Lost these features all at once

[G-516799]

Recently lost my ability to manually enter destinations on my GPS, hands free calling/recieving, radio presets and auto engine shut off/restart all at the same time. Occasionally the start stop will come on for a few minutes then go out again. Spoke to dealer and they said I should be able to manually enter addresses into to GPS but not verbally as I lost the voice activation feature at the 3 year ownership mark. (That’s another issue I’m annoyed about!).

 

[Glasman888]

It sounds like your car's communication module has failed. This is a common unit that controls the GPS input, Bluetooth, and other connected features.

The dealer is correct that the voice activation is a subscription service, but the manual entry should work. The fact that you lost all those unrelated features at once points directly to a hardware failure in that module.

You'll need to have the module diagnosed. A specialist independent shop will likely be much cheaper than the dealer for this repair.