Bertrrr
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- Sep 8, 2021
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- Location
- South Louisiana
- Ram Year
- 2021
- Engine
- 6.7 Cummins
I wish the screen would have a night time setting ,it's so bright it tends to blind you at night.
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I asked no such thing. Your reading comprehension is lacking.You come to a Ram site and ask "Ford or Ram". What would I expect if I went to a Ford site and ask "Ram or Ford"? I wouldn't want to hear their response! It wouldn't be nice as the guys here!
Trashed? I would literally have bought a Ram if they had a worthy competitor engine in gas. They do not. I held my nose and ordered a Ford. I have had 5 Chrysler/Jeep vehicles in the last 15 years. 0 Fords. I still have no idea what point you think you're making.I knew the Ram was going to be trashed before you told us your choice, that's why I didn't make any comments or advice. I knew what was going to happen and it did. There's not a point to be made on my part.
Go in your Uconnect settings and dim it. Also make sure the horizontal rotary dial below your headlight switch is in the proper position so that when you turn your headlights on, it dims all the dash lights to a lower setting.I wish the screen would have a night time setting ,it's so bright it tends to blind you at night.
Thanks, now you know what I have driven. I've been driving longer than you've been alive. It's your choice, drive what you like, that's what I do. Not what others suggest.Trashed? I would literally have bought a Ram if they had a worthy competitor engine in gas. They do not. I held my nose and ordered a Ford. I have had 5 Chrysler/Jeep vehicles in the last 15 years. 0 Fords. I still have no idea what point you think you're making.
I came on this site to get some comparison stories from people who've driven both.
You've driven neither, I can tell.
There's a reason for de-rating an engine installed in a truck rather than in car. In a car you are never going to apply maximum power for more than a few seconds - maybe up to 20 or 30 if you are going uphill from a stop to maximum speed.I don't have one because they derated the 6.4 instead of using the 485HP version in the srt vehicles.
It does, but you can override it (like it sounds like you did) with the thumbwheels below/next to the headlight controls. If it's all the way up (past the click-point) they will always be bright. If it's below the click point they will be on Bright when the headlights are OFF and dimmer (to the level selected) when the headlights are ON.I wish the screen would have a night time setting ,it's so bright it tends to blind you at night.
Just like to add that I've driven about every brand that there is, (I work on them, I'm a mechanic). I only talk about the big 3. I don't care what other brands advertise. Don't even care or acknowledge other brands. I know what I like from experience, not what my buddy or anyone else says. If I listened to others I would have never chosen Mopar. It works for me so why would I care what others think?Trashed? I would literally have bought a Ram if they had a worthy competitor engine in gas. They do not. I held my nose and ordered a Ford. I have had 5 Chrysler/Jeep vehicles in the last 15 years. 0 Fords. I still have no idea what point you think you're making.
I came on this site to get some comparison stories from people who've driven both.
You've driven neither, I can tell.
But don't you know if it doesn't say toyota its pure junk! I've owned about 40 vehicles in my life and all but one were very good. Not one of them was japanese made.Just like to add that I've driven about every brand that there is, (I work on them, I'm a mechanic). I only talk about the big 3. I don't care what other brands advertise. Don't even care or acknowledge other brands. I know what I like from experience, not what my buddy or anyone else says. If I listened to others I would have never chose Mopar. It works for me so why would I care what others think?
Mine came with a full size spare on a steel wheel. Pretty sure this is an option you can add to any truck, and comes as part of some of the packages.The worthless spare, and not being able to turn the stereo off.
I can’t dim the nighttime settings. I’ve tried everything I know to try. Definitely blinding at night. Daytime setting can be changed easily.It does, but you can override it (like it sounds like you did) with the thumbwheels below/next to the headlight controls. If it's all the way up (past the click-point) they will always be bright. If it's below the click point they will be on Bright when the headlights are OFF and dimmer (to the level selected) when the headlights are ON.
