4 WD Control and lower dash controls

[Designflaw]

Hello Peeps, been a long time lol - I hope I am putting this is in the right forum. Had no clue how to search for it either. A few months ago, my lower control where tow/haul, seat/steering heat stopped working. I assumed a fuse just been to lazy to look since those controls are also on the touch screen.
I was in a gravel pile on a hill last night and couldn't get any traction so I put it if 4WD, well thought I was. Nothing happened. No lights good or bad on the dash, no change whatsoever.
Could these switches all be on the same fuse, and not telling the truck I'm activating the switch?

Thanks in advance.
2013 Ram 1500 CC Sport.

 

[RamDiver]

Hello Peeps, been a long time lol - I hope I am putting this is in the right forum. Had no clue how to search for it either. A few months ago, my lower control where tow/haul, seat/steering heat stopped working. I assumed a fuse just been to lazy to look since those controls are also on the touch screen.
I was in a gravel pile on a hill last night and couldn't get any traction so I put it if 4WD, well thought I was. Nothing happened. No lights good or bad on the dash, no change whatsoever.
Could these switches all be on the same fuse, and not telling the truck I'm activating the switch?

Thanks in advance.
2013 Ram 1500 CC Sport.

Have you tried removing the negative battery terminal for 10 minutes?

I would guess it's not fuse-related but a Can-bus fault where the BCM has lost its configuration.

I would also suspect, it may take multiple trips to relearn after the power cycle.

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[Designflaw]

Have you tried removing the negative battery terminal for 10 minutes?

I would guess it's not fuse-related but a Can-bus fault where the BCM has lost its configuration.

I would also suspect, it may take multiple trips to relearn after the power cycle.

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I will try that. Not sure why only these lower switches would be impacted, but I know CAN-BUS can be finicky. Thanks for the reply.

 

[SitKneelBend]

I will try that. Not sure why only these lower switches would be impacted, but I know CAN-BUS can be finicky. Thanks for the reply.

If there is an issue with 4x4 panel your truck should show a "service shifter" message at startup.

 

[Designflaw]

If there is an issue with 4x4 panel your truck should show a "service shifter" message at startup.

Nothing. No errors or service lights

 

[Designflaw]

A bump for another round. Removing ground didn't seem to fix it. Doing it again for longer than 10 minutes just to confirm. Looking at the owner s manual, doesn't seem there is a fuse for the 4WD so not sure what's going on and why no idiot lights.

 

[SitKneelBend]

A bump for another round. Removing ground didn't seem to fix it. Doing it again for longer than 10 minutes just to confirm. Looking at the owner s manual, doesn't seem there is a fuse for the 4WD so not sure what's going on and why no idiot lights.

I might suggest pulling the radio bezel off and re-seating those connections. It can be done relatively quickly in about 15 minutes of work...

 

[Designflaw]

I might suggest pulling the radio bezel off and re-seating those connections. It can be done relatively quickly in about 15 minutes of work...

Do you think there is a common connector between the 4WD knob and the panel of buttons? Surely multiple connectors didn't loosen/pop off at once.
I'll give it a shot though, thanks.

 

[SitKneelBend]

Do you think there is a common connector between the 4WD knob and the panel of buttons? Surely multiple connectors didn't loosen/pop off at once.
I'll give it a shot though, thanks.

No, just something relatively easy to try.

 

[Designflaw]

Bumping again - Not finding anything so far.

 

[Wild one]

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[Wild one]

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[Designflaw]

All righty - Had to give in a take it to the Dealer. Turns out it is a monitoring module on the battery harness that went bad. Little ******* costs around 350.00. With labor and other crap got out of there at 600.00 but everything works again. The ***** of it is, the tech told me everything worked fine when the module was unplugged so I could of just done that lol.

 

[Travelin Ram]

Thanks for the solution.