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Pedal commander was great.... for about 24hours ?!??!

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Just bought and installed the pedal commander because of all the glorious reviews on this site.... well, it was awesome for about 24 hours. Got in the truck today and decide to do the Bluetooth link to the unit and it worked for about 10 seconds. As soon as I switched modes (city to sport) the truck freaked out and threw a bunch on dash errors and codes. Mind you I'm in my driveway with the brake on and in park.... I immediately turn off the truck and said "self, way to F up a brand new truck"

I let the truck sit for a second and started it again and now I have a check engine light..... wtf ? Read the pedal commander site and it recommended to disconnect the negative side battery for 15 minutes. One glass of vino later I reconnected the battery and the check engine light is gone but half of my uconnect apps are missing ?!?? No 360 camera, no seat controls, no air ride controls.... it's simply gone. Tried a reset and still the same..... seriously disappointing. Took the pedal commander out and I'm regretting trying to mod the truck.
 
Bay Area RAM said:
Just bought and installed the pedal commander because of all the glorious reviews on this site.... well, it was awesome for about 24 hours. Got in the truck today and decide to do the Bluetooth link to the unit and it worked for about 10 seconds. As soon as I switched modes (city to sport) the truck freaked out and threw a bunch on dash errors and codes. Mind you I'm in my driveway with the brake on and in park.... I immediately turn off the truck and said "self, way to F up a brand new truck"

I let the truck sit for a second and started it again and now I have a check engine light..... wtf ? Read the pedal commander site and it recommended to disconnect the negative side battery for 15 minutes. One glass of vino later I reconnected the battery and the check engine light is gone but half of my uconnect apps are missing ?!?? No 360 camera, no seat controls, no air ride controls.... it's simply gone. Tried a reset and still the same..... seriously disappointing. Took the pedal commander out and I'm regretting trying to mod the truck.
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When you go to install you have to wait about five minutes then begin to install. Mine did the same thing to my truck and wasn't happy. But once i did it exactly as the instructions said it worked perfectly.
 
DonsRam19 said:
When you go to install you have to wait about five minutes then begin to install. Mine did the same thing to my truck and wasn't happy. But once i did it exactly as the instructions said it worked perfectly.
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That's just it.... I installed the darn thing yesterday exactly as the directions said to. Was I supposed to wait an additional 5 minutes after doing the Bluetooth connection..... I'd hate to send it back as it was awesome for a little while. But if it's gonna be glichy then I don't want any part of it.
 
Bay Area RAM said:
That's just it.... I installed the darn thing yesterday exactly as the directions said to. Was I supposed to wait an additional 5 minutes after doing the Bluetooth connection..... I'd hate to send it back as it was awesome for a little while. But if it's gonna be glichy then I don't want any part of it.
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I would give it another try i thought i was gonna have problems with it too but it ended up working.
 
Your apps will re appear, it happens when you disconnect the battery. Seems like it takes a while for everything to re boot.
 
Strange. I’ve had zero issues since I’ve installed it a couple of weeks ago. Best upgrade ever in my opinion.
 
Mines been good too, I left the drivers door open for a while before installing it as per instructions on a thread here and no problems for about a month.
I don't use the bluetooth from my phone through, think I may have tried it once but can't definitely be sure.
Once I found the setting I like I don't bother changing it, I did knock it down from Sport+ +1 to City when I took it in for the Airbag recall though.
 
There are a couple of negative stories on the web regarding pedal commander however there are good alternatives to it I have used the Sprint Boosters in 3 vehicles with success. I agree the pedal is really slow from factory in these trucks and they are a super upgrade.
 
Bay Area RAM said:
That's just it.... I installed the darn thing yesterday exactly as the directions said to. Was I supposed to wait an additional 5 minutes after doing the Bluetooth connection..... I'd hate to send it back as it was awesome for a little while. But if it's gonna be glichy then I don't want any part of it.
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Did you leave the key fob in your house. It tells you to leave the driver's door open to drain residual power out of the system. Don't have your fob around the truck while installing it. I've had mine on for about a year now with zero issues.


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I had one on my 1500mlimited no issues changes settings via bluetooth when I was at stop light no issues. Traded in my 1500 for a 2500 pw and installed the PC and no issues used bluetooth to change setting when at traffic lights no issues I love the thing. Sorry you having issues. Call them their cust is top notch.

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Thank you all..... you guys were right, all the Uconnect stuff came back while the truck sat overnight. (Not weird at all )

I’ve reinstalled the PC just as I did the first time following the instructions to a ‘T’. I think though this time I’ll simply leave it at city plus 2 which seems to be the happy spot for my driving style and if I change it I’ll do it manually as opposed to Bluetooth.

And on another note.... I will never try to clear a CEL with removing the battery connection. To many uconnect issues. Bought a code reader instead.... hoping for the best this time.
 
Mine works great. I really like it when I tow my 8,000 lbs. toy-hauler trailer starting out from a stop with a lot more power at the pedal. I keep it in Sports +1 at all times. I don't use bluetooth.
 
There are several stories of the Pedal Commander going WOT on its own as well. Be cautious using this mod
 
I’ve not heard / read about a single Pedal Commander doing this. Please post where you’ve heard this so that others will actually have something to base this upon.
 
PorBoy said:
I’ve not heard / read about a single Pedal Commander doing this. Please post where you’ve heard this so that others will actually have something to base this upon.
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I too have read of 19 Ram owners having some issues, on this forum, do a search.
Update : I did a search and of course I cannot find it, but I know I saw numerous recent posts of folks having issues.
 
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From this post onwards there are a couple of reports:
5thgenrams.com

PEDAL COMMANDER

Can the pedal commander also do tire calibration?
5thgenrams.com 5thgenrams.com

Its transforms the drive so well and there seem to be a lot of people using one that I decided to keep it and see if I experienced any similar problems, I haven't so far.
 
I did a search but have yet to see anything truly verifying that it’s caused vehicles to go WOT.
 
It's the good balls with the challengers messing around on the go it's on you tube

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Oh I see lol, I thought he was referring to Ram owners were stating theirs were going WOT. :)
 
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