Also see pages 455-456 (that's the 2020 one, may be different on 2021) owners' manual for the U-Connect setting for the center screen brightness control.
I can’t dim the nighttime settings. I’ve tried everything I know to try. Definitely blinding at night. Daytime setting can be changed easily.
I noticed the same thing in my 2022 1500 Laramie. Screen is too bright at night, moving the brightness switch to the left of the steering column does nothing, and in the display settings the night time brightness is greyed out, with only daytime brightness able to be adjusted.
So turning the little horizontal dial right below the headlight switch doesn’t do anything? As far as my 2018 4th-gen, as long as the headlights are on I can use my little horizontal dial and can pretty much turn my dash lights very dim except for during the daytime when my headlights aren’t on, I don’t think I can change the brightness but again, when the headlights are on I can dang near turn them off.I can’t dim the nighttime settings. I’ve tried everything I know to try. Definitely blinding at night. Daytime setting can be changed easily.
Let me guess… Reached for the fan knob or the volume knob one too many times?Just 4 things:
1. The idiotic rotary shifter
Oh, it can be avoided, it just takes a little bit extra care. People have had success with putting a Ziploc baggie over the whole filter amongst a couple other little tricks but what I found that works for me was going to Walmart and buying a 12 inch by like 7 or 8 inch Tupperware bowl that was about 3, 4 inches tall that I trimmed down to about an inch and a half tall on one end and about an inch tall on the other end that slides real nicely on top of the front axle below the filter to catch the spilling oil once the filter is loosened and what really helps that filter-change process is a set of ramps to drive the front of the truck up on. I’m 6 foot and I can sit straight up cross legged right in front of the radiator and actually pretty comfortably change my oil filter without having to clean up a whole lot.2. The mess that can't be avoided when changing the oil
What, too lazy to go on Amazon and order one? They don’t come with tethers I don’t think but a simple little 1/4 inch hole drilled pretty much anywhere in the new cap and there ya go, won’t lose it.3. The lack of any available option to "lock" the gas cap or fuel door
4. The switch for the rear sliding window is illogical! For more than 50 years, we've been pushing up on window switches to close the window and down to open them. Why would they not follow the same logic on the rear window switch????
Feel free to post a link to a locking gas cap for the new "capless" fuel filler. But thanks for the wise-crack about being lazy. Did you read the thread title?What, too lazy to go on Amazon and order one? They don’t come with tethers I don’t think but a simple little 1/4 inch hole drilled pretty much anywhere in the new cap and there ya go, won’t lose it.
It's not a "pull towards you" type switch. You would know this if you owned a 5th Gen RAM with a sliding rear window. Thanks for chiming in though.I guess they could’ve left the switch alone and made the window open towards the driver side in order to make this work but I’m sure they probably have the switch situated the way it is so that it’s easier to grab and pull it toward you as opposed to pushing it away from you so on this part, I agree.
Sorry, my bad, being that there’s two of these discussions; one for the fourth gen trucks and one for the fifth Gen trucks, I often get them confused as to which one I’m in at any given time but OK, I had forgotten that the new fifth GEN‘s had this capless style fuel cap so just to end any more confusion, what year model truck do you have? I found this on the Geno’s Garage website and even though it says it’s not for the 2021 and newer body-style trucks, it does say however it’s for the 2019 and the 2020 newer body-style trucks so if you’ve got a 19 or 20 then, here you go but if you have a 21 or newer then well, I guess don’t get so been out of shape about the lazy comment because you’re not in that category being that you have that cap-less fuel filler neck.Feel free to post a link to a locking gas cap for the new "capless" fuel filler. But thanks for the wise-crack about being lazy. Did you read the thread title?
OK so, since I don’t have one of these newer body style trucks and since they obviously changed the style of the button then what exactly is it and what exactly is it about it that you don’t like?It's not a "pull towards you" type switch. You would know this if you owned a 5th Gen RAM with a sliding rear window. Thanks for chiming in though.