My truck ('06 Mega w/Hemi) is going into the shop next Tuesday to get a rear window replaced under warranty and I was hoping they will update the computer code and enable the retained power feature. Will they do the software work under warranty or will I need to come up with an "excuse" to have them "fix" it? This isn't a particularly honest dealer so I'm a little worried they will try to charge for something like this.

 

By your comment you say the dealer isnt particularly honest, you mean there is honest dealers out there.....

 

Actually yes, two in my neighboring town, but they don't sell Dodge

 

You could always try saying that you can't get the unlock all doors at once to work by the manual's description. They would just hook up the star scan to change it for you, and the power accessory delay is in the same group of options

 

Yes. They sold cars to the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus and to 10 honest Criminal DefenseAttorneys.[:'(]

Honestly, I don't have a bad thing to say about my dealer. I've bought 6 vehicles from them and they take care of me, BEYOND what I expect from a dealership. I agree, it's rare though.....

 

Took the truck in today, said it would be done by noon. Didn't get it back until almost 4:30 and they didn't even wash it! When I dropped it off and asked them about the retained power, other than blank stares of incomprehension, all I got was an "uh, I'll make a note of it" and needless to say they didn't do it. Fremont Motor Company SUCKS!!!! I'll stop at another Dodge dealer later this week as I traverse the state and see if they will do it, or even know what it is.

 

they should do it for free, I took mine in and asked the service writer to have a guy hook it up to StarScan and do it for me...took him like 15 minutes...no charge from most dealers for this, they can do alot on the starscanner.

 

Uhhh... I feel dumb. What does this retained power feature do?

 

It's an accessory power delay....meaning that when you turn off your truck the power will stay on up to 30 mins unless you open a door. You can have them set the timeline, mine is set at 20 minutes.

 

Oh ok... like most of the european vehicles... my fiance's pos jetta (I really hate jetta's now... my mom, my aunt, my fiance and about 5 of my friends own them, and I am always trying to fix them... which is not so easy... they just fall apart, fine german engineering) does that. I wouldn't mind that as a feature... I had no idea that they could control that.