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Neighbor's 2008 Acura TL Touchscreen Nav went out

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So he was quoted $750 at the dealer for a repair. Should he replace it with OEM, or go aftermarket? If he goes aftermarket do these things generally screw up the audio system, the rest of the electronics, and/or steering wheel controls?

I would think he would lose the steering wheel controls but everything else fine. Who knows, anybody else experience faulty OEM navs?
 
Seems to be a common problem on touch screen enabled cars. Seen it a couple of times on Fords and Chryslers. I'm not a big fan of touch controls in cars.
 
He could go aftermarket but unless they also offer an integration kit for connecting all the steering and other controls that used to interact with the oem navigation, most likely he will loose these features. Has he looked online for an oem replacement and maybe have an electronics or good sound shop install it? (not best buy). The feature itself brand new on cars costs like an additional 1k to the price of the car when they ask you if you want these options.

I'm willing to bet he can either replace it with oem and installed elsewhere for cheaper. The dealer may just put a refurbished model in for $750.
 
Aftermarket will be better, for about $750 he could get a Pioneer that would stomp the hell out of the factory one. He'll need a module for the steering wheel control, and probably one to control the door beeps and other factory things that go ding ding ding. But they cost cost more than $50 each. The Pioneer's are great they have their one nav software and maps, which are excellent. JVC nav units are nice too.
 
If there are car-specific controls, OEM would be the best, IMHO. Time to start trolling junkyards.
 
QueBert said:
Aftermarket will be better, for about $750 he could get a Pioneer that would stomp the hell out of the factory one. He'll need a module for the steering wheel control, and probably one to control the door beeps and other factory things that go ding ding ding. But they cost cost more than $50 each. The Pioneer's are great they have their one nav software and maps, which are excellent. JVC nav units are nice too.
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What?....No Garmin?
 
There is no aftermarket replacement that is as good as any OEM in dash navi. Maybe the shitty toyota/ old honda ones, but other than that no.
 
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