Semi related or not: So...2018 RAM CC 4x4 Sport edition at 21120km's on the clock. As I mention above..the voice rec works for music selection most of the time, but.... If there multiple albums that the tune I desire is on...it pulls up a list of these tune/albums and asks "Which one?". When I select "#1" it tends to go to a music selection that is not from any of the posted album lists. That said,..the starting letter of the song (S), say Keith Urbans "Stupid Boy"...turns up to be Taylor Swifts "Style". O.k. so that's a bit of a re-hash of the issue.
Fast forward to yesterday: Back history first. I had the truck sprayed with Krown protective coating on Monday. Yesterday I had the front end alignment done at the local Mufflerman outlet (been going to them for years, great bunch of guys and great service). By late yesterday afternoon the back-up camera checks out (fails) and will not come up on the screen when the transmission is placed into reverse. I can call up the rear cam icon on the Apps screen and select it, and still no camera action. Never thought I'd miss this feature (never had it before this truck) but in fact I do now miss it. So..I contemplate the call to the dealer to set up a trouble shoot date, but I don't make the call. Google is the first response...see what the rest of the world has done to effect a cure on this issue.
Lots of comments about tracing down the harness to ensure there is no corrosion of disconnections between the component wiring plugs and such...there may be three of these harness connection points..one in the actual tailgate area behind the access panel. I've had the recall done on the tail gate 5000kms ago..could that be the issue? Hmm..pull that panel and look? After all, Krown just stuck the spray wand in there, maybe they loosened the connector? Nope I'll hold off on that plan of action for now.
Next: Pull the neg cable off the battery "he says" and this will soft boot the computer and reset everything. Hmmm...that sounds do able and easy. So I go this route hoping for the best, but fully expecting the worst. Well when I reconnect the battery cable (after a couple min's) and power up the radio unit the icons on the screen have totally changed and the back up camera icon is not even present...Oh F*ck..now what? With nothing much to loose I search through the system "Settings" menu and see "Reset to Default" or some such and what the hell..push that and ……...nothing, the new icon display remains and no rear cam icon showing. Well guess I'm gonna make that call to the dealer. I test the tunes function, my Ipod Touch continues to connect and play...voice rec is no better than it was previously. The truck remains parked..and I'm bummed out.
About and hour after the above I've gotta run an errand so fire up the truck and start backing out of the driveway, and bingo bango...the system display is now back to "as purchased" and the rear cam is working again! I have no idea why this happened...but maybe the system had not fully re-loaded or something. Tested the voice rec , asked for "Stupid Boy" got "Style". Don't ya just love technology? (Don't answer that).
T.
