diymirage Posted September 19 Report Share Posted September 19 Any one else have issues with this ? I use a OBXlink (if I remember correctly) to connect my newer mopars to alfaOBD on my phone It work fine with my plow truck ('17 2500) and my wife grocery getter ('15 pursuit charger) but I can't get the family hauler to connect ('18 journey) Am I overlooking something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5rebel9 Posted September 19 Report Share Posted September 19 I don't have anything that new, but have AlfaOBD and same remote dongle. No problems with it. BUT I tried to help my shop friend on a '17 Journey and could not get it to work right. Turns out there is a security gateway module in the newer passenger cars that messes things up, at least what was relayed to me from my friend who got the word from a Dodge Dealer tech friend of his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diymirage Posted September 19 Author Report Share Posted September 19 That might be the issue, I've heard of that on the '18 and up trucks so it may be something they do across the board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diymirage Posted October 3 Author Report Share Posted October 3 A SGM bypass cable did the trick I now have fogs with brights, global down windows, and I can make changes to the navigation on the fly (Im sure ill think of a few more tricks later...i wonder if i can install the performance pages?) For some reason they call it a 12+8 cable 10 bucks on fleabay https://www.ebay.com/itm/364577184130 2late4u and larryl 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John/Horace Posted Wednesday at 03:32 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 03:32 PM Cool you figured it out, very useful for people on this site. Are the 12 and 8 cables jointed together on harness and you just T in. Or are they plugged into modules, just curious. Can you just add remote start option now if the hood switch is there and remotes have the capability? Might be rf modules, antenna wires etc that have to be there too. My wife’s Journey already has it, nice option at times. There are posts on this site from a guy who added this option and others to a base model Journey. Crazy wire harness work involved. Think he was retired. larryl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diymirage Posted yesterday at 01:23 AM Author Report Share Posted yesterday at 01:23 AM 9 hours ago, John/Horace said: Cool you figured it out, very useful for people on this site. Are the 12 and 8 cables jointed together on harness and you just T in. Or are they plugged into modules, just curious. Can you just add remote start option now if the hood switch is there and remotes have the capability? Might be rf modules, antenna wires etc that have to be there too. My wife’s Journey already has it, nice option at times. There are posts on this site from a guy who added this option and others to a base model Journey. Crazy wire harness work involved. Think he was retired. So the 12+8 adapter plugs I'm where the SGM is, unplug two plugs from that and plug the adapter in You then use the adapter as the OBD port As far ad adding remote start, you need next to nothing Think about it, you allready have remote door locks, and you allready have a button that starts the car All the hardware is there (On my truck, I even had the contacts for the remote start in the keyfob, I just needed a new inlay to use it) So if your Journey is just like my truck, you simply need to turn "remote start" and "hood latch" to present You then put a 500 ohm resistor in pin 12 of the BCM, (this is the pin on both my truck and my wifes charger, so dollars to donuts it is the same pin on your journey) tricking the car unto thinking there is a hood latch sensor, and it is closed and now your car is ready for remote start I dont believe the push start key fobs have the hardware for remote start build in, so you will need to buy a new fob with the remote start button and program it to your car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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