AlfaOBD

[Joe Campanella]

I really wish they made an all black tow mirror with that functionality. I would really like the tilt down function but hate the chrome mirrors (and the price of course).

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Mine came factory all black

 

[circuitguy]

Nice!

Are you adding in a CD player? Or swapping the console?

We added the console and the console mounted CD player to it. This truck is a Tradesman with no factory options other then a tow package and the Hemi.

 

[mtnrider]

Mine came factory all black

And it has the tilt in reverse function?

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[Ramsportrocks]

my express came with the chrome capped mirrors..

what are the odds that they have tilt in reverse capability?

 

[Morgan]

It might take the night to have the changes take effect. I waited more than 20 minutes for DRL's and the fog light drop out to work. And the LED turn/park lights too. It took a day or better for the DRL to show in the settings in the Lights on the 8.4's screen.

Im wondering if maybe the wait times can be improved. Do you think pulling the negative battery terminal after we have applied all settings changes would force everything to reboot with the new configuration settings?

 

[kad]

Im wondering if maybe the wait times can be improved. Do you think pulling the negative battery terminal after we have applied all settings changes would force everything to reboot with the new configuration settings?

It should. But the whole wait time thing is widely variable between trucks. I've done many changes to mine and the only one I've ever had to wait longer than the minute or so that it takes the cluster to go dark was turning on the cargo camera input.

-K

 

[Ricks Ram]

my express came with the chrome capped mirrors..

what are the odds that they have tilt in reverse capability?

Did you buy your truck new? I have never seen an Express with chrome capped blinker/puddle light mirrors or any other mirror except the basic heated mirrors from the factory. If you have blinker/puddle lights in your mirrors and they are chrome capped they were most likely added by the dealer or previous owner. If you have non blinker/puddle light mirrors with the chrome cap that is something that was added aftermarket and its just a stick on cover. All that said if somehow you ended up with factory chrome capped blinker/puddle light mirrors there is a chance they are memory mirrors. You can check for sure by removing the door panel and counting the wires in the white mirror connector. If you have more than four mirrors in the white mirror connector they are memory mirrors.

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[GordDavey]

Need some help with turn signal hyper-flash in EVIC.

Situation, truck has analogue front lights and taillights. The BCM came from a sport which had led's front and rear and projectors.

I'm getting a front and rear left turn signal bulb out warning & code. But both the left front and left rear turn signals operate normally and flash at normal speed. However the codes show up in the OBD and the 7" EVIC says there is a lamp fault for those two, and the left turn signal within the EVIC hyper-flashes.

The right front and right rear are fine, and have no codes, nor warnings and they work properly.

Since from the BCM's point of view this is a "downgrade", I'm wondering what BCM settings would be changed/involved for this. I'm sure I've got all the led items turned off, but it's always possible I've missed something, or there is a non-obvious setting.

Any advice on what settings I can check for this ? If I had to guess I would say that it is looking for canbus messages for those two lights (front and rear) and of course it is not wired for the leds.

 

[Jimmy07]

Need some help with turn signal hyper-flash in EVIC.

Situation, truck has analogue front lights and taillights. The BCM came from a sport which had led's front and rear and projectors.

I'm getting a front and rear left turn signal bulb out warning & code. But both the left front and left rear turn signals operate normally and flash at normal speed. However the codes show up in the OBD and the 7" EVIC says there is a lamp fault for those two, and the left turn signal within the EVIC hyper-flashes.

The right front and right rear are fine, and have no codes, nor warnings and they work properly.

Since from the BCM's point of view this is a "downgrade", I'm wondering what BCM settings would be changed/involved for this. I'm sure I've got all the led items turned off, but it's always possible I've missed something, or there is a non-obvious setting.

Any advice on what settings I can check for this ? If I had to guess I would say that it is looking for canbus messages for those two lights (front and rear) and of course it is not wired for the leds.

Did you turn off the front and rear fault detection circuits that are normally enabled on the led trucks? There are four of them under CBC I/O Usage:

Driver door ajar switch usage > disable

Front passenger door ajar switch usage > disable

Left rear door ajar switch usage > disable

Right rear door ajar switch usage > disable

I know it doesn’t sound right being “door ajar”, but you’ll see once you select value that they are the lamp diagnostics circuits that are normally disabled on non led light trucks.

