Car Panel Issue

for some odd reason unwarranted the car panel app will just open up on its own.. i could be texting and it opens. I could be on twitter and it opens.. When i plug it in to charge it just randomly pops up on its own threw the course of the charge.  I Factory reset the phone and it STILL does it. Any Suggestions as to why this is happening?

Mines doing the same thing. As soon as i plug it up to the charger it just goes into car panel thing back and forth from car panel to home screen etc.... its very frustrating

mine was doing the same thing it even unlocked it a few times in my pocket and called some guy in Maine.

turned off phone for a while and restarted. working fine at least in short term

I had this as well, it is the car charger. It has an extra pin that is used for phones like BB. I bought a new car charger for an HTC phone and it worked like a charm!

mine started doing it out of the blue as well, only a month old.  most of the time it stays in car panel, sometimes it constantly flashes back and forth.  tried shutting it off, pulling battery, i'm not too confident about rooting it and not screwing it up in the process.  totally love the phone other than this annoying problem. 

It can also be an issue with the connector probes.  If one is broken or loose, it can be causing the phone to go into car mode.  

try going into the car panel>settings and see if auto-launch is checked. shouldnt do it either way but maybe it will make it stop. just something else to try before taking it back
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I don't know if I am missing something, but when I go into settings the only option I have is for the Display mode for automatic, daytime, nightime...
Should I have more options?

I actually find this car mode limiting compared to other phones.  The Droid 2 allows you to add functions and personalize it.  I wish I can add music player and remove some of them... 

Did anyone find out what was causing this? It started doing it to me on Saturday. Drove me nuts all afternoon. Then, Sunday morning I got up, unplugged it from the charger, and the whole phone crashed. Now, I can get the phone to turn on only when it is connected to the charger. As soon as I unplug it, the phone just dies. I tried pulling the battery, sim card, and sd card. Nothing made a difference. I've had to switch over to my backup phone, a motorola flipside that I despise, until I can get my inspire working again.

I suppose I have to try the warranty route, but really don't want an at&t refurb phone, so im hoping it is something I can fix myself.

Yes it is the USB port that triggers the carpanel.  Not all chargers, adapters, and headphones are compatible with the inspire.  3rd party or low amp chargers may have a pin bridged on their usb end.  This is by design. But this can kick the carpanel in.  Trying to use a cheap adapter off of ebay to use usb headphones can trigger the carpanel.  This can also redial the last number called on some instances.  Damage to your usb port can also trigger the carpanel. 

If you are having this issue and are using a 3rd party charger or anything plugged into the usb third party built then remove it and see if the issue goes away. Try using compressed air to blow out the usb port.

I have seen this issue on a few HTC phones as well as samsung phones.