Instrument cluster lights comes on by itself

[Ron Seniuk]

I have a 2017 Ram 1500 5.7l Outdoorsman and have been having trouble with a dead battery. Found the culprit, but no clue where to go to solve the issue. The culprit is my instrument cluster waking up almost every other minute or so. I saw a thread about the radio software waking it up, but when I threw my VIN into the UConnect website it said I was up to date. I've pulled the BC fuse in the hopes of resetting it, but to no avail. If anyone has some areas to look into before I start having a mechanic begin to drain my bank balance I'd very much appreciate it.

TYIA

 

[SitKneelBend]

I have a 2017 Ram 1500 5.7l Outdoorsman and have been having trouble with a dead battery. Found the culprit, but no clue where to go to solve the issue. The culprit is my instrument cluster waking up almost every other minute or so. I saw a thread about the radio software waking it up, but when I threw my VIN into the UConnect website it said I was up to date. I've pulled the BC fuse in the hopes of resetting it, but to no avail. If anyone has some areas to look into before I start having a mechanic begin to drain my bank balance I'd very much appreciate it.

TYIA

Do you know which radio you have?

 

[Ron Seniuk]

I haven't looked up the numbers but this is from the system settings.

 

[RamCares]

I have a 2017 Ram 1500 5.7l Outdoorsman and have been having trouble with a dead battery. Found the culprit, but no clue where to go to solve the issue. The culprit is my instrument cluster waking up almost every other minute or so. I saw a thread about the radio software waking it up, but when I threw my VIN into the UConnect website it said I was up to date. I've pulled the BC fuse in the hopes of resetting it, but to no avail. If anyone has some areas to look into before I start having a mechanic begin to drain my bank balance I'd very much appreciate it.

TYIA

Feel free to DM us with your VIN! We can check for any existing updates or documentation for your concern.

Chris,
Ram Cares

 

[04fxdwgi]

Pretty sure there are 2 fuses for the radio. One is an inline fuse along the drivers side of the firewall in engine compartment. I may be mistaken but pretty sure I recall that being discussed at some point.

Did you try doing a hard reset on the radio? Use the search function above to find the procedure.

 

[SitKneelBend]

I haven't looked up the numbers but this is from the system settings.
View attachment 584202

You can find the latest (and last) firmware for your truck in @Mpgrimm2 's post here...

ROLL-UP INFO: FOTA 18.11.x & uC D/L 18.45.01 SW Update 13-17 RA3/Vp3-NA & Ra4 VP4-NA

Starting a new thread that I can update/edit to help out. DISCLAIMER: I am not a coder, developer, software guru, electrical engineer, etc. but I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express once! I am not responsible for you or what you do with your radio. I am simply trying to help those that can't...

www.ramforum.com

Here's the direct download link from his thread.
- Ra3 VP3-NA My13-17 v18.45.01 Fw update Link. (official uC Update 1 11/1/19)
MD5: DB071D0E5598D0F1C80ED6E8082B3B10

 

[Adamcr68]

Pretty sure there are 2 fuses for the radio. One is an inline fuse along the drivers side of the firewall in engine compartment. I may be mistaken but pretty sure I recall that being discussed at some point.

Did you try doing a hard reset on the radio? Use the search function above to find the procedure.

My 15’ has that inline fuse, under the brake master cylinder, just to make sure it’s hard to get to.

 

[Mpgrimm2]

4th Gen radio Fuse..

 

[Ron Seniuk]

The haunted truck

 

[Lee Peterson]

Somethings waking up the canbus. I've seen videos of the hvac module doing it and the brake ABS doing it.

 

[TradesmanGuy]

I did an AI search on

There is a lot there to try. Have fun!