DonnyP
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A friend of mine recently purchased a 2017 Ram 1500.
They are planning a trip to Florida and they are trying to update the Navigation maps on their Uconnect radio. They have already purchased the maps for it but they are having a hard time getting it to update. I believe its a package that came with a USB stick. They followed all the steps correctly and when they put the USB drive into the USB port, no update or pop up displays on the radio.
I believe its because the Software version isn't updated to the newest firmware available that is causing this issue. Although when you enter the VIN on the Uconnect software update page, it says the vehicle is fully up to date already.
They are running version 16.21.19. I Believe they need to be on either 17.43.01 or 18.45.01 If I understand correctly.
The issues I believe is that this truck is from Canada and it's causing problems.
Is their any way they can still update their map package on it?
I found a few software update files on this site for 2017 trucks. One was 17.43.01 for 2017 trucks ending in NAFTA (UCONNECT_8.4AN_RA4_17.43.01_MY17_NAFTA)
Also found a 17.11.07 firmware file for 2017 Trucks but its not part of the NAFTA. (UCONNECT_8.4AN_RA4_17.11.07_MY17).
I was told if I flash the wrong firmware to this truck that I would brick it and the radio would no longer work at all.
Which file would I try flashing to update the radio and see if I can get the maps put on that way? Not sure which version is meant for Canadian Ram vehicles.
If I flash the NAFTA file, which I'm assuming is meant for Canadian trucks, would that fix the issue, or brick my radio?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
They are planning a trip to Florida and they are trying to update the Navigation maps on their Uconnect radio. They have already purchased the maps for it but they are having a hard time getting it to update. I believe its a package that came with a USB stick. They followed all the steps correctly and when they put the USB drive into the USB port, no update or pop up displays on the radio.
I believe its because the Software version isn't updated to the newest firmware available that is causing this issue. Although when you enter the VIN on the Uconnect software update page, it says the vehicle is fully up to date already.
They are running version 16.21.19. I Believe they need to be on either 17.43.01 or 18.45.01 If I understand correctly.
The issues I believe is that this truck is from Canada and it's causing problems.
Is their any way they can still update their map package on it?
I found a few software update files on this site for 2017 trucks. One was 17.43.01 for 2017 trucks ending in NAFTA (UCONNECT_8.4AN_RA4_17.43.01_MY17_NAFTA)
Also found a 17.11.07 firmware file for 2017 Trucks but its not part of the NAFTA. (UCONNECT_8.4AN_RA4_17.11.07_MY17).
I was told if I flash the wrong firmware to this truck that I would brick it and the radio would no longer work at all.
Which file would I try flashing to update the radio and see if I can get the maps put on that way? Not sure which version is meant for Canadian Ram vehicles.
If I flash the NAFTA file, which I'm assuming is meant for Canadian trucks, would that fix the issue, or brick my radio?
Any help is greatly appreciated.