I believe there is a magnet built into the Dock that triggers the Nav screen. I just did it with a small refrigerator magnet. Maybe the polarity is reversed or the magnet is misaligned. I would take it back to VW and show them... I am just speculating but, maybe kill all your non-factory apps one by one to see if there are any conflicts.. I kind of doubt it, I would guess the dock and/or magnet.

 

Does the car dock symbol turn up in the top window shade? If it does then you can drag it down (or to the right) and launch it. If it does not not then there is something definitely wrong. Maybe the problem is in the Droid.. take BOTH to VW and see what they think. Verizon has been very good with replacements. I know when I put mine in the Dock there is no hesitation.. right to Nav. Same with the home dock and the alarm clock screen.

I hope you get it all fixed in any case.

 

i'm having the same problem. when i put the phone into the car dock, it almost never goes to the nav screen the first time. i usually have to take it out and reinsert it before it goes to the landscape nav screen. same thing happens with the desk dock, but not quite as bad. it just lags a lot, but eventually goes to the dock/clock screen without having to be removed. i'm going to take my droid in tomorrow to a verizon store for this and other issues. i suggest you do the same.

 

i know you have all thought of this, but is the clip upside down?

 

jleejordan is right. The clip must be on the left side or top..

 

I think I just wet myself.

 

My CarDock works flawlessly. The magnet can't be out of place, because of the construction of those clips. (Removing the Motorola faceplate from the clip reveals the magnet.) I have to believe you're having a s/w issue and that the CarDock.apk needs reinstalled.

Bottom line: Unless you have an app that is messing with the CarDock app ... you're probably going back to Verizon with this issue. I am suspiscious of that app you have that turns the BT on though. Is that Locale?

 

You can only put the Droid in the car dock one way.

 

Exactly. It doesn't matter how the clip is oriented, only that the phone is properly oriented relative to the clip - and it only fits one way.

 

What happens if you restart the phone immediately before docking it? Possibly you have software running that is interfering with the dock software.

I'd try a full system reset and see if it behaves better.

BTW, I saw the plugin for Locale and got excited. Then I figured out that you have to buy the $10 Locale released version and then pay another $1 for the plugin. I'm not sure I'm going to pony that up, but I do love what Locale can do.

 

If you are using Home ++ it will definitely prevent it from promptly going into car dock mode. If you are using a home replacement give a try from the default home.