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USB and CarPlay doesn’t work when hot outside.

theblet

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By middle plug, do you mean the middle usb port or do some of you have an aux port back there? Here’s what mine looks like.

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By middle plug, do you mean the middle usb port or do some of you have an aux port back there? Here’s what mine looks like.

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Mines the same way. I just left out the middle USB port. I've plugged in my phone to both USB ports and both USB-C and it works on all of them.

It must connect to the rear Media hub because mine doesn't work now.
 
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Mines the same way. I just left out the middle USB port. I've plugged in my phone to both USB ports and both USB-C and it works on all of them.

It must connect to the rear Media hub because mine doesn't work now.
Ah gotcha.
 

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Got a 2019 Ram 1500 Laramie and it's happened me again today in 90F weather. Plugged into USB console, my phone shows it's charging (indicating USB console works) but Android Auto won't work. 30 mins into drive Android Auto starts working. Bizarre
The guy in
replaced his USB hub with no luck.
 
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Got a 2019 Ram 1500 Laramie and it's happened me again today in 90F weather. Plugged into USB console, my phone shows it's charging (indicating USB console works) but Android Auto won't work. 30 mins into drive Android Auto starts working. Bizarre
The guy in
replaced his USB hub with no luck.
Exactly the problem I had. I did what the video person did. Never had an issue since
 

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Exactly the problem I had. I did what the video person did. Never had an issue since

I don’t have this truck anymore but the problem was definitely a faulty thermistor. Pulling F[emoji[emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]]][emoji[emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]]] worked for me every time. Got to the point where I just left a pair of needle nose in the car. If I had kept it I would have put more work into it. They may have fixed the faulty thermistors in new versions of the hub.
 

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Subscribing because this is happening to me when it's hot out in my '23. Most of the time I can't listen to USB on my ride home.

So there's no other ports in the truck that might work when it's hot out? I'll try to get them to replace the usb hub when I take it in for it's first service. I'm sure they'll have no idea what I'm talking about.
 

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Subscribing because this is happening to me when it's hot out in my '[emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji[emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6]]]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]][emoji[emoji[emoji6]][emoji[emoji6][emoji6]]]]. Most of the time I can't listen to USB on my ride home.

So there's no other ports in the truck that might work when it's hot out? I'll try to get them to replace the usb hub when I take it in for it's first service. I'm sure they'll have no idea what I'm talking about.

You can have them replace it but unless it’s a revised part then it won’t do any good. In my eyes it’s a design flaw. And the fact that it’s happening to so many people and Ram plays dumb is very telling of how the company treats its customers.
 

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On another note it appears TapaTalk app doesn’t work properly on this forum anymore. I apologize the the weird replies.
 

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