Apple CarPlay GPS wrong location issue

No, my car doesn't have GPS capability. I bought Head unit after market RCD 340 for VW Polo. I see issue is with iPhones itself, for some reason it happened more when Car play is connected. Iphone GPS not good any Samsung S9. I tried S9 GPS very stable and fast, it almost read 29 satellites. Accuracy +/-5m. Looks likes need to external bluetooth GPS device.

I think this software glitch. Today I closed Apple map and start using google map and google was also showing same issue. So closed google map and start using apple map again then somehow it worked very well, it was tracking me even 1m displacement.

I’m having a very similar error with a 2019 Jeep, with the exception I’m not meters off, the local location is in Las Vegas. It’s been that way for over a month. My wife’s Android works fine. I know they say what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but this is really a pain

It’s not the car. And Apple support doesn’t do anything other than say to reset the phone. My Tacoma with an Alpine does the same thing. Figure it out Apple. For what we pay for phones you guys should be able to patch the CarPlay!!!

I have the same issue with my 2018 Jee Grand Cherokee. I do not think it’s an issue with iPhone as I have used both a 6s and X. When I plug into CarPlay it will relocate me to my friends address about 40 miles away, and it is always the same location.

Is there a way to reset CarPlay?

Hi, I have a 2019 Ford Flex with the most up to date version of Sync 3 software. I have an iphone 7. Prior to the ios 12.2 update, Apple Maps and Google Maps both worked fine with Ford's Sync 3. After the update, the position of my vehicle within a given set of directions starts correct, but goes wrong once I make a turn or even if there is a bend in the road. When I unplug the phone USB from the vehicle and resume the directions on my phone, my vehicle position within both Apple Maps and Google Maps resumes being correct.

The same behavior occurs with my wife's iphone 7 plus. Vehicle position correct when not connected via USB to the vehicle. Vehicle position goes astray when connected via USB.

I have had a couple Flex's since the introduction of carplay and Android Car connect - no problems with Apple Maps and Google Maps.

I am trying to figure out how my vehicle position is correct when I am running Apple Maps or Google Maps purely on the phone, but when I connect to the vehicle, the vehicle position easily goes wrong. Given it is occurring on 2 different iphones with 2 different cords, with the same ios, I infer that the car has an undeclared GPS unit that would support navigation (which I did not get nav with this vehicle) and the latest ios is somehow sensitive to this undeclared/sort of deactivated GPS on the vehicle. have done all the system resets, network resets, delete and reinstall apple maps and google maps, anything that is not a forest fire to the car or the phones.

Same problem but with 2018 Tiguan, but I'm not 20-30 meters away, I'm several miles away.

Fortunately everything normally works great but every now and then it will freak in the middle of a trip, and go around in circles in a random location. Disconnecting from CarPlay fixes it.

Happened in the parking lot of the VW dealer. They could not figure it out either, even tried several different iPhones.

Just discovered this post so decided to chime in. I too have a 2019 Jeep, it's a Cherokee and the problem I have is it showing me at home when I'm using any carplay map app. I have all three Maps, Waze and Google. If I start from home and set a destination, it will correctly show my current location and directions. If at some point before arriving at the destination I turn the ignition off, the next time I start the car the navigation will put me back at home. If I disconnect the USB cable from the phone and look at the phone, the navigation location will be correct. When I plug the phone back to the cars USB the navigation will put me back to home again. If I start driving while this is happening the navigation arrow will move as if I am in my own neighborhood showing street names, etc. If I look at the phone at this point, it too thinks I am at home until I disconnect it from the cars USB and it will then show me the correct location I am and continues to do so until I plug it back to the cars USB.

