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Hooked up motorcycle trailer to correct lighting issue. Turned ignition to "on" position in Jeep (2018 Rubicon, auto trans) to make sure everything worked, then turned ignition off. Unhitched trailer and got in Jeep to start... brake pedal felt like welded and message on dash stated "Push Clutch Pedal in to Start". After various attempts to start, ended up locking doors and starting remotely... worked fine rest of the day. WTH???
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This is the best gremlin story yet. Push clutch pedal on an automatic.

thanks for sharing this!

Not sure what to offer in terms of guidance here. Know zero about how they load software into these things from factory. By chance have you ever had your pcm reprogrammed by the dealer?
 

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David: it sounds like your rig needs, rather than FCA's top engineers, their resident mental health professional.;)

I'd theorize it suffers from Dissociative identity disorder, a.k.a. multiple personality disorder.
 

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Your jeep detected a motorcycle and decided to punish you for thought of bringing another fun machine.
 

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You have no scientific basis for this and cannot say this.

:giggle:
Kevin: I'll read your reply as humor given that the operative word taken from "personality disorders" is "person," and a rig isn't human...much that some might disagree. ; - )

...anymore than were it, a trained professional with no connection to the patient is needed, in a clinical setting.

Motaurs (half man (the race, not the gender) half motorcycle) is anyone's call. I suspect they best be treated by a licensed physician with a technical degree as a mechanic or in a team approach with two such specialists.

Lord only knows where the gynecologist/urologist/chief designer (e.g. FCA's Marc Allen) come into play here from a reproductive standpoint.

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I'd say this had nothing to do with the trailer. I'm sure you can reproduce it. If you get in the driver's seat and press the brake pedal a couple of times, it will get very hard. Eventually, you will have to stomp on it before the sensor knows you're pressing it to allow push-button start. This has happened to me several times while working on the interior of my Jeep. But try it for yourself.
 

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Hooked up motorcycle trailer to correct lighting issue. Turned ignition to "on" position in Jeep (2018 Rubicon, auto trans) to make sure everything worked, then turned ignition off. Unhitched trailer and got in Jeep to start... brake pedal felt like welded and message on dash stated "Push Clutch Pedal in to Start". After various attempts to start, ended up locking doors and starting remotely... worked fine rest of the day. WTH???
Have the same issue with mine. Here is the solution. :like:

Instrument Panel Cluster Software Update - Fixes 999999 odometer, trip mileage, lights-on warning issue)
 

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Called "spaghetti programming". Bad programming with loose ends all over the place. You replicated a condition it could not answer. Reboot and all should be good until you give it the same old condition.

Opps...sorry for stating the obvious.
 

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Hooked up motorcycle trailer to correct lighting issue. Turned ignition to "on" position in Jeep (2018 Rubicon, auto trans) to make sure everything worked, then turned ignition off. Unhitched trailer and got in Jeep to start... brake pedal felt like welded and message on dash stated "Push Clutch Pedal in to Start". After various attempts to start, ended up locking doors and starting remotely... worked fine rest of the day. WTH???
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