Originally Posted by globe9

I just bought my 2016 and my satellite is cutting out all the time. I'm in Dallas, so no hills. I'd expect it in parking garages, under overpasses etc but it happens on a clear day with no obstructions. It's very frustrating.

Originally Posted by globe9

My wife thinks overall audio quality sucks as well. She's shopping new speakers now. Hopefully that helps. You'd think they'red be a better sound system in a $43,000 truck.

Originally Posted by fafafooey

If she thinks normal FM radio sounds ok and Sirius audio sounds bad, then new speakers won't help, it's the codec / encoding params Siris is using to save bandwidth.

I suspect they use different coding for different channels depending on the content type and audience. Although it sounds strange, I think they throw extra bandwidth to Howard Stern vs. some of the 60's and classic rock channels. I hear some of the same music being played on the Howard Stern channel and it sounds better then when I hear the same music on say classic rock channel. They have to re-encode the audio and possibly stat-mux it all before sending up to the satellite to save bandwidth, they can tune the stations quality / bitrate to meet some minimum MOS score. Not that I know anything about this!

Overall besides Sirius, I am a bit mift why my radio doesn't have FM HD. I'm moving from a Tacoma which had HD radio in 2012 to a 2016 rig and I guess it doesn't have it..

Originally Posted by donsmith

The SiriusXM problem has ruined my new truck experience. It makes me want to shove this truck, a truck that I love, back into the face of the dealer.

While I love the truck, I hate that my stories and interviews are constantly interrupted. I don't listen to music. Missing a few beats of music wouldn't be so bad, but to miss an important point in a story or an interview that can never be retrieved is really aggravating.

The bulletin I referenced in the OP is now closing in on being two months old.

The salesman promised to keep me updated but I only hear from him when I ask. And, I do NOT constantly pester him. I only ask about once every two weeks and only then because of radio silence on his part despite his promise. I would call that pretty good restraint for something that is driving me crazy. It's totally ruining my new truck experience.

When I sent an impassioned plea yesterday the salesman simply replied with a terse 'They are still working on it'.

I'm angry at this point. I was never more excited to get this truck. Great truck. But every time I drive it the constant SiriusXM signal loss puts me into a foul mood. I walk into work ready to bite nails. Every morning.

I'm now getting the feeling that I'm being stonewalled. It's starting to feel like I have to live with it. If that turns out to be the case I want to get rid of the truck even though I truly like the truck itself. If I'm blocked from enjoying it, what's the point?