2 question about my 2011

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02blkram47

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I don't have an owners manual so I can't find this info. Hopefully someone familiar with the 2011 Laramie Longhorn can come in.
1. Does this truck have a trip gauge? I can't find any way to track my millage after a fuel up. Usually a truck or car had a meter you reset..
2. On my key fob, I notice often that If I just brush my finger across the buttons my lights with flash. As far as I can tell it doesn't lock or unlock but it flashes the lights...what's the purpose of this?

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I can't say much for the first question. My 2013 ram 1500 has the trip meter somewhere in the options on the instrument panel.

My key fob does the same thing yours does. Mine will actually lock the truck just by me touching the lock button. I've opened the key fob up before and moved the small rubber contact pad back into the correct place but it always moves back. Figure I can get some super glue on it to hold it in place [emoji1303]


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I don't have an owners manual so I can't find this info. Hopefully someone familiar with the 2011 Laramie Longhorn can come in.
1. Does this truck have a trip gauge? I can't find any way to track my millage after a fuel up. Usually a truck or car had a meter you reset..
2. On my key fob, I notice often that If I just brush my finger across the buttons my lights with flash. As far as I can tell it doesn't lock or unlock but it flashes the lights...what's the purpose of this?

Thanks for any help

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Does your steering wheel have a button labeled step? That should cycle through odo. Trip a and b, exterior temp and such. You can reset it there somehow i believe
 
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Does your steering wheel have a button labeled step? That should cycle through odo. Trip a and b, exterior temp and such. You can reset it there somehow i believe
No it doesn't..Just the select, back and two arrows


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I can't say much for the first question. My 2013 ram 1500 has the trip meter somewhere in the options on the instrument panel.

My key fob does the same thing yours does. Mine will actually lock the truck just by me touching the lock button. I've opened the key fob up before and moved the small rubber contact pad back into the correct place but it always moves back. Figure I can get some super glue on it to hold it in place [emoji1303]


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I'll have stand close by ava try it to see if it locks or unlocks

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on your guage cluster it should have the stick thingy push it it will go trip a and then again will go b ... to reset hold it in till it goes to 0
 
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on your guage cluster it should have the stick thingy push it it will go trip a and then again will go b ... to reset hold it in till it goes to 0
You know, I've seen that stick and when I push it it does nothing. It doesn't cycle through anything. Must be busted, when I try to push it it doesn't travel really at all.

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Does it turn... I know mine pushes in but other vehicles sometimes turn? It probably doesn't but it's worth a try...

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Does it turn... I know mine pushes in but other vehicles sometimes turn? It probably doesn't but it's worth a try...

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Good question, I'll try that.

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The "stick" just pushes in. At least that's what my 2011 does. There's 2 different trip odometers and a timer. If it's not pushing in try pushing it kind of hard. It's possible is just sticking. Or maybe try and pull it out then push it.
 
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The "stick" just pushes in. At least that's what my 2011 does. There's 2 different trip odometers and a timer. If it's not pushing in try pushing it kind of hard. It's possible is just sticking. Or maybe try and pull it out then push it.
I tried this morning to push it in with quite a bit of effort..nothing happens, also tried to turn it. Not a big deal but maybe this cluster will be covered under my extended warranty..if so I'll replace it someday. Thanks for all the input.

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On my '12 all I have to do is push the stick and it changes from A to B and to the trip hours too. Definitely take it in and get that looked at.
 
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