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I recently purchased a 2018 Infiniti Q60, which has an SD card navigation map. I can see my system has options for real time traffic updates etc, and am wondering if there is something I can purchase to get this working? I can see there are at least updated maps for USA and Canada, but nothing for Australia. Surely Infiniti took changing road systems and city expansions into account when they decided to use an inbuilt navigation over Android Auto/Apple Car Play, or are we doomed to drive on streets that don't exist in the navigation system if you drive to a new area?

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You already know the answer deep down...there is a reason everyone moved to sat nav from the user's device via AA or CP....

BTW this isn't just an Infiniti is dead issue, every car from everyone supplies maps that are up to date when you buy the car then requires you to buy updates if you don't want to keep driving in 2016.

Yeah I understand you have to pay for an updated map or subscription service or something. But I can't even find a current map for Australia. My map is dated 2017, but didn't this car version still sell in Australia until 2021?

 

Also, just as an aside, the navigation system warns you of traffic incidences ahead.....why would they include that on a map they knew is not receiving live information. I am forever going to be warned of an incident that probably existed for 30 minutes 8 years ago.

I believe the traffic updates are a separate, current (but probably not for long!) called TMC and was probably loaded into the Aus delivered cars back in the day

https://www.liquisearch.com/traffic_message_channel/tmc_services_in_operation/australia

Again, it is far less effective than Google tracking the location (and therefore speed) of every person in the country every second without most of us knowing, to determine where traffic is slowed....

I tried a few years ago for my 2015 Q50, called the Australian Infiniti 'help line', they said any Nissan dealer can help, I called my local nissan dealer and they just flatly refused to have anything to do with any Infiniti model, claiming they couldn't even order parts for them.

If you have a Nissan dealer in your area who used to be an Infiniti dealer, you might have more luck, I don't have any where I live.

If you do have any luck, let us know!

There is some very dodgy looking web page that claims to sell current Australian maps for Infiniti vehicles, but I don't know anyone who has been brave enough to try them.

Infiniti sold vehicles here until 2021/22, but the newest build date they imported was 2019, after that, they were just selling stock.

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