2023 Ram 1500 12" screen, powering up at 2:00 a.m. each night

[DakotaFlyboy]

I just installed a dash cam and now I'm looking at the videos it has recorded and was to surprised to see that at 2:00 a.m. each morning it powers on and records for 1 hour and then power's off. It is plugged into the USB A port and it does this behavior whether plugged into port one or two. It is not the camera because that only powers on when it gets power, it does not have a battery in it.

The camera also comes on each time you open the door but then normally I would be starting and driving away so that's fine behavior, and if I just open and close the door and leave then it powers off after a minute or two when the dome light goes out etc.

I'm guessing the ram is powering on to download any code if needed and then since it's has something running and taking power it leaves it running for an hour? I could not find a setting in the ram options saying anything about time of night or how to control that.

I understand an option now is just to unplug the camera from the USB ports every time I get out but I'd rather not have to remember to do that... or buy a wiring kit to go right into the fuse box so the camera would get power only when the vehicle is running, which I'd rather not do too.

Any advice? Thanks.

 

[SitKneelBend]

I just installed a dash cam and now I'm looking at the videos it has recorded and was to surprised to see that at 2:00 a.m. each morning it powers on and records for 1 hour and then power's off. It is plugged into the USB A port and it does this behavior whether plugged into port one or two. It is not the camera because that only powers on when it gets power, it does not have a battery in it.

The camera also comes on each time you open the door but then normally I would be starting and driving away so that's fine behavior, and if I just open and close the door and leave then it powers off after a minute or two when the dome light goes out etc.

I'm guessing the ram is powering on to download any code if needed and then since it's has something running and taking power it leaves it running for an hour? I could not find a setting in the ram options saying anything about time of night or how to control that.

I understand an option now is just to unplug the camera from the USB ports every time I get out but I'd rather not have to remember to do that... or buy a wiring kit to go right into the fuse box so the camera would get power only when the vehicle is running, which I'd rather not do too.

Any advice? Thanks.

Pretty sure the truck is calling back to Stellantis at night. I think I heard of a Pacifica doing the same thing. ! hour of recording won't drain your battery too much. You could get a hardwire kit that senses voltage and shuts down when a specific threshold is met.