Apple CarPlay GPS wrong location issue

Having this issue as well.

i have a 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan CarPlay works perfectly

in my 2023 vw Taos it doesn’t work at all.

very dangerous in when you’re new in a big metropolitan city and the highway is going 70+ mph

Same problem for three years with Toyota Tundra 2021. Used to be both maps (car and iphone) would put me miles away on a trip once it started to drift off course. Dealer could not fix thru 6 visits including call from ToyotaUSA. Presently car navigation and phone work separately so I stopped using CarPlay. Waste of time. Most useless program Apple has made. Is my only car with CarPlay on it which I did specifically want to use. Very disappointed.

To me the danger was screwing with it while I was driving. But that would be on me. I have given up. Both work when not connected thru CarPlay. But I specifically wanted CarPlay.

the 2016 4Runner that I traded in’s CarPlay was fine.

encountered the same issue with third-party navigation on my BMW i7 with CarPlay . Despite reaching out to BMW for assistance, I did not receive a response. As a result, I ended up purchasing an Android phone and utilizing Android Auto in order to use the third-party navigation maps instead and working fine but not with my CarPlay with iPhone 15.

I have exactly the same issue with the same head unit. This has been happening for years with multiple iPhones. Navigation is useless, and works 50% of the time at best. It always fails to work, particularly when I NEED it to work.

Apple! You really have to make this a higher priority!!!

Works for me on our cars with only wired connection, with WiFi off but people with wireless it is mostly useless and it will force us to buy Android devices!!!

My Tundra radio is wire, not wireless. I do use an accessory to make it wireless. Problem is continuous wired and with wireless dongle. And randomly affects phone maps and car navigation or both. And I agree very dangerous.

That is so strange because I have the same exact car and have experienced the same issues. I don't know if this is a problem with my car or my iPhone. I have the 12 pro so it is not the newest but my car is brand new. Have you gone to VW to see if it could be the car?

Update Kenwood media player in VW T6 

- Apple CarPlay GPS wrong location issue 

Kenwood instructed me to re locate Kenwood GPS antenna on top of the dashboard near windscreen on passenger side. (Current location was on top of unit, under the dashboard)

This has worked and my CarPlay navigation is now working correctly. 

It seems the issue was the GPS antenna was losing accuracy due to poor signal. Kenwood also believe it was made worse by T6 heated windscreen. 

Hope this is helpful 

Update Kenwood media player in VW T6 

- Apple CarPlay GPS wrong location issue 

Kenwood instructed me to re locate Kenwood GPS antenna on top of the dashboard near windscreen on passenger side. (Current location was on top of unit, under the dashboard)

This has worked and my CarPlay navigation is now working correctly. 

It seems the issue was the GPS antenna was losing accuracy due to poor signal. Kenwood also believe it was made worse by T6 heated windscreen. 

Hope this is helpful 

Good luck. And I will look for your replies. 3 years and 6 service calls sometimes with upgrade software from Toyota and system is still a fail. Never reconnects after time with all cables. Apple has ignored my inquiries. I no longer use CarPlay and will unlikely pay for that accessory in the future.

I have been battling this with a professionally installed Pioneer DMH-WT7600NEX for years and multiple iPhone 13s and a iPhone14s with "precision GPS" chip. Nothing works. The head unit has a GPS sensor that was mounted just under the center speaker in the upper dashboard, where there was only a bit of plastic between the sensor and the top of the dash, and otherwise was below the windshield. As a last hope, I relocated the GPS sensor to the top of the dashboard and near the defrost vent, so now there are no obstructions between the sensor and the windshield.

If this doesn't work, the final test might be to remove the head unit's GPS completely, as I don't think it serves any meaningful purpose.

I´ve had experienced the same problem (me and my wife). I just bought a Toyota Corolla and my Iphone 15 just got crazy GPS with Waze (about 5-10 min o f use the signal becomes very instable and waze made sugestions that could end in a life threatening situation, the GPS made me turn and drive in a wrong way direction for more than two times). My wife has a Iphone 14 and a Toyota Cross with the same problem.

I´ve tried to change the apps (switch to Maps ou Google but the same situation occours). I think (more like a guess) the fact the Apple CarPlay makes the Iphone disable the Wifi when connected wirelessly could made the GPS a little bit more unnacurate, but to change directons at the lane? Think It´s a big issue and don´t see that Apple is making any efforts to solve this issue. What's the point of using a LCD touch screen if you cannot just trust in directions that is made through the screen? What's the point of a handsfree tech if you have to disable the iphone and start to type and manage the wheels? How about security issues? Does it bothers Apple?

I’m having the same issue. When having the issue, I have noticed that my compass shows my altitude higher by exactly 10x. I live a 1250 feet elevation. When in CarPlay mode and the navigation isn’t working, my compass would say 12500. I believe that this is why the navigation appears to be intermittent. Pending on where the satellite is, me at 12,000 ft, and if it lines up with the street that I’m actually on.

My car (VW Atlas CrossSport) requires WiFi to be on for CarPlay.

I have the same head unit and the same issue for years with different phones including iPhone 14 Pro that has the two GPS antennas for the most precise location ability . I moved the GPS antenna for the head unit, which was installed inside the dash just below the center dash speaker, and placed it on top of the dash near the windshield. After 7+ days, the issue has not returned.