12" UConnect - mine comes on at night, all by itself.......GHOSTS???

[Hemogoblin]

So this happened to me again last night. Or at least, I should say, that I SAW this happen again last night. Who knows how often this happens: maybe it happens every night? I posted a thread about this back in January in the UConnect forum and no one commented so I have quoted what I wrote then, below. But it happened again last night. I didn't go outside to look (it was too damn cold to step outside....) but I could see the screen at the instrument cluster was lit up for the few seconds I watched from my window, then it disappeared and went dark.

"Saw this for the first time last night. Truck was parked on the driveway and as I was heading to bed, peaked out of the front door and saw what looked like an illuminated centre instrument cluster screen. Strange I thought and as I continued to watch, off it went. Ok.....then a minute later, on again?

It was freezing outside so I didnt feel like going out but this kept happening for a few minutes so out I went. I didnt take the key fob and looked inside (truck was locked BTW) and the USB slots, with the illuminated light around them, was always on? Very weird....

As I watched, the right stack of illuminated buttons (passenger side, along the right side of the screen) would flicker wildly, then stop and the instrument cluster would turn on (it said that thing about pressing the brake to turn the truck on). In addition, the RAM screen logo would also pop on. And of course, as I went in to grab the phone to record this, it stopped

I unlocked the truck and locked it again and it stopped doing it. At least, I went to bed and didnt see it again.

I wonder though, is it possible this was the system somehow updating itself? Anyone else experience this?"

 

[RamCares]

So this happened to me again last night. Or at least, I should say, that I SAW this happen again last night. Who knows how often this happens: maybe it happens every night? I posted a thread about this back in January in the UConnect forum and no one commented so I have quoted what I wrote then, below. But it happened again last night. I didn't go outside to look (it was too damn cold to step outside....) but I could see the screen at the instrument cluster was lit up for the few seconds I watched from my window, then it disappeared and went dark.

"Saw this for the first time last night. Truck was parked on the driveway and as I was heading to bed, peaked out of the front door and saw what looked like an illuminated centre instrument cluster screen. Strange I thought and as I continued to watch, off it went. Ok.....then a minute later, on again?

It was freezing outside so I didnt feel like going out but this kept happening for a few minutes so out I went. I didnt take the key fob and looked inside (truck was locked BTW) and the USB slots, with the illuminated light around them, was always on? Very weird....

As I watched, the right stack of illuminated buttons (passenger side, along the right side of the screen) would flicker wildly, then stop and the instrument cluster would turn on (it said that thing about pressing the brake to turn the truck on). In addition, the RAM screen logo would also pop on. And of course, as I went in to grab the phone to record this, it stopped

I unlocked the truck and locked it again and it stopped doing it. At least, I went to bed and didnt see it again.

I wonder though, is it possible this was the system somehow updating itself? Anyone else experience this?"

Hi,

Yes, this was your Uconnect system updating. The Uconnect system in your Ram Truck is able to complete two types of software updates- over the air updates, and manual updates. The update you received was over the air, this is similar to how your cell phone updates itself. Manual updates would either have to be completed by you, or by your dealership. Please let me know if you have any additional questions.

Alison
RamCares

 

[kahid]

So this happened to me again last night. Or at least, I should say, that I SAW this happen again last night. Who knows how often this happens: maybe it happens every night? I posted a thread about this back in January in the UConnect forum and no one commented so I have quoted what I wrote then, below. But it happened again last night. I didn't go outside to look (it was too damn cold to step outside....) but I could see the screen at the instrument cluster was lit up for the few seconds I watched from my window, then it disappeared and went dark.

"Saw this for the first time last night. Truck was parked on the driveway and as I was heading to bed, peaked out of the front door and saw what looked like an illuminated centre instrument cluster screen. Strange I thought and as I continued to watch, off it went. Ok.....then a minute later, on again?

It was freezing outside so I didnt feel like going out but this kept happening for a few minutes so out I went. I didnt take the key fob and looked inside (truck was locked BTW) and the USB slots, with the illuminated light around them, was always on? Very weird....

As I watched, the right stack of illuminated buttons (passenger side, along the right side of the screen) would flicker wildly, then stop and the instrument cluster would turn on (it said that thing about pressing the brake to turn the truck on). In addition, the RAM screen logo would also pop on. And of course, as I went in to grab the phone to record this, it stopped

I unlocked the truck and locked it again and it stopped doing it. At least, I went to bed and didnt see it again.

I wonder though, is it possible this was the system somehow updating itself? Anyone else experience this?"

Hi buddy, that is not possible how far I know. Did yoiu get any way out yet with this? I mean reason for this.

Regards,
Kahid Smith

 

[noic3]

So this happened to me again last night. Or at least, I should say, that I SAW this happen again last night. Who knows how often this happens: maybe it happens every night? I posted a thread about this back in January in the UConnect forum and no one commented so I have quoted what I wrote then, below. But it happened again last night. I didn't go outside to look (it was too damn cold to step outside....) but I could see the screen at the instrument cluster was lit up for the few seconds I watched from my window, then it disappeared and went dark.

"Saw this for the first time last night. Truck was parked on the driveway and as I was heading to bed, peaked out of the front door and saw what looked like an illuminated centre instrument cluster screen. Strange I thought and as I continued to watch, off it went. Ok.....then a minute later, on again?

It was freezing outside so I didnt feel like going out but this kept happening for a few minutes so out I went. I didnt take the key fob and looked inside (truck was locked BTW) and the USB slots, with the illuminated light around them, was always on? Very weird....

As I watched, the right stack of illuminated buttons (passenger side, along the right side of the screen) would flicker wildly, then stop and the instrument cluster would turn on (it said that thing about pressing the brake to turn the truck on). In addition, the RAM screen logo would also pop on. And of course, as I went in to grab the phone to record this, it stopped

I unlocked the truck and locked it again and it stopped doing it. At least, I went to bed and didnt see it again.

I wonder though, is it possible this was the system somehow updating itself? Anyone else experience this?"

Mine has been doing this also.. 3rd time in 2 weeks and probably 6 times in a year. Did you find a solution?