2025 Tungsten - Good/Bad

[Hoeser]

Sorry you're dealing with these things. It's disappointing.
I can confirm I have the same with #1. I haven't mentioned it b/c I thought I was imagining it. But your description is spot on. I tend to use Apple CarPlay, and use Pandora. The dropouts don't make any sense at all, especially when I'm out of cell coverage and using offline music.

I think it's some kind of poorly coded CPU interrupt handling within the uConnect software. I have mostly been using wireless and trying to spot a trend, it really seems like it happens more when driving in the city which makes me think it has something to do with the Nav software tying up the CPU handling the infotainment. When I'm doing long stints on the highway in rural areas the drop outs are much less frequent. I think most people would think it has something to do with interference - but it definitely is not.

Purely just a hypothesis at this point but I've had enough people report the same thing that I know this is a universal issue with Rams and not unique to my truck or even the Tungsten in general... so far I've talked to 4 tungsten owners confirming the same issue, and 1 longhorn owner.

I've seen so many threads like this as well - Audio glitchy with carplay, low tire warning since uconnect update this week - but they never end with a solution and always seem to derail into other carplay related issues. I think this skipping audio bug has been around for quite a while on uConnect.

 

[Ramboy13]

I've been reading all the issues here, and knocking on wood multiple times a day. Today on a drive home the FCW "OFF" light came on. A few minutes later I got an alert that autobraking was disabled. When I got home, I parked it, shut it off, and went to get the manual to figure out what the icons were. When I started it back up, they were gone. I'd LOVE to think and hope that was a one-off, but with two previous Rams, my experience has been that they usually come back, and get worse. I'll wait to see if (when) it happens again, and then I'll ask the forum for thoughts. I dread taking this to a dealer.

 

[PetePA]

I had a super weird issue happen this weekend. I was listening to Sirius XM and tried to adjust the volume. I saw the note symbol and the volume go up and down but the actual volume of the music wouldn't change. On the right side of the steering wheel, there is the up down button for the volume. Between the up and the down there is a button and that changes between AM FM, Sirius, XM, etc. I had to hit that a few times before me to be able to control the volume. The last time I hit it I heard a very loud crack noise like there was some sort of a short. I thought I smelled something burning but it could have just been my imagination. I shut the truck off and when I turned it back on everything started working fine. No idea what in the world could have happened.

 

[Ramboy13]

Yikes - not a confidence inspiring event! I hate it when I think I smell the magic smoke.....

 

[Ramit392]

A bit of a rocky start with my 2025 Tungsten - bought it because I fell in love with the audio system and the smoothness of the engine but has anyone else run into any of these issues?

1. Apple carplay audio randomly cutting out for about a half a second? It seems to happen more at the beginning of a drive. I know for a fact its not audio buffering from the source (it's downloaded audio). It doesn't seem to happen on a USB cable, it's specifically when operating on wireless media. I tested wireless android audio and had the same issue. I suspect this is a uConnect thing... the software has been very disappointing overall, which I kind of expected since I had a 2023 rebel and uConnect was pretty terrible in that truck also.

2. Buzz coming from the driver's side dash speaker - comes on at about 285hz specifically if I use a tone generator, which is a frequency hit often in music so I notice it quite a bit. They replaced the grill and the speaker today, it really just made it worse - seems to come on at even lower volume. I can lessen the buzz when I press on the grill, so it could be the section of dash that it's actually attached too that is the root cause. I've temporarily jammed a bunch of foam up between the glass and the grill as well as the a-piller liner and the grill to lessen it. They're supposed to talk to the tech line on Monday to get some advice... not confident. I did notice when I looked up the part number for the dash speakers that they are *not* unique to the Klipsch system, they're just generic to basically every trim line of the truck. I may try replacing them with something else.
3. Engine stops running shifting between reverse/drive (like on a 3pt turn or backing out of the driveway) - This one has only happened to me twice over about 3 weeks of ownership. I'll shift from reverse into drive, and then the engine just stops - doesn't hesitate - it's as if I just hit the run button to shut it down.. and then the truck will roll the dial into park because its in gear and the engine isn't running. Haven't talked to service about this one yet since its only happened twice, but if it happens again I'm going to definitely have them start looking at it. It's not throwing codes for this.

4. Another weird issue right from the factory on mine is that the rear passenger door lock is extremely stiff and will not actuate with power locks... they tried to fix it today and just marred up the grommet around the manual lock pull. Needless to say, I'm pretty disappointed with the service so far. They're going to have to fix it properly and now replace the indigo colored grommet around the manual lock pull.

I'm using Galaxy android, have had no issues with drop out. Maybe I'm just lucky. My rattle and hum was fixed when dealer replaced subwoofer and pins, no issue since. No door rear door lock issue. I hope they get you straightened out, such an awesome truck for sure. I do have one new issue with mine not mentioned.... The annoying Seri coming on for no reason saying "Pardon me" I never use that function and turned off in settings but apparently cannot turn it off!