PaleFlyer
Senior Member
Uconnect is always wonky after it loses power for a few days while it relearns the truck. Best guess, as someone on their 3rd battery, and having pulled the Uconnect 2 times for screen issues, the Uconnect stores the data on the truck (IE available options) in some sort of volatile storage (IE RAM, **** that loses data when it loses power), so it defaults to a base level Tradesman with nothing installed for a day or 3 while it renegotiates with the BCM on what it installed/configured.I just replaced the battery on
my 2019 1500 Classic (5 years old, been drained dead a few times due to trailer wiring issues, can’t seem to hold a charge , etc) Just recently read stuff about having to reset the IBS sensor when you do this. WTF?! What is this and how do you do it? My Uconnect has been acting wonky but then again it often acts wonky.
You can still trigger things like heated seats from the hard buttons, but they don't always show up immediately after Uconnect loses power. But at the same time, the DEALER really needs to reset the Uconnect sometimes, as my RAM was affected by a recall because the factory installed the base mirror, instead of the electrochromatic, and I didn't have the stupid "auto dim" button on my Uconnect for three YEARS, until the OE battery finally died, and I had to replace it. Even some of the AlfaOBD stuff doesn't always seem to appear until Uconnect rescans after it loses power.
Speaking of, I need to dig in the menus again, see if some of the **** I've played with has changed now that Uconnect had to rescan again.
But also, anyone know why I can't seem to get a 5 year flooded cell for the RAM? Autozone only has 2-3 year flooded cells, but my "warranty" list shows in 2015 my old civic got a 5 year Duralast... And I don't want an AGM, as I don't see any benefit for a pavement princess to have an AGM over a flooded cell.
The H7 I put in to replace the OE only lasted 2.4 years, so the 3 year warranty saved my ass, but it'd be nice to get a 5 year again.