Minna Krispi
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I just bought a 2019 JLU Sport Altitude with the Technology Package. According to the 'Build your Wrangler' tool on Jeep.com, SiriusXM capability is automatically included with the Technology Package...you can't even unselect it. The satellite antenna appears to be there (on the sound bar)...and the dealer even gave me the Sirius brochure.
So I bring my new Jeep home, and try to start up Sirius, but there is no option on the radio (7 inch Uconnect 4) to select it. I checked with the dealer, Sirius, Jeep Cares (Jeep Don'tCare), and Uconnect Cares (Don'tCare either). Via my VIN, they confirmed the radio is not SiriusXM capable. According the Uconnect Cares, they simply can't do anything because the entirety of the FCA corporation is unable to determine if a 7 inch (or 8.4 inch) Sirius capable replacement radio would be compatible with my Jeep. they told me I was free to make that swap on my own.
I don't understand why a Sirius antenna would be installed if the radio couldn't handle it. Did they run out of Sirius capable radios? I've read that the antenna might also have GPS...for the compass maybe? Seems like a waste of money an Jeep's part. Mostly I'm irked at the blatantly false advertising on Jeep.com.
Just wondering if anyone else had come across this and what if anything you did about it. Thanks!
So I bring my new Jeep home, and try to start up Sirius, but there is no option on the radio (7 inch Uconnect 4) to select it. I checked with the dealer, Sirius, Jeep Cares (Jeep Don'tCare), and Uconnect Cares (Don'tCare either). Via my VIN, they confirmed the radio is not SiriusXM capable. According the Uconnect Cares, they simply can't do anything because the entirety of the FCA corporation is unable to determine if a 7 inch (or 8.4 inch) Sirius capable replacement radio would be compatible with my Jeep. they told me I was free to make that swap on my own.
I don't understand why a Sirius antenna would be installed if the radio couldn't handle it. Did they run out of Sirius capable radios? I've read that the antenna might also have GPS...for the compass maybe? Seems like a waste of money an Jeep's part. Mostly I'm irked at the blatantly false advertising on Jeep.com.
Just wondering if anyone else had come across this and what if anything you did about it. Thanks!
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