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I’m still following along here ... and to update the community I got an email from Deidre at “US Customer Care / UConnect” that the replacement head unit had arrived last week on Wednesday at the dealership (Ferman Chrysler in Tampa FL). I called to get an update but no reply... that’s not cool. The new radio has been there 1 week now and the dealership hasn’t called me to update me on what is happening. I’m going to call again today. My Jeep has been at the dealership since MARCH 3RD!!!!! SIX WEEKS AND COUNTING!!!

As I’ve said before, I can understand that sometimes things go wrong. What matters is how you deal with it. In this case Jeep / UConnect and the Dealership have done extremely poorly.

VERY DISAPPOINTED
Update - Dealer just called. Said the new head unit was installed and CarPlay crashed within 30 minutes. That is the 3rd head unit with the same behavior (CarPlay crashes irrelevant of what phone model, operating system, or phone cable).

Service advisor said his technician is going to contact Chrysler....

THIS IS RIDICULOUS. IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 2 YEARS and they’ve had my Jeep now for 6 weeks straight In their repair shop!

Come on Chrysler! Is it time for the Lemon Law????
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Update - Dealer just called. Said the new head unit was installed and CarPlay crashed within 30 minutes. That is the 3rd head unit with the same behavior (CarPlay crashes irrelevant of what phone model, operating system, or phone cable).

Service advisor said his technician is going to contact Chrysler....

THIS IS RIDICULOUS. IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 2 YEARS and they’ve had my Jeep now for 6 weeks straight In their repair shop!

Come on Chrysler! Is it time for the Lemon Law????
Update: today the service advisor told me their technician called the Chrysler engineer and was told to start all over again with the troubleshooting checklist. Seriously! Start all over again. They’ve had my Jeep for 6 weeks and they’re going to start all over? I’d appreciate any advice here ... this is ridiculous!
 

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Update: today the service advisor told me their technician called the Chrysler engineer and was told to start all over again with the troubleshooting checklist. Seriously! Start all over again. They’ve had my Jeep for 6 weeks and they’re going to start all over? I’d appreciate any advice here ... this is ridiculous!
If the units work fine and the only issue is Carplay/Android Auto crashing on each of the units, I would suspect a USB cable or port (internal or external). Does this occur on all USB ports?
 

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If the units work fine and the only issue is Carplay/Android Auto crashing on each of the units, I would suspect a USB cable or port (internal or external). Does this occur on all USB ports?
Yes, it occurs on all ports (USB A and USB C), and with more than a dozen different cables as well as multiple phones running different iOS versions.
 

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Yes, it occurs on ports (USB A and USB C), and with more than a dozen different cables as well as multiple phones running different iOS versions.
... and the media hub has been replaced too!
 

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If the units work fine and the only issue is Carplay/Android Auto crashing on each of the units, I would suspect a USB cable or port (internal or external). Does this occur on all USB ports?
My Uconnect continues to crash constantly and I have not plugged my phone into it for Carplay or had it connected by bluetooth in over a month in order to rule that out.
 

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I’m still following along here ... and to update the community I got an email from Deidre at “US Customer Care / UConnect” that the replacement head unit had arrived last week on Wednesday at the dealership (Ferman Chrysler in Tampa FL). I called to get an update but no reply... that’s not cool. The new radio has been there 1 week now and the dealership hasn’t called me to update me on what is happening. I’m going to call again today. My Jeep has been at the dealership since MARCH 3RD!!!!! SIX WEEKS AND COUNTING!!!

As I’ve said before, I can understand that sometimes things go wrong. What matters is how you deal with it. In this case Jeep / UConnect and the Dealership have done extremely poorly.

VERY DISAPPOINTED
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If the units work fine and the only issue is Carplay/Android Auto crashing on each of the units, I would suspect a USB cable or port (internal or external). Does this occur on all USB ports?
Just so you are aware, due to a specification from Apple, CarPlay is no longer able to be used from the center console or rear USB ports. This change was made from software application level IR22.5 and is applied to any higher software levels.

My Uconnect continues to crash constantly and I have not plugged my phone into it for Carplay or had it connected by bluetooth in over a month in order to rule that out.
Are you currently working with your dealer to get this addressed? Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns that you'd like us to look into!

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Just so you are aware, due to a specification from Apple, CarPlay is no longer able to be used from the center console or rear USB ports. This change was made from software application level IR22.5 and is applied to any higher software levels.
That explains why it stopped working after the last OTA update. This would have been very good to include in “what’s new.” Thanks for the info!
 

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My 8.4" Uconnect has been great with no issues. It actually updated OTA yesterday and I just got home and was using Carplay with a USB cable plugged into the center console. It worked fine, so what OTA update did I get yesterday lol? All I know is mine works fine and I have no complaints. Sorry to hear about the ones who are having issues.
 

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Just so you are aware, due to a specification from Apple, CarPlay is no longer able to be used from the center console or rear USB ports. This change was made from software application level IR22.5 and is applied to any higher software levels.

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Can you please elaborate on this? Why would Apple (or Jeep) want to reduce the amount of USB ports that can be used? The one in the console is ideal as it is out of the way, especially if using a bluetooth adapter to connect wirelessly to CarPlay. So the only USB port we can use is in the dash?
 

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hint for iPhone users:
if lint gets in the lightning connector, they charge like crap if at all, and the uconnect freezes messes up.

you cannot see the lint, too deep in the hole. get a toothpick and try fishing in the port on the phone. let me know what you find.

for the androids, not sure what i can offer. i had a few of them before. a couple worked great, a couple were dogs.
 

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My 8.4" Uconnect has been great with no issues. It actually updated OTA yesterday and I just got home and was using Carplay with a USB cable plugged into the center console. It worked fine, so what OTA update did I get yesterday lol? All I know is mine works fine and I have no complaints. Sorry to hear about the ones who are having issues.
I’m with you... no issues. I also got the OTA, but have never tried the center console USB. I did notice right away that the rear USB no longer supports CarPlay after that update, though. No biggie.
 

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Are you currently working with your dealer to get this addressed? Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns that you'd like us to look into!
It's been in for the issue once a couple of months ago but they could not reproduce it. They supposedly updated the software. They told me to bring it back in if it continued to happen after the update. Which it did immediately and consistently since then. I have left a few messages with the service person but he has not returned my calls. With the recent manual trans recall I am going to try to follow up more forcefully and get an appointment.
 

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It's been in for the issue once a couple of months ago but they could not reproduce it. They supposedly updated the software. They told me to bring it back in if it continued to happen after the update. Which it did immediately and consistently since then. I have left a few messages with the service person but he has not returned my calls. With the recent manual trans recall I am going to try to follow up more forcefully and get an appointment.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to our team once you have a confirmed appointment! I'd be more than happy to get a case escalated on your behalf to ensure that your recall and Uconnect concerns are properly taken care of.

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