Before I split with my ex she would put spyware on my phone. I moved away from where she lived and I have only just got back. I have this weird issue happening where when I'm close to where she lives, as in within a mile or two (I don't go too close for obvious reasons) my infotainment crashes completely. This only happens near her place. For example I drove down the motorway to a city yesterday, the motorway goes past her place, the infotainment system crashed twice, there and back, on the area near where she lives. For the rest of the 3 hour journey there and back if didnt crash. It doesn't crash anywhere else.

Is there a possibility she somehow put a device on my car or maybe asked her Police force brother to do something? I wasn't sure it was this but somebody said hacking it is possible and it really does only have issues near her. I had no issues on any other journeys, but every single time I'm near her area it goes crazy and reboots.

Hacking the core software is very difficult but not totally impossible, (nothing is)!

As a first step I'd get your phone checked out or simply un pair it from the car and see if you have the same problem.

If you do then the next step is to visit a main dealer and get the car software checked out / re-installed.