Is anyone in the Providence - Boston area having problem receiving traffic updates? I have not been receiving them for 3 days now - the iDrive says "no reception". The nav system is working fine - so is the satellite radio - just the traffic info is not available.

 

I can't help you confirm if it's working or not up there but in case it helps, I just wanted to add that real-time traffic has no bearing on the satellite radio signal. The traffic information is transmitted over FM frequencies.

In Providence, there are three stations that broadcast the signal:
WSNE 93.3
WHJY 94.1
WWBB 101.5

and in Boston, there are two:
WJMN 94.5
WXKS 107.9

If you are able to tune these stations, then you might have a problem with your car since I imagine that all five of these stations having problems with their traffic data transmissions would be an unlikely scenario. I guess it's possible that a failure somewhere else could cause all these stations to not get a signal to transmit so again, I can't help you out. Hopefully, someone else up there can give you some positive information...

 

Thanks for the reply Rudy

Its back in operation now. Not sure what was going on.

 

Sounds like some central server or data point was lost that provides the signal to the radio stations then.

If it happens frequently, then it still may be an issue with your car...