with my basic, bottom-of-the-line Sirius Stratus 5 with the magnetic antenna when driving the same roads in my old truck. Makes me want to cancel the XM service and just stream the channels through my phone.

 

I ran the sirius magnetic antenna to the plug and play Stilletto and it's perfect now. The Toyota one is just junk.

 

My 2010 worked great; my 2012 is awful. I dont get it.

I also cant get the NFL stations or Howard Stern - I paid for it, but I can't get the channel numbers on the unit. Im frustrated with this crap

 

My 2011 Taco has the built-in XM/Sirius radio and I get the "No Signal" message on pretty much any long trip (over 10 minutes). Most of my long distance travel is East-West and reception seems worst when heading East. However on a long trip recently, we were headed North and then South almost totally and had awful intermittent reception.

I took it in to the dealer, an hour away, this morning and of course it worked fine all the way there and while they had it. It conked out about 10 minutes out of town, leaving me with 50 minutes of "No Signal."

My wife's cheap XM radio with external antenna and about 10 extra feet of cable tucked away under the floor mat, never seems to lose the signal.

Has anybody replaced the antenna with any success? If so, what's involved?

Thanks,

 

Ya I didn't renew XM after the free 3 month thing ran out because of the same exact reasons. It would cut out constantly and it was so freaking annoying. Always managed to do it during like my favorite part of a song too and I would just want to drive my truck into a bridge embankment.

 

same problem in our new Prius. If you get into the hills at all, kiss your signal goodbye. Makes no sense either because I'm pretty sure the satellites are Geosync CONUS.

 

Mine worked great on my 2012 but then I never renewed it and got it renewed and it cuts out a lot more. Something very random is when I'm in la te signal never a drops when I'm under bridges. It does happen where I live in San diego