Should I go on a road trip with XM problems?

[4.6owner]

So long story short, the dealer still hasn't fixed or diagnosed the cause of my 2010 4.6 XM radio problem, and they want the car for at least a full day (with no loaner replacement since according to them, its not a "driveability" issue) so that they can troubleshoot it with Hyundai HQ.

However, my wife and I are planning a roadtrip soon and we would be on the road for about a week (not driving all the time though). The worry for me is whether it is a good idea to drive the car with an as-yet unspecified problem with the XM radio. Right now our only clue is that whenever I switch to XM, I get either a "no signal" or "no connection" message. There is no advertising stream and nothing I press changes anything on the display (e.g. I cannot switch to channel 0 or 1 as suggested by some).

The Hyundai service dept at the local dealer suggested that it would be safe to drive the car anyway as this is not a drivetrain issue and also suggested that the XM radio is a completely separate component from the rest of the radio/navigation unit (i.e. whatever is affecting the XM isn't going to spread to the USB/radio/nav/bluetooth and damage those systems).

Does anyone know if this is true? It would seem to me that the XM radio is intricately connected to all those other systems being part of the same head unit at the very least... Last thing I want is for more things to break down before the problem is diagnosed.

 

[snj1013]

So long story short, the dealer still hasn't fixed or diagnosed the cause of my 2010 4.6 XM radio problem, and they want the car for at least a full day (with no loaner replacement since according to them, its not a "driveability" issue) so that they can troubleshoot it with Hyundai HQ.

However, my wife and I are planning a roadtrip soon and we would be on the road for about a week (not driving all the time though). The worry for me is whether it is a good idea to drive the car with an as-yet unspecified problem with the XM radio. Right now our only clue is that whenever I switch to XM, I get either a "no signal" or "no connection" message. There is no advertising stream and nothing I press changes anything on the display (e.g. I cannot switch to channel 0 or 1 as suggested by some).

The Hyundai service dept at the local dealer suggested that it would be safe to drive the car anyway as this is not a drivetrain issue and also suggested that the XM radio is a completely separate component from the rest of the radio/navigation unit (i.e. whatever is affecting the XM isn't going to spread to the USB/radio/nav/bluetooth and damage those systems).

Does anyone know if this is true? It would seem to me that the XM radio is intricately connected to all those other systems being part of the same head unit at the very least... Last thing I want is for more things to break down before the problem is diagnosed.

I wouldn't expect any issues other than not having XM. Why would you? You haven't experienced any so far, right?

 

[dg_moore]

Speaking of XM, I turned it on once when the car was new and found that the 90-day free trial was in effect. I turned it on a second time 13 months later and found that the 90-day free trial was still in effect. I turned it on for the third time a couple of days ago and found that XM finally turned off the free trial. I obviously won't be subscribing - it's not worth the money to me. I have a thumb drive with all the listening matter I'll ever need.

 

[BacktoHyundaibychoice]

So long story short, the dealer still hasn't fixed or diagnosed the cause of my 2010 4.6 XM radio problem, and they want the car for at least a full day (with no loaner replacement since according to them, its not a "driveability" issue) so that they can troubleshoot it with Hyundai HQ.

However, my wife and I are planning a roadtrip soon and we would be on the road for about a week (not driving all the time though). The worry for me is whether it is a good idea to drive the car with an as-yet unspecified problem with the XM radio. Right now our only clue is that whenever I switch to XM, I get either a "no signal" or "no connection" message. There is no advertising stream and nothing I press changes anything on the display (e.g. I cannot switch to channel 0 or 1 as suggested by some).

The Hyundai service dept at the local dealer suggested that it would be safe to drive the car anyway as this is not a drivetrain issue and also suggested that the XM radio is a completely separate component from the rest of the radio/navigation unit (i.e. whatever is affecting the XM isn't going to spread to the USB/radio/nav/bluetooth and damage those systems).

Does anyone know if this is true? It would seem to me that the XM radio is intricately connected to all those other systems being part of the same head unit at the very least... Last thing I want is for more things to break down before the problem is diagnosed.

As said above, take your trip. NAV works, maps work, DVD-A's work, radio works. The only "missing" piece would be NAV Traffic info.
Have fun!