Kia Stinger Navigation Map Update

[Marc Collins]

This will be useful to know--whether the usual ECU and TCU updates done by the dealers (by all manufacturers for for all cars) also includes infotainment software in a Stinger (but separate from maps).

Record your version info from the UVO screen before you take it in.

 

[jdogonroad]

I just called the 855 # and spoke to a wonderful lady who gave me a claim number to update nav. Sid I would need to talk to another person who may send it gratis. Crossing fingers. What does this tell me? I bought the car in January, and the door plate says it was built 10/17.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Well, let's see: I have a Feb 18 build, and the NAV was updated via SD card, in late June.
I see differences. But it's "Greek to me".

 

[Marc Collins]

Well, let's see: I have a Feb 18 build, and the NAV was updated via SD card, in late June. View attachment 14181
I see differences. But it's "Greek to me".

You have UVO software version 91 vs 87. Your maps are v.11.41 vs. 10.47. There is now a version 98 of UVO and 11.47 of the maps. This latter combo is known as "version 12.5." The previous version was "12" and before that "11." @jdogonroad has v11 and you have v12. Despite being only a ".5" release, 12.5 is actually the much more significant update.

 

[jdogonroad]

Well, I must say, I’m impressed with Kia Consumer Affairs. I have a gratis chip inbound. Since buying this car, I have found that places my Cadenza and Optimas found every time, do not exist on the nav I have. This goes as far south as Cape Canaveral and as far north and west as Lexington, Ky., and all points in between.

Other than a nav update, what are the other updates for?

 

[MikeysGT]

This will be useful to know--whether the usual ECU and TCU updates done by the dealers (by all manufacturers for for all cars) also includes infotainment software in a Stinger (but separate from maps).

Just left the dealership. They said their system is currently showing no available updates to the infotainment system or UVO for my vehicle. Well piss... So do I keep hounding the premium team again now?

 

[Kamauxx]

Just left the dealership. They said their system is currently showing no available updates to the infotainment system or UVO for my vehicle. Well piss... So do I keep hounding the premium team again now?

Of course, because Kia's dealership chains are shit.

 

[nhcowboy28]

Skip the dealer. Always call the premium hotline.

Just called to get my 10.47 updated to 12.5. (Bought the car 3 weeks ago... they should have updated before I took delivery)

 

[MikeysGT]

I have no SD card slot so I had no choice but to go to the dealership. And now the dealership is a dead end so I'm running in circles. But it appears I am unable to get the software and firmware updates relevant to my car since it's a package deal with the maps and they haven't figured out how to separate the two yet..

 

[MerlintheMad]

I visit my son's family in Vineyard, UT, and as I turn onto their street, my position icon on the NAV map goes "crosscountry". There are no roads showing. I also cannot, of course, get any navigation to their house, since it does not exist in the NAV update: which post dates the occupation of their house by c. a year.

Worse yet: where 7800 South is supposed to join Airport Road from the west, on the NAV is shows no continuation of Airport Road to New Bingham Hwy; which is the only way to go east, as the short section of 7800 South between New Bingham and Airport Rd is one-way westbound only. When you turn right onto Airport Rd from 7800 South eastbound, the NAV (again) shows you going crosscountry: this is stupid beyond belief, because this setup has been like this for decades. Why does the NAV not "see" it? Why do no updates fix the fubar? No answer.

 

[SteveCo]

Why do no updates fix the fubar?

Maybe you can help out with that - make them aware of it, and hopefully it will get corrected. There is a link on the Stinger download page for 'Map Error Reporter', which takes you to their map editing tool.

2018 Kia Stinger Map Update-126S5

 

[MerlintheMad]

Maybe you can help out with that - make them aware of it, and hopefully it will get corrected. There is a link on the Stinger download page for 'Map Error Reporter', which takes you to their map editing tool.

2018 Kia Stinger Map Update-126S5

Heh, their map shows the Airport Rd extension as existing. It doesn't exist on my version of NAV.

