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So I've been heavily researching the new radios and what would be needed to upgrade our 2014-2018 jeep Cherokees. So obviously first things first is the actual new radio. I've already found some online from salvage sites ranging from $400-$750 8.4 uconnect radio. The ones closer to $750 all comes with factory nav. While the ones $400 or closer seems to be a range from the smaller uconnect radio *not sure what size it is 7inches maybe??" And comes without factory nav.
After you receive your new head unit of course you'll need the anti-theft code that it will probably ask for so make sure you have the VIN number of the vehicle that the 4C radio came out of. There's plenty for sites that charge a low fee to obtain the code or just bring it to your local dealer for the highway robbery price they charge for that info.
One thing you will have to do is visit the dealership for a proxi alignment so that your ODO will stop flashing and the radio recognizes and plays nice with the jeep. That cost me $115 when I went from the 5" uconnect to my 8.4 RA4 radio upgrade that I did 2 years ago
FOR CAR PLAY AND ANDROID AUTO USERS:
You'll need the new media hub from a 2019 vehicle for Android auto and car play to work because the previous models from 2014-2018 will not work. I'm still working on obtaining how to get a new media hub that will actually fit our existing vehicles seeing as the new 2019 ones comes with a slightly different style layout. I saw that infotainment site sells their UAQ radio with a new retrofit media hub for the 2014-2018kls but they do not sell it separately. I'm still trying to obtain information on whether they will even attempt to sell the new hub separately to customers.
Overall let's say you went this route to get Android auto/car play. In total it would probably cost you $400-500 bucks once everything is said and done if you sell your old uconnect radio to lower the cost. Without selling your old radio it'll probably run you 650-900.
Seeing as the bootleg 3rd party versions run closers to the price if you sell your old radio. Why not just do the stock way and get the actual uconnect 4c radio from the get go?
Expected issues with the upgrade:
Uconnect service will not work so say goodbye to your remote controls from your phone and the uconnect $99? A year service that in my opinion isn't worth it but then again I've never had it so I can't really weigh in much on it.
Potential expected problems:
No more OTA updates, so we'll have to wait for the manual software to be uploaded and update through USB
For those with heated seats and steering wheel like me, other FCA vehicles like the Grand Cherokees lost the option to enable heated seats even after doing a proxi alignment and while the option is available to select on the radio, when you tap it, it just doesn't work/enable the heated seats. Not certain if that will happen with ours but I doubt it based on some other research I've done but I'm not ruling it out until I actually do the upgrade.
Stay tuned, I'll be working on getting this into my 2014 kl sport within the next few weeks.
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After you receive your new head unit of course you'll need the anti-theft code that it will probably ask for so make sure you have the VIN number of the vehicle that the 4C radio came out of. There's plenty for sites that charge a low fee to obtain the code or just bring it to your local dealer for the highway robbery price they charge for that info.
One thing you will have to do is visit the dealership for a proxi alignment so that your ODO will stop flashing and the radio recognizes and plays nice with the jeep. That cost me $115 when I went from the 5" uconnect to my 8.4 RA4 radio upgrade that I did 2 years ago
FOR CAR PLAY AND ANDROID AUTO USERS:
You'll need the new media hub from a 2019 vehicle for Android auto and car play to work because the previous models from 2014-2018 will not work. I'm still working on obtaining how to get a new media hub that will actually fit our existing vehicles seeing as the new 2019 ones comes with a slightly different style layout. I saw that infotainment site sells their UAQ radio with a new retrofit media hub for the 2014-2018kls but they do not sell it separately. I'm still trying to obtain information on whether they will even attempt to sell the new hub separately to customers.
Overall let's say you went this route to get Android auto/car play. In total it would probably cost you $400-500 bucks once everything is said and done if you sell your old uconnect radio to lower the cost. Without selling your old radio it'll probably run you 650-900.
Seeing as the bootleg 3rd party versions run closers to the price if you sell your old radio. Why not just do the stock way and get the actual uconnect 4c radio from the get go?
Expected issues with the upgrade:
Uconnect service will not work so say goodbye to your remote controls from your phone and the uconnect $99? A year service that in my opinion isn't worth it but then again I've never had it so I can't really weigh in much on it.
Potential expected problems:
No more OTA updates, so we'll have to wait for the manual software to be uploaded and update through USB
For those with heated seats and steering wheel like me, other FCA vehicles like the Grand Cherokees lost the option to enable heated seats even after doing a proxi alignment and while the option is available to select on the radio, when you tap it, it just doesn't work/enable the heated seats. Not certain if that will happen with ours but I doubt it based on some other research I've done but I'm not ruling it out until I actually do the upgrade.
Stay tuned, I'll be working on getting this into my 2014 kl sport within the next few weeks.
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