I recently installed a NEX8000 in my 2008 Pontiac Torrent.  Love the system, the NAV system is one of the best I have seen.   CarPlay, well..... it very much feels like an alpha.  Thankfully when it decides to freak out falling back to bluetooth only takes a few button presses.

 

I have a few intermittent issues, which I am thinking are not caused by the NEX itself but the interface units.

 

Issue #1 - Steering wheel vol up/down works fine every time, however next/prev track work only sometimes.  Often will work if I press a vol button first.

 

Issue #2 - A good % of the time when I turn the vehicle on, the NEX does not even power up/boot up.  I have also noticed I dont here the 'chimes' either when this is happening.  I have to remove the keys, and try again.    I can tell it works when I hear the chimes when I insert the key.  I assume this is something with the LAN module, but I have no idea what to do about it!

 

 

I have:

AVIC-NEX8000

Axxess GMOS-LAN-012 Integration Module

Axxess ASWC-1 Steering Wheel Control Interface

 

 

Any ideas would be appreciated!