Lifetime Map Showing Expiry Date

moleratc
moleratc Registered Users Posts: 7
Apprentice Seeker
in Devices using MyDrive Connect
Just browsing on My Drive Connect and it is showing my Go400 Lifetime Europe map as expiring 2023 -11-08. This is one day before the small UK map added as a keeper is set to expire. What is going on ?

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  • YamFazMan
    YamFazMan Posts: 20,806
    Superuser
    edited April 2020
    Hi
    @moleratc

    Tomtom FAQ... What are Lifetime Services?
    Here... https://uk.support.tomtom.com/app/content/id/9/locale/en_gb

    Tomtom FAQ... What are Lifetime Maps?
    http://uk.support.tomtom.com/app/content/name/Lifetime/page/4

    ATB YFM
  • moleratc
    moleratc Registered Users Posts: 7
    Apprentice Seeker
    edited April 2020
    Not really answered. I don't think the Go400 is coming up to EOL yet. It used to show as lifetime or some such but now gives a date.
  • YamFazMan
    YamFazMan Posts: 20,806
    Superuser
    edited April 2020
    Hi
    @moleratc

    The GO 400 is in the same NAV4 Range as the GO 5000/6000 etc..

    Tomtom FAQ... Find the model of your navigation device and what software it updates through....
    Check Here... https://uk.support.tomtom.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9508/locale/en_GB

    Result... GO 400 Serial Number Starting 'QL' & 'QM'... Your device is a TomTom GO 400 with 8GB memory and it updates through MyDrive Connect.
    Your device is fully supported through phone and email. You can also get help through our user forum and FAQs

    ATB YFM
  • moleratc
    moleratc Registered Users Posts: 7
    Apprentice Seeker
    Hopefully @VikramK will pick this up.
  • YamFazMan
    YamFazMan Posts: 20,806
    Superuser
    edited April 2020
    Hi
    @moleratc
    This "Discussion" about Lifetime Maps having an expiry date in MDrive Connect has been going on for years (Mikko was replying to the same queries back in 2017)
    As far as I recall, the expiry date is is more or less a placeholder that can be extended/updated as required....

    ATB YFM
  • VikramK
    VikramK Administrators Posts: 13,758
    Moderator
    edited September 2020
    Hi @moleratc

    Subscriptions although Lifetime can't have an indefinite date. The embedded services for any device that come with lifetime services will always have a cut-off date.

    The term Lifetime is defined correctly on the website link which @YamFazMan mentioned above.

    If the device is not EOL then the subscriptions get auto-extended. Additionally, you can also contact the customer service to sort out the account if the updates are not offered.

    Furthermore, TomTom has honoured rolling out map updates to devices which have been declared EOL but were sold with lifetime maps.

    Regards
    Vikram.
  • moleratc
    moleratc Registered Users Posts: 7
    Apprentice Seeker
    Thanks for the replies. Strange that a date has only recently appeared though.
  • Willem66
    Willem66 Registered Users Posts: 9
    Neophyte Traveler
    All,
    Had same issue, just before the update service for the maps were about to expire, they were automatically extended by 5 years =)



  • moleratc
    moleratc Registered Users Posts: 7
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    Logged on today and the expiry has updated to 2028
  • tonyrees2444_plodder
    tonyrees2444_plodder Registered Users Posts: 3
    New Seeker
    I'm thinking about buying the 6250 professional for used as a HIGH driver and don't want to spend £300 only to find the map update may finish in 3 or 4 years time, this could be the case then I assume ?
  • moleratc
    moleratc Registered Users Posts: 7
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    moleratc wrote: »
    Logged on today and the expiry has updated to 2028

    And now it is again "Lifetime", no expiry date mentioned.

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