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#1 ·
Took my 2014 GC in for the ACC software update recall. There was another software update that needed to be done too (not sure which were done since their computer system went down so couldn't give me a post service printout).

So, was at the dealership I have been going to for about a year or so now as it is new and close by. Have worked with one service advisor who has always done right by me.

Get the GC back after the software updates and I start it to drive away and the defrost (with heat) is on nearly full blast (it is 90+ and humid in Miami area today, yesterday 1 degree away from all time high temp).

I play around with the settings thinking the software update changed some settings which it did (horn on lock, etc.). A/C won't work.....argh. On Auto it goes to defrost with heat....oh noooo. Fool around with it more, turn off vehicle, turn on vehicle. A/C only comes on when manually turn on A/C and choose MAX A/C which also recirculates. Argh. I just use Auto and never really recirculate for cold, only if bad air outside on rare occasion. Even then it is not cold-cold like before.

I go back in and explain that something with the flash didn't take and needs to be re-flashed or another software update is missing. Something is not right....obviously.

My trusted service advisor - who has always done me right and is a good guy - plays around with it and says well with the update that must be the way it is supposed to be. I look at him like "huh?". No this isn't right. He then gets it to work by selecting MAX A/C and says all is good now. He goes back inside. I get in and turn MAX A/C off and sure enough goes to defrost heat. Argh.

I go back in but service advisor is out in the shop. Finally comes back in and again I explain the issue. He tries to convince me that that is the way it is supposed to be and that the software updates wouldn't have affected the A/C operations etc. I look at him like, well it reset other settings, etc. and my A/C was working just fine before the updates. He says he can get it to work if turn on from inside but not with remote start. But I said I use the remote start when far away in a parking lot a vehicles it cool inside by the time I get there, I use auto, A/C has been great. He tries to insist that that is the way it supposedly must be now. I look at him and say it's 90 degrees and the defrost comes on, that's not right. He says well it works when you select A/C ... so I'd have to manually select it each time otherwise the heat would be on. After insisting that it isn't right he said one other person had the same thing and that was the way it is supposed to be. At this point I'm like I'll leave the GC for the day if need be...the techs are pretty stacked up right now (a lessor trained express tech is the one that did the flashes).... argh. But I am insistent that it isn't right, period.

He takes the GC back to station, consults another guy. They have to take it to another station. 10 more minutes. Back now, says all is working now. At this point I am a little bit skeptical. He says it is working now, that they had to do a HARD RESET with one of the software updates which involves disconnecting the battery....he says that the battery disconnect for the hard reset was NOT in the instructions which is why it wasn't done earlier. So basically another guy had figured it out with another vehicle that was having a problem. So I said see I knew something wasn't right, we laughed and all works now.

The lesson is, some of these software updates require a hard reset via battery disconnect. So if you have an issue after a software update, it may simply be that they missed this simple step.

BTW - he also said my GC was the only one so far that had the CV boot clamp issue.

Anyway....I hope this might be helpful to someone....
 
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#2 ·
I can imagine that sometimes a "bit" gets out of whack when some updates get done...especially when there are multiples applied. A reset makes sense to clear that. 'Glad things are back to working for you!
 
#4 ·
Thanks for posting this info. Today, I took my 2014 GC to the dealer for a N58 Instrument Cluster update and was pretty upset driving home from the dealer. I experienced the same thing with my AC. As soon as I got home I called the dealer asking why my AC is not working the same as it did when I left the vehicle. The service dept. had no idea what may be causing this problem. I am taking my vehicle back to the dealer tomorrow morning along with a copy of your post. I hope a hard reset fixes this problem! I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
 
#6 ·
Fortunately, it only takes a few minutes....like 5 minutes. You'll be in and out in no time...
 
#5 ·
I flashed my new 2014 Grand Cherokee Overland for the Hot Cabin issue back several months ago to resolve the inside temp for AC cooling. AC unit has worked fine until a new PCM module flash came out last month. I flashed my PCM with the new update and for some reason it messed up my calibration for the AC blend doors. If your Jeep has the Auto AC unit then tell your dealer to do a recalibration on your blend doors for your AC unit. This will resolve your problem. I have no idea why the new PCM flash is causing the blend doors to get out of calibration, but that is what's going on with your AC unit.
 
#7 ·
The service rep said something like hard reset of VM or something. Didn't get my paperwork as their computer system was down. Not sure about blender doors with mine as it was blowing hot air. Odd that using FOB remote start would practically not allow much A/C as even when manually selected it was hardly even cool. Anyway, works just like before now...nice and cold.
 
#8 ·
Was probably the "vehicle enhancements flash" they flash the BCM. Mine did same thing with auto ac non functional, dealer had no idea what to do and opened a star case. I went home pulled the battery cable and fixed it myself lol. Battrry cable pull has solved weird electrical gremlins a few times for me. Ive learned one of the first things to try on these jeeps. Just reboot
 
#13 · (Edited)
I haven't been to the dealer for any updates yet, and my defrost doesn't default on like yours did. But your AC blows when you remote start? From day one with mine, I've left it on auto and 68 degrees, and when I remote start, the AC acts like its on super low, like maybe 10% output until I enter the vehicle and hit the start button to drive away, then the AC kicks in high by itself to achieve the 68 degree temp setting. Is that how yours acts? Because no matter how long I let it run on remote start, the jeep is never really gets cold inside until I hit the start button to cancel the remote start.
 
#14 ·
I use remote start all the time. As I am walking to it (parking garage or parking lot, can start it from pretty far away) I use the remote start and by the time I open the driver's door, the A/C is running and cool inside. Mine does NOT run at say 10% output during that time, I would have noticed that for sure. Mine is set at 73....usually on auto, but even if not on auto it still starts cooling as I think it uses the last settings used.

Take it in for the updates (with hard reset of course!) and see. Hope that helps!
 
#15 ·
This thread saved me from having to go off at my dealer today. I went in to have them take care of the problem I've been having with my climate control not turning on when I remote start. A few hours later they couldn't figure out why it wasn't working, but did a bunch of other software updates instead. After leaving the dealer, I turned the climate control on auto and it decided to blast heat out of the defroster vents. It's not hot out today but certainly not weather that warrants heat. Fortunately I read this thread I was waiting at the dealer so I did the battery cable pull when I got home and that fixed the problem. Coincidentally, it also fixed the problem I was having with the climate control not turning on with remote start. Thanks for posting this thread!
 
#16 ·
Just like a computer on wheels weird software problems just reboot, it is quick easy and fixes a good number of these type of problems. Maybe the dealers will pickup on this at some point as a first try instead of trying to troubleshoot these modules for hours individually. When Microsoft powerpoint stops working correctly do you go in ramming around and try to find out why that application is not playing nice with the computer, no first thing you do is reboot and if that doesn't fix it you go from there. Nine times out of ten powerpoint will be back up working fine. Glad it worked for you!
 
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