How To: 13-14 premium cluster upgrade
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If you already have alphaobd. Where you would choose body Control 2013-17, scroll down and select instrument cluster, in the 3rd box select the 2013-17, and connect, click the car with the hood open and in the drop down menu you'll see engine hours, idle hour's
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Always has been! It is a no brainier to swap radios and sell the RA3...
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I haven't purchased AlphaOBD yet but that tool is just so darn handy I might just buy it and wait until I need it!
I'm lying to myself though, I couldn't stop myself from tinkering with things I don't understand if I had it.
Correcting mileage would make that tool amazing!
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It's an amazing tool. Haven't done a lot with it yet, set drl's changed a few lights to led and added factory remote start this weekend, programmed the new keys. You definitely can get yourself in trouble with it if you aren't careful. I make sure each time I change something I upload the log after and compare it to the last, highlight the changes. This way you always know what you've changed.
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I emailed Alexey about the possibility of having alphaobd be able to program mileage for our trucks and he said he is currently working on it and should be able to do so soon. I know this is a hot topic but with mileage stored in at least 2 locations for our trucks and companies already having the ability to change mileage I feel this is going to be great news for us. Especially with the premium cluster swap a popular mod and gives you the option of putting your stock cluster back in. Just more savings if he can get it to work.
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Nice. Yeah the downtime for having the cluster match is one of the downsides of the swap... would be nice to be able to set it myself and diminish any downtime.
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I've said it before, but it's silly the mileage is still stored in the cluster.
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I agree it would be nice if you plugged in a new cluster it would just read the current mileage of the truck
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Or at least allow the cluster to communicate with the pcm to verify the mileage and let the redundancy maintain mileage for each
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The RA4 a direct swap? Will my uconnect Sirius and all still function as expected?
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Direct swap from an RA3, yes. Sirius will require a phone call to transfer and Uconnect may or may not allow you to transfer or even activate service. You may have an easier time with Uconnect if your VIN already has their service.
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I’m currently under a trial. I would expect if they want my money bad enough they’ll do it. But thanks for the info.
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Sirius will transfer the trial for sure... your mileage may vary with Uconnect but that's not much of a loss IMO.
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I’m assuming I need the RA4 with telematics, correct?
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I believe telematics refers to the latest UAx radios with Carplay and Android auto. If so, that's not a direct swap but it is possible with more parts.
You're looking for a 8.4 AN VP4 RA4 NA...
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Yeah when I search for the radio on car-part the options are telematics (uconnect access), no telematics Sirius and no telematics no Sirius,
That’s why I assumed it was the telematics one.
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I should add if you can get UAS or UAQ at a good price that's probably the route you want to take to future proof your upgrade.
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Can you search without selecting that option? Sometimes the salvage yards are wrong. You should always verify the OEM equipment with the source vehicle VIN before purchasing too.
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