 

[SteveCo]

Heh, their map shows the Airport Rd extension as existing. It doesn't exist on my version of NAV.

Maybe something to look forward to when you get the next update, then. Do you have the latest released version now?

 

[MerlintheMad]

Maybe something to look forward to when you get the next update, then. Do you have the latest released version now?

Apparently not. @Marc Collins above deduced that I have v 12.

 

[Marc Collins]

Apparently not. @Marc Collins above deduced that I have v 12.

If anyone wants a 40-hour per week job, they could update all the wrong speed limits just within a half hour drive of my house. And the out-dated map issues, too.

Any wonder the smart companies are using embedded Google maps that are continuously updated, or they allow over-the-air updates of the maps like the ones we have, or they allow updates downloaded by the user via the car's USB port. We get none of those and have to pay for the privilege of fiddling with maps-specific SD cards that also contain UI updates.

And is there a worse/more sparse implementation of SMS messaging support available in a modern car than what v.12.5 brings to the Stinger?

 

[Marc Collins]

Reviews of the phone app (that allows you to update the maps):

 

[Doel]

I feel bad for you guys, I've never had good luck with any car's native navigation in terms of accuracy. Waze all day on apple carplay baby! I've sent in changes and within hours been contacted by their team. I've seen new roads and ramps opened and that very day, heck that very MORNING, it's routing me through that new road.

 

[MerlintheMad]

Waze all day on apple carplay baby!

Sounds "tempting". But I am nearing the first year (Nov 30th) of my cell phone use. I was only convinced to carry one because I carry. Then less than half a year later I got the Stinger, and my Bluetooth capable ZTE flip phone paired with my Stinger perfectly. I don't need any stinkin' "smartphone". NAV is a luxury. Without it, I'd simply go back to plotting my trip the night before with Google Maps, and following my own directions (with the satellite view in my head). NAV works well enough for a first experience with onboard navigation tech.

In the not too distant future, all of this variance will be moot: all onboard systems will be hooked into a virtual, 3D view of reality anyway: actually showing the immediate future as you approach your next turn off or direction change: with real-time video of the actual place, not some computer graphics model. Everything we are using today will look as quaint as 19th century illustrations by comparison.

 

[GRStinger]

I feel bad for you guys, I've never had good luck with any car's native navigation in terms of accuracy. Waze all day on apple carplay baby! I've sent in changes and within hours been contacted by their team. I've seen new roads and ramps opened and that very day, heck that very MORNING, it's routing me through that new road.

I just used Waze for the 1st time a few weeks ago. I really like it. My longest road-trip to-date with my Stinger: Grand Rapids>Madison>Minneapolis>N. Wisco>UP>G. Rapids. During the trip, swapped/tried nav systems between Kia’s, Google, Apple/Siri and Waze. I loaded Waze to my iPhone while in the car on the 1st leg of the trip and brought it up on CarPlay. I was shocked at the number of users showing up. I REALLY liked the symbols for upcoming patrol cars, and the construction info was very accurate. We didn’t test the map currency much ‘cause we were mostly on Interstates, but everything experienced was up to date. Yes, it sucks that Kia wants to ding us for nav map updates.

 

[Kamauxx]

Sounds "tempting". But I am nearing the first year (Nov 30th) of my cell phone use. I was only convinced to carry one because I carry. Then less than half a year later I got the Stinger, and my Bluetooth capable ZTE flip phone paired with my Stinger perfectly. I don't need any stinkin' "smartphone". NAV is a luxury. Without it, I'd simply go back to plotting my trip the night before with Google Maps, and following my own directions (with the satellite view in my head). NAV works well enough for a first experience with onboard navigation tech.

In the not too distant future, all of this variance will be moot: all onboard systems will be hooked into a virtual, 3D view of reality anyway: actually showing the immediate future as you approach your next turn off or direction change: with real-time video of the actual place, not some computer graphics model. Everything we are using today will look as quaint as 19th century illustrations by comparison.

Is your phone capable of using Android Auto? Can you download apps to it?