Uconnect locking up and rebooting. After about a minute the system reboots and comes back. The problem repeats after 10 minutes or so. This morning the reverse camera also stayed on after backing out of my driveway. I had to park and shut off the car to clear that up. I'd love to hear any ideas. Sent from my iPhone using ToasterJeep mobile app. Does anyone know how to soft reset a 12” UConnect system. Earlier today my system locked up. It would not boot up. I called UConnect.
Mac, from Massachusetts, first reported the problem with his on a Ram forum February 13, 2018. Mac wrote “On my way to work this morning the radio turned off and the Uconnect screen went black. After about 30 seconds or less it started to boot up again. It came back fine but after about a minute of working correctly it started to repeat this process and did so for the next 20 minutes until I shut the truck off at work.
I'll check it again at noon time since I have a medical appointment, but has anyone heard of this happening before? This is on a 2018 Tungsten Limited with 2973 miles on it. The update was completed without any issues about a month ago, so it has nothing to do with any type of update taking place. Sounds like a service call is in order but I thought I'd check to see if anyone has had this happen before and what the outcome was. Thanks.”Other owners quickly answered that they were experiencing similar issues. Mazak, also from Massachusetts, posted “My Uconnect screen just started rebooting itself yesterday around 4pm. And today it continues to do the same thing.
My boss just came and told me that several people he knows just started having the same problem with their Uconnect system. Dealer says Chrysler is working on a fix.”Widespread Rebooting Problems ReportedApparently the Uconnect problems were reported on the 2018 Chrysler, Dodge and Ram products that use the Uconnect system.Mac was able to get through to Mopar support and then posted, “Just chatted with the Mopar Owners website and this is what they told me: We are currently aware of an issue causing the radios to restart repeatedly.
At the moment we are working on a resolution to this concern however as of right now there is not. The concern did start on Friday and engineers have been contacted.
At this time we are able to create a case here for you in regards to this issue and we are advising our customer to contact us back in a couple business days in regards to a solution. We are working as quickly as possible to get this resolved and we do apologize for the inconvenience. They can't say for certain but they think the fix will come across the vehicle automatically. You may want to chat with someone on the site and let them know you're having this problem. She said that since I have a case opened they'll contact me about the solution.”Chris, from Connecticut, added, “It seems there was an over the air update that caused this last Friday. Affecting only the 2018 models since they have the newer head units (by Panasonic).”. Chrysler sent Mac this message on Valentine’s Day.
“Regarding customers experiencing repeated system rebooting: We have identified that the concern is related to SiriusXM Travel Link services. In the next 48 hours we’ll temporarily suspend the Travel Link feature in order to cease the reboot. We appreciate your patience.”Concerns about Fixing the GlitchSome 2018 Ram 1500 owners wondered if they would have trouble receiving the message that would fix the problem because their radios wouldn’t stay on long enough to download it.Mac checked in with great news this morning. “I drove 35 minutes to work this morning and not one reboot took place. So it appears to be fixed on my truck.
It's odd that I haven't seen any messages about the fix being rolled out yet. I couldn't go for more than a minute without the reboot taking place prior to this morning.
I hope it continues to work. I also checked the 'Travel Link' and it seemed to be working and wasn't turned off. Hoping for the best!”And later Mac posted this, “I received confirmation that the fix started going out yesterday.”It is unclear how quickly all of the vehicle owners will receive the fix for their Uconnect systems.
Apparently the problem may have been on the Sirius side of the programming equation. It makes sense that if Chrysler, Dodge, Ram can force the update without the vehicle being on, the companies should also be able to update and fix the problem without the radio system being on.covered the Detroit Three for more than twenty years for the ABC affiliate, in Detroit. Her affection for the Motor City comes naturally. Her father ran a gas station while Mary was growing up, in Wisconsin. Follow Mary on Twitter at. My stereo goes blank or black during hot weather but I have a sun shade in and park in the shade as much as I can at work and it will sometimes take up to 5 mins to turn back on by itself.
Anyone else have the same issue? Also my u connect with connect off and on. And yesterday I had purple lines come up on my screen and still showing connected to my phone call and my caller on the other side got a noise I had to manually call them back on my phone and talk with my phone. Any thoughts. Wireing issue?
Just a Dodge ram issue? So frustrated only 6912 miles on my truck.
I have been experiencing the same problems with my 2015 ram pickup. I was not experiencing any problems like that until I recently cancel my SiriusXM subscription. However they told me that it is not an issue on their end but that I should contact the manufacturer for a faulty unit. I believe that that is bullshit and net SiriusXM is causing automatic reboots simply because I canceled my subscription. Maybe a tactic to get me frustrated and resign up again for their service.
Did you ever find a solution for this problem?. My new 2019 Ram 1500 Classic has a similar issue. If you've been driving for more than a couple of minutes and get a call though Uconnect, when the call is over you hear nothing.
The radio either goes blank but backlit and nothing works, or it freezes where it's not a blank screen, but nothing will change, not stations, not volume levels, but no sound at all for 10 or so minutes, then it comes back to life. It's been in 3 times so far, they replaced it with a refurb radio once, but it's still doing the same thing, EXCEPT at the shop. They can't get it to do it while they have it. I do plan to throw a fit next time it happens. Just received my truck back from dealer it took from July 26th to Aug 19th it was undrivable due to AC shutting off every 60 seconds for reboot and that when parked it still reboots every 60 sec until battery is dead the only fix is radio replacement and corporate refused to authorize it. Wrote corporate they will not answer letters. They need to chose another radio manufacturer not Panasonic.
$60,000 2018 1500 eco diesel 4x4 useless warranty if they won’t replace broken part. Love the truck hate Uconnect.
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Just got off a call from uconnect and they had me do a soft reset.Hold VR and Phone buttons on steering wheel for 30 seconds with vehicle in ACC. Then turn vehicle off, open driver door for 30 seconds.As an aside the reason I called them was because I was not able to reply to text messages with VR. I could only choose from the predifined list. I have an Android phone and was able to do this on my 2016 just fine.
I was told the the new Sirius Guardian service doesn't support VR replies to texts. Has anyone been able to reply with VR?