Strange alert

[Showguy]

Last night while driving my 2016 3.8 ultimate I got a audiable and visual alert on the nav screen that announced "curve ahead". At the time the navigation system was not routing. And yes there was a curve. I have had the car a month and never heard this before. I have been around a lot of curves. Anyone else ever see such a warning ?

 

[danygenesis]

There is an option in the Navi system that let you select to be warned when a curve is ahead but AFAIK it only works when navigating.

 

[Nikgen]

There is an option in the Navi system that let you select to be warned when a curve is ahead but AFAIK it only works when navigating.

It works whether on an active NAV route or not...

 

[Showguy]

It works whether on an active NAV route or not...

It would appear that it's not to accurate. I drive the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Brooklyn a lot. The road is nothing but hair pin turns and I was never warned. Last night was the first and only time. No big deal. Just asking.

 

[PMCErnie]

It would appear that it's not to accurate. I drive the Jackie Robinson Parkway in Brooklyn a lot. The road is nothing but hair pin turns and I was never warned. Last night was the first and only time. No big deal. Just asking.

The system doesn't smell curves. It only announces those curves programmed into it.

 

[MikeyTG]

It may be a combination of your speed and the curve's sharpness that causes the warning, maybe you were a little faster than usual on that day.

 

[Alwaysforward]

I get this warning frequently with or without the NAV mapped to a location. Great feature for those curves your not familiar with. Will definitely turn that feature off when driving the Blue Ridge Parkway

 

[Nick R]

After 26k miles, there is only one curve within a 25 mile radius that gets announced....not sure why this is but it certainly doesn't work on any other curves.....go figure....