Strange one (voice direction differs from route)

Maybe your 855 is haunted!

Your problem may be the "parking lot syndrome"(a phrase I made up). I've had my GPSs give wrong directions saying or showing to turn the wrong direction coming out of parking lots until they get back on a street, they are not always correct until then.

I had the same thing happen to me when going to a Cracker Barrel.Wanted me to turn left and no road was there.Checked Google maps and the coordinates was right on and not showing no road to left.Reported the problem to Garmin.Have latest maps.

I have had his happen 2 or 3 times in the first year I have owned my 260W. The screen direction proved to be correct in all cases. Luckily I glanced at the screen soon enough to not be misdirected by the voice.

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same thing happened to me on my 265wt. I thought it was my imagination the first time, but after the 2nd & 3rd time, I knew I wasn't hearing things wrong. I usually take a glance at the screen before turning just for confirmation anyway. Oh well. I'll live with it.

I've seen this happen several times in my nuvi 250, within the first year of ownership. Not "parking lot syndrome" in my case, the conflicting directions were at street intersections with no parking lot or alternate routing anywhere near.

I always experience the parking lot syndrome, until I get back out on a street. I don't know if it would be different if I change the setting from "automobile".

The same thing happens to me in parking lots and also when backing out of my driveway. It takes about a block or two before the verbal directions are correct. I always glance at the screen in those situations to verify. I guess even my GPSr can be "insecure" when starting a trip.

I have had my 760 do this, too. It had the turn arrow on the map showing a left turn, but the green bar said to turn right. I followed the arrow.

I've read numerous reports of this on other forums but have never seen it first-hand.

Had this happen this morning on the way to work. There was an "S" turn coming up, a right turn followed shortly by a left with the map showing the correct route but the turn indicator was wrong. Also when I approached the turn it said to turn left.

The only times my NUVI gives me misdirections with TTS is when I am leaving parking lots, or occasionally when backing out of a driveway as I am driving to the highlighted route.

I always ignore TTS and just follow my car's movement until I get onto the highlighted route in the correct direction. In other words, follow the screen directions; don't follow the voice directions until you are on route.

Another "me too" for the parking lot syndrome. Good name for it.

I've had the same thing with my 265wt and it wasn't parking lot syndrome. I had driven on interstate from one side of the city to the other. The exit ramp split. As I exited I was told twice to take the left fork, then just as I got to the split Garmin changed the voice prompt to right, too late for me to make the change. Later the same day on a city street when approaching an intersection was prompted by voice to turn one way but the visual clearly indicated the opposite. I had been traveling on the route for at least 4 or 5 blocks. I thought I was hearing things, but my wife confirmed I had not misunderstood.

Not only Garmen, it happened to my Tomtom too.

I've seen this a couple times... Each time I was in a shopping area where the parking lanes were not shown on the Garmin, so It (Garmin 660) didn't show vehicle on a road... Once back on a road, it then 'recalculating' and found itself..

Happens to me everyday on the street at an S turn on my 255W

That was another strange thing, once I made my turn I never heard anything more from the voice. This tells me the GPS did the route OK, but the software for the voice is messed up somewhere along the line.

I agree
All bets are off in a cemetery. Too many odd things happen in them. I even got locked inside a fenced-in one doing genealogy research. Creepy places when you don't know the people you're walking on.