Apple CarPlay has done one hell of a job bringing in consumers to take a fresh look at Chevrolet, but one 2016 C7 Corvette owner found the system less than perfect.
Paul Pino purchased a brand new 2016 C7 Corvette Stingray equipped with Apple CarPlay for his slew of Apple devices. But, Pino quickly realized he was unable to sync his iPod and iPad alongside his iPhone.
“If you put the iPod or iPad on Bluetooth you lose your connection with your phone and then you don’t have a hands free connection, so it’s not safe,” he explained to local CBS news affiliate Philadelphia 3.
Upon contacting General Motors over the issue, the automaker stated he must wait for an update to remedy the problem, presumable the update coming this spring we’ve heard about. After Pino flipped through the C7 Corvette’s owner’s manual, the accompanying text stated all devices should work in harmony.
Pino filed a lawsuit over a breach of warranty with his 2016 Corvette, a legitimate suit over a product not working as intended.
Since the filing, GM and Pino have settled for $3,000 while he awaits the future software update.
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I bet he sues the super market when his bread gets put on the bottom of the bag.
That’s a poor analogy. The bread didn’t leave the factory (bakery) defective. And loaves of bread don’t cost several hundreds or thousands of dollars.
what about my Escalade? haven’t tried multiple devices, but that might be the problem with it switching off my phone when my wife gets in the car with her iPhone???? CUE is funky as the reviewers all say. I got a 2016 Escy Plat anyway.
I can’t believe people. It’s not safe that he can’t use his Ipad, Ipod and Iphone will driving his sports car?
Wow.
This is the real reason such a loser could even afford a C7. Leach on society.
Why would you want to connect your iPad to the car. Why don’t you put your music on the phone,
At first I was thinking this was some (phallus) finding a loophole to cash in on something that’s unreasonable. But then GM made the mistake and put in print that something he was trying to do was supposed to work just fine.
People: products should work as promised. ESPECIALLY products you can’t easily return.
Imagine how much better cars might work if you could return them within six months for legitimate defects or noises or oddness? My ride is a nice Buick Encore — but the Intellilink system is MEH and many complain about transmission slip. If GM would have to eat my car for not being ready for prime time — they’d fix both those issues yesterday.
Exactly. It should have worked as promised.
GM paid out $3000. That is not much to them, and now that this is not working, they can improve their product. OR take the typo out of the manuals.
I was told my 2015 Z06 had valet. It only had half of it. Everything i have read or saw on utube before i purchased it showed or said the pdr camera was part of the valet system. I pwas told thiss on tuesday and i was not allowed to even get in it until friday aftrrnoon when i picked it up and to my surprise, NO PDR CAMERA. I dont think they lied to me, they, the so called corvette experts just did not know their own product. I tried everything i knew even in the end telling the owner he did not know his business which got me thrown off of his property. Now i have a one of a kind 2015 Z06, the only o nne without a PDR camera. Ihave since found out one can not be put in it since it left the factory. My dream shattered. I am 69 and will never again be able to purchase another to make things right.
I believe the valet camera system was disabled due to privacy concerns. Some states said it was invasion of privacy if you filmed the valet beating on your new Vette. So now you just have to beat the valet off camera on your own!!
Since this case settled, we’ll never know if the plaintiff would have one on the merits of his case. I assume the parties calculated the damages based on the price of the infotainment system and the software. GM, through a dealership, sold the plaintiff a defective product. This guy didn’t get rich off of this, he got compensated for the value of the defective device.
Are all you iPeople this stupid? The headline should be changed to “Idiot sues GM because he’s too stupid to realize you cannot connect two things to one Bluetooth connection” – though I believe he might have been able to connect the phone profile to the phone and the media profile to the iPod.
Or maybe “iDiot sues …”
Actually, you sir are the moron. You can absolutely connect multiple Bluetooth devices to one Bluetooth receiver at the same time. Maybe not to Chevy’s specific MyLink system, but it is absolutely a capability of Bluetooth. I have a pair of bluetooth headphones that let’s me connect two phones at once. I can play music from one phone and receive a call on another at the same time with both being connected simulataneously.
I can’t stand people that have to try and knock others down on the internet, like the big whiny bullies they are. Grow up, and before you try to comment on things you know nothin about, educate yourself.
As a Philadelphian,
I’m embarrassed that this man shares my home city.