Street names sent from CarPlay to the car's HUD get truncated down to 5 characters in iOS 18

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Street names sent from CarPlay to the car's HUD get truncated down to 5 characters in iOS 18

I've only experienced this issue after upgrading to iOS 18. My wife's phone on iOS 17 does not see this issue.

When using Apple Maps in CarPlay, my car displays the street name for the next turn in the HUD. It used to display the full name, but after updating to iOS 18, if the street name is more than 6-7 characters, it will truncate down to 5 characters (for example: "IL Ro..." instead of "IL Route 45", making the HUD pointless. Was this an intentional change or is it a bug?

My car has not received any updates, and the issue occurs on my phone in multiple cars. It does not occur on my wife's phone in the same cars. The only variable here is the iOS version.

Please fix this, Apple!

Posted on Sep 21, 2024 12:11 PM

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Techienologist

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Oct 6, 2024 3:47 AM in response to Akoza

Same issue here. I have two cars with Apple Car play support and both show truncated street names in the HUD after I upgraded my iPhone 15 to iOS 18. My daughter who is running an earlier iOS on her iPhone 13 does not see the longer street names. The only known change for me was the upgrade to iOS 18. Cars have not received updated software between the time of desirable operation and undesirable operation.

Would like to see the previous mode of operation, longer street names, restored as either the default operation or as a user selectable option.

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Nov 18, 2024 5:43 AM in response to crdbm

First thing to try (if you haven't already) is do a full restart of both the phone and the car. If that doesn't work, try connecting to a different car brand if you have one available, to rule out the phone being the problem.

I'm not seeing that particular issue on my Acura or my wife's Toyota, so that could very well be specific to Haval. I'd start by reaching out to anyone else you know who drives a Haval - if they're all experiencing the same issue, then you probably want to reach out to your dealer or even the manufacturer and see if there's a software update available for your car.

Hope this helps.

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Oct 9, 2024 6:05 AM in response to Akoza

Same issue. Street names are now truncated in HUD and in cluster after updating to ios18. Please fix

this is in a 2024 Acura, same system is used by Honda as well

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crdbm

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Nov 18, 2024 5:02 AM in response to Akoza

I am having a similar issue, but not quite the same. I apologise if it is too out of context.

I have an iPhone 15 Pro Max. I just bought a Haval H6 Ultra and the HUD displays the metres, and an arrow. But the arrow is always strait. no matter if it is supposed to direct you to turn or not. Also the street names remain the same as the street you were on when you set your destination on maps.

Any ideas?? I have contacted Apple, but they really couldn't help.

Is anyone else having any issues like this?

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