I also routed the radio end from the A pillar location to this same place behind glove box. I ran this extension down behind the glove box. The SiriusXM stuff plugs right into this factory cable after you take the plastic outer connector cover off.
There is a connector in there for coax cable I took apart. For me, it was as easy as pulling the A pillar on passenger’s side. “My truck does not have NAV or even cell (I have the uConnect 5). My truck does not have GPS navigation though.” – Terry Gfeller, 20, 2013 Lance 865 I do not get the “Check Antenna” message. I moved the antenna more on top of the hood and have had no more problems. On the way home I noticed the signal cutting in and out. When they were done, they had the antenna mounted exactly as shown in your picture. I took the antenna and Fakra adapter to my RAM dealer as I did not want to tear my truck apart looking for the connection. I thought I could easily put the antenna on the RAM just as I had on the Chevy, but I could not find that same box that was behind the glove box on the Chevy. I took it off the truck when I traded it in this spring on a 20. “I had a 2011 Chevy that I fixed the blocked SiriusXM antenna problem using your very helpful article, Blocked Sirius XM Radio Antenna Quick Fix. “I used an Infotainment Sirius dual antenna kit on my RAM truck.” – Chris Tiefenbrunn, 20, 2016 Northstar Arrow U 2015 RAM Trucks I plug whichever antenna I want to use to the jumper cable.” – John Harvey, 20, 2017 Northstar 12STC 2016 RAM Trucks I attached the other radio cable to it and ran it under the hood to the dash. I attached my purchased antenna to a wood base with magnets (see below). I ran these two cables under the dash ending near the brake release.
Then, I plugged in the jumper cable to the back of the radio. I plugged in the wires from my original antenna into one of the radio cables I purchased. I unplugged the antenna wires from the back of my radio (there are two of them). I used YouTube instructions to remove my uConnect radio. I purchased the following Mopar parts: (1) satellite uConnect radio antenna base and cable, (2) uConnect radio cables, and (3) uConnect access jumper cable. “My solution was to put a temporary antenna attached magnetically to my hood when needed. You can have SiriusXM in all your vehicles and only pay for one account.” – Donald Henderson, 20, 2015 Lance 1172 The other benefit to the mobile kit is you can add a car kit and move you radio from vehicle to vehicle. Just remember to leave a little slack in the antenna lead so you can raise you hood without having to remove it all the time. I have driven in strong head winds and the antenna did not move. I position the antenna on the front of the hood with the wire threaded under the hood down the right side into the cab (see below).
It comes with a magnet-based low-profile antenna with a long lead wire. “I bought a SiriusXM mobile radio kit (shown above). The hard part is routing the antenna through the firewall to the front of the truck.” – Terry Long, 20, 2017 Palomino HS-8801 2017 RAM Trucks manufactures extended puck style antennas that’ll plug into the back of the radio. Facing south and west were not a problem, but facing east and north the LOS became obstructed by the cabover portion of the camper.Īfter several weeks of consulting with the folks at both SiriusXM and uConnect, I came up with. When I got home, I started having problems. The radio and navigation feature worked just fine, but this was because I was heading west and then south which allowed for the line of sight (LOS) between the truck antenna and satellite to be clear and unobstructed. “I made the purchase of the camper and drove about four hours to get back home. The following responses are sorted by year starting with the most recent trucks. Truck Camper Magazine polled its readers for SiriusXM solutions for RAM trucks.
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