Sirius Issue?

[cane.mba]

The last couple of weeks i've noticed that every time I start my truck Sirius defaults to the Preview Channel #1 instead of the last channel I listened too. Has anyone else had this issue? Just hoping it's a holiday marketing ploy, but I think it's something else.

I had a similar issue with my Porsche in the past, and that turned out to be a bad battery. Apparently low battery power causes all kinds of electronic gremlins with Porsches, and I suspect the same root cause with the Ram.

I drive my truck almost daily, but less than 15 miles at a shot. Due to that I'm wondering if the battery just isn't getting enough charge to recover from the drain of starting the truck. Which in turn is just decreased enough to lose information not stored in settings.

My other thought is Bluetooth, since my phone is typically in my office about 10' from the truck through a wall. Does the truck's Bluetooth maintain a connection after the truck is turned off and locked?

I do not have the factory airbags, which I've read can drain a battery as they inflate and deflate even when the truck is parked and off.

Thanks,

Mike

 

[Kingcobra423]

The last couple of weeks i've noticed that every time I start my truck Sirius defaults to the Preview Channel #1 instead of the last channel I listened too. Has anyone else had this issue? Just hoping it's a holiday marketing ploy, but I think it's something else.

I had a similar issue with my Porsche in the past, and that turned out to be a bad battery. Apparently low battery power causes all kinds of electronic gremlins with Porsches, and I suspect the same root cause with the Ram.

I drive my truck almost daily, but less than 15 miles at a shot. Due to that I'm wondering if the battery just isn't getting enough charge to recover from the drain of starting the truck. Which in turn is just decreased enough to lose information not stored in settings.

My other thought is Bluetooth, since my phone is typically in my office about 10' from the truck through a wall. Does the truck's Bluetooth maintain a connection after the truck is turned off and locked?

I do not have the factory airbags, which I've read can drain a battery as they inflate and deflate even when the truck is parked and off.

Thanks,

Mike

Very strange! I don't think it's a weak battery from short trips. There are thousands of people that have short daily commutes. The Bluetooth disconnects once the radio shuts down, is I doubt it's draining your battery. If your truck starts strong every time, it's probably not a battery related issue. However I do believe the Uconnect systems do have internal batteries separate from your vehicles battery. Those batteries are what gives your radio memory and keeps it from losing it's station presets, navigation settings and paired phones even if you disconnect the vehicles battery or it goes dead.

Have you lost any of that information?

1st I'd suggest going to https://care.siriusxm.com/refresh, enter your radio ID and try refreshing your SiriusXM system.

If that doesn't work then a trip to the dealer may be in order.

Keep us posted!

 

[Cynix]

Short trips can lead to a shorter life span in batteries maybe try letting it sit running for a good 45 to charge Er back up and see if it fixes it

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[daggertats]

what king cobra said about the signal refresh...........my radio did the ame thing and after a refresh it was fine