IMO, this appears to be a Jeep problem, not carplay, since the phone is working until you plug it into the car.

are you fixed it? My Jeep happens two day ago!!! Everything in phone is good, but once connected CarPlay, the GPS relocates back to 1000mi away where my former home in Colorado. I just moved to LA and no navigation in big city driving me crazy. Tempura way is buy a phone holder using phone to navigation

Brand new Ford F150. iOS 12.3.1 on my phone. Same exact issue. Waze, Google Maps, and Apple Maps all display my location exactly the same place, roughly two miles from where I actually am. Wondering if any other firmware updates for the vehicles in question have helped folks with this issue. Unplugging my phone from USB in the truck make either map program instantly jump to the right location. Plugging USB in again makes location jump right back to the wrong place.

As I've mentioned before, when connected via USB, the phone gets its location from your vehicle.

When unplugged, it could be either, but is most often just the GPS in your phone.

Talk to your Ford dealer and see if they have any updates for their GPS.

No Static At All wrote:

Brand new Ford F150. iOS 12.3.1 on my phone. Same exact issue. Waze, Google Maps, and Apple Maps all display my location exactly the same place, roughly two miles from where I actually am. Wondering if any other firmware updates for the vehicles in question have helped folks with this issue. Unplugging my phone from USB in the truck make either map program instantly jump to the right location. Plugging USB in again makes location jump right back to the wrong place.

This is a known issue with Ford's infotainment systems. So far as I know, Ford has not released a fix yet.

Hi, and thank you both for your replies. However, both I and Apple disagree. Yes, I read the whole thread, so I saw the replies where it was suggested that the car manufacturer is at fault. However, if you read the entire thread, you will see people have this identical issue with Fords, Porches, Subarus, GMCs, and others. If it is an issue with Ford's system, it is apparently an issue with every car maker mentioned in this (and the other, numerous) threads. That alone suggests strongly the problem is Apple's, not the various car makers.

Second, yes, I and most in this thread know that CarPlay derives its GPS from the car when on USB, not the phone. So, it is mysterious that, as I specifically wrote (and have others) the GPS in the vehicle is completely accurate using its own navigation screen. It is only when interfacing with CarPlay that things run amok. This factor alone is not indicative of whose system is at fault in corrupting the transfer of data from the car's GPS to the iPhone, but it shows that CarPlay is the conduit for the fault.

Third, posts in this and the other numerous threads, in this and other forums, suggest the problem is intermittent. Mine is no different. I took three car trips yesterday around my city. I posted after the first. The second trip yielded perfect results on CarPlay--exact/correct locations found on each map app. The third trip had the issue again. My one trip so far this morning had no issue at all.

Finally, and maybe what I should have led with, yesterday evening, I went to the Genius Bar at my Apple Store and asked about the issue. The Apple Store employee stated, unequivocally, that this is a known issue with CarPlay, and is being worked on at Apple.

I probably should have just gone straight to the Apple Store before posting here, but, I'd just done a Google search, and thought I'd add my similar experience. I've owned Apple products for 34 years. I find it frustrating when they don't acknowledge a problem that seems widely reported on Internet forums, but, since the Apple employee last night fully acknowledged that this was an Apple problem, and that they are working on it, that's good enough for me; I wanted to pass that on to others in this thread who have been having this problem crop up. Thanks.

It is not an issue with ALL manufacturers. It is also not an issue with CarPlay.

Changes were made to the global GPS system.

When you plug the phone into a CarPlay compatible system in a vehicle that has a GPS antenna, it gets the location data from the car. The auto manufacturers tend to be extremely slow in updating their systems. That is the issue. Those systems need to be updated by the manufacturers.

The Apple Store Employee was not entirely up to speed on the cause of the problem. That's not surprising.

You need to take this up with Ford.

No Static At All wrote:

Second, yes, I and most in this thread know that CarPlay derives its GPS from the car when on USB, not the phone. So, it is mysterious that, as I specifically wrote (and have others) the GPS in the vehicle is completely accurate using its own navigation screen. It is only when interfacing with CarPlay that things run amok.

Which says the error is in the way the car head end is communicating GPS data to the phone.

Were it the phone, it would never or rarely work, but in fact CarPlay works properly on most systems.

I have no doubt Apple knows about this, but if they code a solution it will be to work around broken in-car systems.