Infotainment screen not working after sitting in 95 degree Florida sun.

[james32thedge]

Anyone else have issues with the infotainment screen after sitting in the high heat and sun of Florida or anywhere else. My touch screen would not work after only 3 hours in the heat. Car started fine and ran fine just couldn't adjust anything including the A/C (this is why it should be separate controls not the computer screen). It did start working again after getting cooler in the car and pushing the reset control.

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[smurfslayer]

I’ve never seen this, and I’m in Texas. I bought my car near Waco, and it was 106 ambient when I bought the car - it worked fine then. it’s been in 3 digit heat several times and never exhibited this. Now, that said, heat can definitely wreak havoc on electronics, so can it happen? Yes, but I don’t know the temp at which it becomes a problem. If it was 95 ambient, not the made up “heat index” number that cooler state weather people use to make their audience feel tougher and more heat tolerant than they actually are, then internal temps were probably 120-130 or more.

The days of me opening a car/truck door to oven like temperatures are over. If it sits more than 15 minutes in triple digit heat, it’s getting remote started. I’d say try this again and record a video of your start up to see if it repeats, take it to local stealership service if so.

 

[GrabThatBlue]

Anyone else have issues with the infotainment screen after sitting in the high heat and sun of Florida or anywhere else. My touch screen would not work after only 3 hours in the heat. Car started fine and ran fine just couldn't adjust anything including the A/C (this is why it should be separate controls not the computer screen). It did start working again after getting cooler in the car and pushing the reset control.

You sure it's because of the sun?
I've heard more people complain about stuck screens, even in colder temps.
It fixed itself after a while, after a restart or after a reset. But yeah, these screens can get hot, especially in hot weather. I remember there was an update to fix the screens.

 

[Kitulu]

Anyone else have issues with the infotainment screen after sitting in the high heat and sun of Florida or anywhere else. My touch screen would not work after only 3 hours in the heat. Car started fine and ran fine just couldn't adjust anything including the A/C (this is why it should be separate controls not the computer screen). It did start working again after getting cooler in the car and pushing the reset control.

I live in Florida. My car is parked outside when I'm at work, usually with a sunshade on the windshield. I have never noticed any issues with the screens not working due to heat.

 

[james32thedge]

Thx guys it was the first time it has done it to me although my car is garaged and not subject to the sun and heat all the time. I think I will try the sunshade thing first and see if it still does it. I will say everything was so hot in the car that it was hard to touch anything including the titanium Shift knob. The top of the screen was so hot I think you could have burn yourself,LOL. I guess that's what I get for getting a black car in Florida.

 

[Billycar11]

Next time try resetting it, to do that hold volume down and right on the steering wheel

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