Mirrorlink in Toyota Camry hybrid

Dear readers

Another important issue that we raised with Toyota Malaysia is the mirrorlink issue.

3. Mirrorlink

Mirrorlink is a slightly complex issue caused by an oversight or stupidity or recklessness on the part of product section and /or marketing dept. of UMW Toyota and and probably Toyota Japan.They got the mirrorlink without any in depth knowledge of the feature. They only realized the problem after they brought in the car based on the complaints they received from their customers.

For your information, the mirrorlink in the head unit in the infotainment system in TCH is brought straight by UMW Toyota from Japan. Even though the car is locally assembled most of the components come from Japan. For previous Camrys, they got the local agents to install the radio and infotaiment unit . In the hybrid , a lot of the components come directly from Japan.

The sad thing is that the version of the head unit that we have in the hybrid is the earliest version that could not support the latest android phones. Even if you bought the cable for RM 900 to 1000 plus you still could not use the mirrorlink because the software is not uptodate. If you use Samsung S3 you probably can use some outdated form of mirrorlink minus other latest features.

In short, the mirrorlink in the TCH could not be used at all. All the top bosses at UMW Toyota know this because they all drive the Camry hybrid and they know the real situation. Only the CEO of UMW Toyota drives a Lexus. Probably, he is not aware of the situation because the Lexus cuts out all the 'noise'.