 

[Ramsportrocks]

Did you buy your truck new? I have never seen an Express with chrome capped blinker/puddle light mirrors or any other mirror except the basic heated mirrors from the factory. If you have blinker/puddle lights in your mirrors and they are chrome capped they were most likely added by the dealer or previous owner. If you have non blinker/puddle light mirrors with the chrome cap that is something that was added aftermarket and its just a stick on cover. All that said if somehow you ended up with factory chrome capped blinker/puddle light mirrors there is a chance they are memory mirrors. You can check for sure by removing the door panel and counting the wires in the white mirror connector. If you have more than four mirrors in the white mirror connector they are memory mirrors.

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I am 2nd owner but met original owner and he said it came how I bought it with the exception of the mopar vent visors which he had dealer install before he picked it up.. it does not have blinker/puddle

 

[aimvee]

When changing the tire pressure threshold.. what exactly does that mean?
For example. If I set the Threshold at 28 PSI the warning will not come on until under that?
I have a friend that likes to over air when pulling his camper. So what should it be set at?

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[horsetrailer]

Im wondering if maybe the wait times can be improved. Do you think pulling the negative battery terminal after we have applied all settings changes would force everything to reboot with the new configuration settings?

That's what I did. Took a while to boot but it came right up

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[Bama_ram_1500]

When changing the tire pressure threshold.. what exactly does that mean?
For example. If I set the Threshold at 28 PSI the warning will not come on until under that?
I have a friend that likes to over air when pulling his camper. So what should it be set at?

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I have a 2500 and from the factory mine was set for 65 psi front and 80 psi rear. I run 55 in mine when not pulling a load so I set mine to 50 both front and rear.

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[aimvee]

Im wondering if maybe the wait times can be improved. Do you think pulling the negative battery terminal after we have applied all settings changes would force everything to reboot with the new configuration settings?

I did 14 changes on a 2016 EcoDiesel.
Including Auto high beams and tilt in reverse. Both of those showed up in the 5-inch right away all of the other changes I waited anywhere between three and five minutes. I can only assume they were pretty instant

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[GordDavey]

Did you turn off the front and rear fault detection circuits that are normally enabled on the led trucks? There are four of them under CBC I/O Usage:

Driver door ajar switch usage > disable

Front passenger door ajar switch usage > disable

Left rear door ajar switch usage > disable

Right rear door ajar switch usage > disable

I know it doesn’t sound right being “door ajar”, but you’ll see once you select value that they are the lamp diagnostics circuits that are normally disabled on non led light trucks.

Jimmy07,

No I didn’t. I wouldn’t have guessed those. I’ll give them a try and see what happens. Thanks very much.

 

[dracman]

I got my sport mirrors working and did global down.i did the upper glove box and now trying to get light to work has anyone do this one .thanks dave

 

[kad]

I got my sport mirrors working and did global down.i did the upper glove box and now trying to get light to work has anyone do this one .thanks dave

The glove box light? As far as I've read, that one "just works", there are no settings for it. You just plug the light unit into the plug that's already there and you're done.

-K

 

[GordDavey]

Did you turn off the front and rear fault detection circuits that are normally enabled on the led trucks? There are four of them under CBC I/O Usage:

Driver door ajar switch usage > disable

Front passenger door ajar switch usage > disable

Left rear door ajar switch usage > disable

Right rear door ajar switch usage > disable

I know it doesn’t sound right being “door ajar”, but you’ll see once you select value that they are the lamp diagnostics circuits that are normally disabled on non led light trucks.

Jimmy07, Just to confirm, changing these 4 settings has resolved my issue. The turn signals flash correctly, the turn signals in the EVIC no longer hyperflash, and the bulb out messages have gone. All 4 were set to Jeep/Truck and now they are set to disabled.

Thank you very much.

 

[Morgan]

Hey everyone so far I've had great success with alpha. I have successfully enabled optional drl via uconnect interface.

Global down.

Fogs with high beams.

Tried my luck with mirror auto tilt in reverse but it seems I dont have the correct mirrors. W/e i knew it was a long shot.

Would it be possible to have tail lights on with ignition via alphaobd?


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[GordDavey]

One more question for you Jimmy07, the VIN WRITE in the BCM config. Is there anything special about how to do it? I'm assuming you just input the entire VIN and hit start.
I thought I would ask you, since your name is on the earlier posts about the vin write being possible.