Ram app not free

[Bmrgn39]

My last 4 vehicles were Fords. Ford’s vehicle app is free. I could lock my car from my bed using the app for absolutely no money. I just bought my first Ram back in April. I didn’t know other brands charged for their apps so I was very disappointed to get the email notifying me my free trial was ending and I’d have to pay $15 a month to maintain the features that were free in the Ford app. Is there anything I’m misunderstanding or does Chrysler really charge for such a basic feature?

 

[vincentw56]

My last 4 vehicles were Fords. Ford’s vehicle app is free. I could lock my car from my bed using the app for absolutely no money. I just bought my first Ram back in April. I didn’t know other brands charged for their apps so I was very disappointed to get the email notifying me my free trial was ending and I’d have to pay $15 a month to maintain the features that were free in the Ford app. Is there anything I’m misunderstanding or does Chrysler really charge for such a basic feature?

No misunderstanding. It's a paid service. Other companies will be following suite in the future from news I've read. It's not a basic feature either. It's also managed by Sirius and not really by Chrysler from what I understand.

 

[DEG]

Ford is not giving you anything for free. They are just adding the cost to the price of the vehicle.

GM started doing the same thing with Onstar service. Initially, they included 3 years of Onstar as a $900 mandatory option on certain vehicles. When customers complained they added $900 to the base price of the vehicles and listed it as 3 years of free Onstar.

Personally, I would rather they make it a separate service to give me the choice.

 

[irishwake63]

Ford is not giving you anything for free. They are just adding the cost to the price of the vehicle.

GM started doing the same thing with Onstar service. Initially, they included 3 years of Onstar as a $900 mandatory option on certain vehicles. When customers complained they added $900 to the base price of the vehicles and listed it as 3 years of free Onstar.

Personally, I would rather they make it a separate service to give me the choice.

how do you add the 900 to a used vehicle that you still dont have to pay for the app?

 

[vincentw56]

how do you add the 900 to a used vehicle that you still dont have to pay for the app?

Who said anything about used vehicles?

 

[DEG]

how do you add the 900 to a used vehicle that you still dont have to pay for the app?

No need. The feature was already paid for by the original purchaser and they had no choice. Also, more features tend to increase the cost of a used vehicle as well. If you want to believe the manufacture is giving you "free" features have at it.

 

[irishwake63]

Who said anything about used vehicles?

well even if you purchase a used F150 you dont pay for the app

 

[vincentw56]

well even if you purchase a used F150 you dont pay for the app

Because it was already paid for by the previous owner.

 

[HSKR R/T]

Chevy does the same thing, nothing is free anymore.

And Im only paying $6 a month for connected services through Sirius that lets me lock/unlock, remote start, And track my vehicle. Just have to be paitientm. Went two years without it, and they sent an email with that deal

 

[Adrianp89]

Does it work any better than it used to? in 2019 when I got my truck it was relatively useless. Wouldn't mind paying if it worked.

 

[vincentw56]

Does it work any better than it used to? in 2019 when I got my truck it was relatively useless. Wouldn't mind paying if it worked.

Never had an issue with my 2020.

 

[Adrianp89]

Never had an issue with my 2020.

The only thing I remember is the remote start took forever to work. I would do it in my office then by the time I got down to the car it still didn't work.

 

[HSKR R/T]

Does it work any better than it used to? in 2019 when I got my truck it was relatively useless. Wouldn't mind paying if it worked.

Takes a couple minutes for the commands to go through. Have to plan accordingly.

 

[Slutzk]

Chevy does the same thing, nothing is free anymore.

And Im only paying $6 a month for connected services through Sirius that lets me lock/unlock, remote start, And track my vehicle. Just have to be paitientm. Went two years without it, and they sent an email with that deal

ill be waiting for this email. lol

 

[Adrianp89]

Takes a couple minutes for the commands to go through. Have to plan accordingly.

Yeah… I won’t pay for dial up lol

 

[HemiDude]

The only thing I remember is the remote start took forever to work. I would do it in my office then by the time I got down to the car it still didn't work.

I never used it when I had the Ram up, but I did try it the other day on my new Challenger, and experienced just what you did. It literally took two 1-2 minutes each time for the car to start. My wife's Infiniti is pretty quick, and her previous Explorer was instantaneous. Stellantis might need to borrow someone else's satellites...