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Glitching is pretty vague. Can you describe what symptoms you experienced? If it was signal drop outs on Sirius/XM, that will happen in the urban environment. Tall buildings and urban "canyons" can block the antenna's view of the sky in the city. That's just a common issue with satellite radio. Did you find something else not working?
 

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Restarting at key on is likely an indicator that the Durango's electrical system shut it down to save power. Mine will do that from time to time. I don't think it's actually an error condition. Android auto shutting off is more than likely your phone to be completely honest. The GPS/directions in android auto are 100% your phone as well. Your head unit is basically just playing a video stream from your phone. I'm certainly no fan of the FU-connect experience but I have found most Android Auto issues to be more phone related than head unit.
 

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I think if uconnect was able to change the connection from 5ghz to 2.4ghz for wireless android auto, it would work great. with carsifi it was connecting and would keep disconnecting like uconnect. Once I forced carsifi to 2.4ghz, the connection has been flawless. Too bad there isn't a way to force a 2.4ghz connection with an android phone, or have this setting in uconnect to try it out.
 

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@PilsNer - There is nothing inherently wrong with 5ghz connections - especially from the distances used with Android Auto. It sounds like your particular phone might have problems with the 5ghz radio or antennas. My Pixel 6 is damned near perfect at this point on wireless AA using the 5ghz connections. It took several rounds of Pixel firmware updates, as well as Android OS and Auto app updates to get there, but I can assure you the problem was never with 5ghz spectrum.
 

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@PilsNer - There is nothing inherently wrong with 5ghz connections - especially from the distances used with Android Auto. It sounds like your particular phone might have problems with the 5ghz radio or antennas. My Pixel 6 is damned near perfect at this point on wireless AA using the 5ghz connections. It took several rounds of Pixel firmware updates, as well as Android OS and Auto app updates to get there, but I can assure you the problem was never with 5ghz spectrum.
Not sure what to tell you. I had issues on my Samsung S10E, and now on a Pixel 7 with no changes...
 

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So this is weird. I’ve only had the “Uconnect box needs service” message a couple of times until yesterday. Now, I’ve had it happen at least four times in just the last two days.

Hardware failing?
Well the good news is that this happens every few minutes on mine and it’s been an issue for over a year now so I wouldn’t worry about the radio completely dying anytime soon. 😂
 

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Just adding my 2 cents.
My Uconnect Box needs servicing every couple weeks, and wireless Carplay is constantly popping / dropping the connection. It seems like it happens when I drive under power lines, since it happens every single time in one particular spot that there are power lines going right across the road.
I'm on 17.99-PROD and when I last brought it in, the dealer had no idea what to do when I asked if there was an update. Just straight up said they can't help with that, and I need to contact Dodge directly. Nice.
I gotta say, I really miss my Ford days when you could sideload firmware updates long before they were released to the public, as they became available on the forums much earlier.
 

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Just adding my 2 cents.
My Uconnect Box needs servicing every couple weeks, and wireless Carplay is constantly popping / dropping the connection. It seems like it happens when I drive under power lines, since it happens every single time in one particular spot that there are power lines going right across the road.
I'm on 17.99-PROD and when I last brought it in, the dealer had no idea what to do when I asked if there was an update. Just straight up said they can't help with that, and I need to contact Dodge directly. Nice.
I gotta say, I really miss my Ford days when you could sideload firmware updates long before they were released to the public, as they became available on the forums much earlier.
I do have that wireless drop issue in one spot in the city where high lines run through so I know what you mean with that.
 

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Keep in mind the connection between your phones and the Uconnect5 head unit is 100% digital. That means it either works or it doesn't work. There is no such thing as degraded sound quality like you might have over an analog radio signal. No static, no fuzz, no loss of treble or bass.

With that said, it is quite possible to actually lose the connection ENTIRELY due to severe interference. You could also have hardware/firmware issues in the phone or the head unit. Those might be rectified by an OS patch or new firmware build on the phone. Full disconnects are usually pretty evident when the head units starts saying No Device Connected, etc.

The software music player you are using on your phone (spotify, itunes, google music, etc) could also be the culprit if you are staying connected but getting pops and crackles. Its hard to believe at this point, but buggy music players are in fact a thing.

Finally, if you don't have your music downloaded locally to your phone, you could also be experiencing network issues with your cell network. That would leave your phone connected to the head unit, but still resulting in crappy playback. I'd imagine power lines are much more likely to interfere with your cell connection than the super short distance connection with Uconnect5. You could even have some anomaly in your amplifier, or perhaps the cabling to your speakers.

I'm no Uconnect5 fan to be certain, but a little diagnosis of these things might lead you to a solution that doesn't require Dodge, Panasonic, or their unholy alliance to actually fix or change anything.
 

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I'm going to say it's 100% uconnect/dodge/whatever's fault because a wireless aa adapter solves all these issues. You shouldn't have to tweak every little thing, open developer mode of a phone to have something work. It has to be idiot proof upon release to the public, otherwise it should be consider an alpha release. This is just lazy software development.
 
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