I, along with a lot of other people over on the Jeep Renegade Owners group on facebook, have has the same issues today. From what I can gather it's a uConnect 5.0 problem and not related to car model.

 

Radio Issue

Well, this morning I got in my Renegade Trailhawk. None of my radio buttons would work. When I started driving the radio would just shut off. Approximately 30-45 seconds and then it would restart and come back on. I would get a light on the display (pic attached) it has been doing this all morning. I have the 5" touchscreen radio (no nav). Uconnect, Bluetooth, rear view camera. I hope this goes away. I only have 1,795 miles.
I wonder if anyone else has had this issue?

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Wow mine just did this today on way to work. I just posted and didn't see this. Mine is doing the same thing actually it just did it as I'm typing this. Here's a pic. I hope this doesn't continue.

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Maybe just needs an update. Are you on satellite when it happens? I am I wonder if it will happen if I'm on the radio (fm) or aux? I will test, maybe it has to do with the satellite.


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Here's the message.

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Radio Issue

Here's another pic. It has only happened to me while on satellite. I am going to try different sources (fm,Bluetooth and aux) I will post my findings. I have a sneaky suspicion it has something to do with the satellite radio.

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Happen to me too this morning....3 x in 1/2 hour. Listening to FM radio, not xm.

2016 Limited

 

I just had my iPhone playing through Bluetooth and it happened. So I guess it's not just on satellite. Guess I gotta stop by dealership. YAY, that's always is a fun time. Hopefully it will cure itself (fingers crossed) it's kinda weird how it's happening to several prosper all of the sudden. What model Renegades do you all have? Just interested.


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I just had my iPhone playing through Bluetooth and it happened. So I guess it's not just on satellite. Guess I gotta stop by dealership. YAY, that's always is a fun time. Hopefully it will cure itself (fingers crossed) it's kinda weird how it's happening to several prosper all of the sudden. What model Renegades do you all have? Just interested.

2015 Latitude here. Must be some system level issue. Hopefully we arent jacking around with the Delta or ATC system - HA!!

 

Happened again on Bluetooth. So I guess I'm gonna have to take in.


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This happened to my '15 Latitude 1.4T this morning too, with uConnect 5.0. Restarted 4 or 5 times during an hour drive.

Apparently this is NOT isolated. The JROG group on Facebook is blowing up with reports just from yesterday and today. There has been mention of a Sirius update that may be causing it.

So I'd hold off on taking it in, or at least call the dealer first and see what reports they have. It looks like an over-the-air update may be the cause, which means whatever fix they come up with will probably be deployed over-the-air as well.

 

This just happened to me this morning as well. It was shutting off every 8-9 minutes (I timed it); I went completely dark and then rebooted and came on fine. But it happened multiple times (literally every 8-9 minutes) my whole 1.5 hour trip. Very aggrevating.

 

Here's a short video.https://vimeo.com/201684932


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Mine froze up this morning while the music was still playing and wouldn't let me change the station while listening to the sat radio and it wouldn't let me change it to the turner or Bluetooth then all the sudden it turned completely off and then back on again. I just checked and I have no saved messages and I didn't think about checking it while I was driving.


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This happened to me on the way into work this morning as well.. Radio shut off and restarted 2x in my 20 minute commute. Was listening to stuff on my phone via bluetooth.

 

I just performed a factory radio reset. I will update with progress.


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Reset didn't work. Now my backup camera is staying on. This just keeps getting worse.


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I have the same problem this morning. Just bought my Renegade a month ago, just about 1200 miles, so I'm glad to see it doesn't appear to be something wrong with the car.

 

Mods, judging by the posts here and on JROG, this uConnect snafu looks pretty big. It may affect every single 5.0 unit with active Sirius.

Perhaps a sticky thread is in order?

 

I'm appreciating letting my subscription lapse right now. Good luck everyone, but honestly I hope I don't join in this one.

 

I also let my subscription lapse and have not had an issue like this so far today (knock on wood).

 

Well then I think it's safe to assume it's an issue with Sirius/XM. I'm sure they will get it fixed. Or at least I hope so. I actually disconnected my negative battery terminal for like 5 minutes. It hasn't shut of since, it's been about 20 minutes.


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Really bizarre. I hope it's a fast fix for you all too, I'll be following the thread.

 

Mine did the same thing this morning. I have an appointment at my dealership at 12;45pm- in roughly one hour. Will inform you how it goes. They suspect it was a software update( u-connect), but they can't tell without plugging it in at the dealership.

 

What are the odds this happened twice on my ride into work today? The first time was during a drive. The second time after I stopped for coffee, restarted and had no audio. Volumn dial did nothing. Trying to power off did nothing. I gave up as the system seemed frozen, and then it restarted itself and came on....

I guess many are having this today. As a note, I was on FM both times mine did this.

 

Same issue - 4x on the way to work this morning. I was using BT, streaming a podcast at the time. Have the 5.0 w/ beats. When I finally got to work and turned the Jeep off, the radio was frozen and stayed on - pushing buttons, etc., did nothing. Seemed to resolve itself in a few minutes, after I turned the Rene on again.

Yes, I also just renewed my Sirius/XM. Damn.

Given the amount of people reporting this, I think it appropriate for JeepCares to chime in and give us some direction....

 

What is the full name of the FB page your seeing this talked about?

 

This happened twice on my way to work this morning as well. I'll check back for any updates!

 

it happened to me for the first time this morning and happened 4 times.

 

Just an idea - has anyone sent a refresh signal to the radio through Sirius? I'm going to try that after leaving work this evening.

Also, I sent a PM to JeepCares. Will report the response.