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You're right. I don't have any need for remote start. Living in PHX, it would come in handy because even if you park outside for an hour in that gawd forsaken heat, the cab gets unbearably hot. However, the price is high enough that I would probably let it expire anyway.
Their price is ridiculous. I wonder if they ever run deals like Sirius radio does, once you let it expire.
 

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You're right. I don't have any need for remote start. Living in PHX, it would come in handy because even if you park outside for an hour in that gawd forsaken heat, the cab gets unbearably hot. However, the price is high enough that I would probably let it expire anyway.

if you need more than the oem keyfob can give you, then you should look at a 2 way remote start. I had one on my 2003 1500 that could work up to 1 mile away...
 

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Added some tow hooks finally. Was relatively easy to do after watching a couple YouTube videos about it. Looks much better too!
Just did mine. The PITA was the little fastners for the trim. Jeez. I would have been done in 15 mins per side if those little suckers stopped slipping on me. 20231015_170403.jpg
 
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Did the bulbs say they are “canbis” from what I u sweat and that’s what is needed for these trucks to function properly.
No they did not and I knew better. I took a chance on prime day for $13 lol. They're already back in the mail. Lol
 

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These were the ones I tried. Surprised Lasfit didnt have these. I'll keep looking because I love lighting. Screenshot_20231015_194043_Amazon Shopping.jpg
 

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You're right. I don't have any need for remote start. Living in PHX, it would come in handy because even if you park outside for an hour in that gawd forsaken heat, the cab gets unbearably hot. However, the price is high enough that I would probably let it expire anyway.
Also all that idling kills mpg. And we know idling a lot is not great for hemi cams and lifters.

Uconnect also dropped a feature I used called "send and go" for my 2017. It's just a reminder they can change features, terms and price anytime they want.

I was happy to find a truck with telemetry delete. So I don't get used to any of it this go around.
 

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Also all that idling kills mpg. And we know idling a lot is not great for hemi cams and lifters.

Uconnect also dropped a feature I used called "send and go" for my 2017. It's just a reminder they can change features, terms and price anytime they want.

I was happy to find a truck with telemetry delete. So I don't get used to any of it this go around.
Not sure about UC5, but that feature was still there on my 2020 with UC4
 

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Not sure about UC5, but that feature was still there on my 2020 with UC4
Yea it was ended on 2017 and older trucks. Also could no longer see the truck on map in the app, built in wifi disabled, voice to text and some other nav stuff disabled. Spoke with them about it on phone. All a planed drop of features when they dropped 3g.
 
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Also all that idling kills mpg. And we know idling a lot is not great for hemi cams and lifters.

Uconnect also dropped a feature I used called "send and go" for my 2017. It's just a reminder they can change features, terms and price anytime they want.

I was happy to find a truck with telemetry delete. So I don't get used to any of it this go around.
My 24 has send and go. You go to the locator map, type an address, and click send and go.
 

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His wording was weird. I think he meant that he had it on his 2017, and one of he last updates removed it
Yes. My bad for not being clear.
My 2017 had several connected services features removed.

2018 and newer were not changed.
 
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Yes. My bad for not being clear.
It did not effect 2018 and newer vehicles.
Yeah kinda sucks, had the same with my Audi A6 when they EOL'ed their 3G partnerships. To your earlier point you are a slave to their partnerships, although I now believe the have brough more of this inside with private networks and SW offerings. It is now a sales differentiation in cabin experience, and will continue, that is why most are adopting a mobile phone like update process for feature enhancement, or folks will migrate away to those that do.
 

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