Why does a $62,000 2025 Ram 1500 NOT have passive keyless entry?

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I'm thoroughly confused. Yes, I know.... this is Stellantis.

Why doesn't a $62,000 Ram 1500 BigHorn Crew 4x4 (with the Level 2 package) have passive keyless entry.... when a $30,000 Jeep Compass and a $32,000 Chevy Equinox have it?

To get inside it, you have to rummage the key fob out of your pocket, and press the unlock button on the fob. The same way that it is with my 20 year old Silverado. I just rented a 2024 Chevy Equinox LT in fleet trim, that had passive keyless entry.

Why not on a brand new $62,000 pickup?
 
You sure you want that? Google how easy it is for criminals to steal these trucks. I was a victim of it myself. It is so easy you may as well leave your keys in the truck and roll down all the windows the next time you park it. I’d rather have an ignition cylinder these days and the basic F-150s still have them. At least that truck will still be where I parked it unlike my Limited with all the bells and whistles.
 
dishdude said:
Who wants to fish their keys out of their pockets?
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Kids can’t reach the brake yet, but they can start it with a regular key. And if I can’t send my kids out in the cold to start my truck like I had to for my parents, what was the point of having kids?

At least they have tip start and fuel injection, I was 6 trying not to flood out a 1988 Cutlass Ciera!
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Skippy722 said:
Nope, it looked just like that but had that wonderful 80’s red velvet interior. My mom was alarmingly good at shoving a toothbrush into the choke and unflooding it lol
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Ha, I was referencing the movie Fargo, it you haven't seen it you should check it out.

By 1988 all Cieras were FI. Could it have been older?
 
dishdude said:
Ha, I was referencing the movie Fargo, it you haven't seen it you should check it out.

By 1988 all Cieras were FI. Could it have been older?
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Right over my head 😅

We definitely had the car in the picture and it was definitely carbureted… too many cars in my brain.
 
Skippy722 said:
Right over my head 😅

We definitely had the car in the picture and it was definitely carbureted… too many cars in my brain.
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As a kid my mom's Accord got the garage and my dad's K-car was in the driveway. When I was dispatched out to start it in single digits temps it always fired right up and I never touched the gas. I still remember that ridiculous sounding buzzer they used that changed pitch with the voltage. It got higher pitched when the alt started turning so I thought it was happy 🤪
 
mrsilv04 said:
I'm thoroughly confused. Yes, I know.... this is Stellantis.

Why doesn't a $62,000 Ram 1500 BigHorn Crew 4x4 (with the Level 2 package) have passive keyless entry.... when a $30,000 Jeep Compass and a $32,000 Chevy Equinox have it?

To get inside it, you have to rummage the key fob out of your pocket, and press the unlock button on the fob. The same way that it is with my 20 year old Silverado. I just rented a 2024 Chevy Equinox LT in fleet trim, that had passive keyless entry.

Why not on a brand new $62,000 pickup?
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Because the Bighorn is still a pleb rental fleet edition.
 
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dishdude said:
As a kid my mom's Accord got the garage and my dad's K-car was in the driveway. When I was dispatched out to start it in single digits temps it always fired right up and I never touched the gas. I still remember that ridiculous sounding buzzer they used that changed pitch with the voltage. It got higher pitched when the alt started turning so I thought it was happy 🤪
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Those were the good old days. My car 1990-1998, the Volvo 264, Bosch K-jetronic.

I’d always have to explain to shops. If it’s cold, just start it normally. If it’s hot, push the pedal to the floor, and hold, do not pump.

I’d observe. Tech goes to car, and it cranks and cranks and cranks. Nobody listened then, nor now 😂
 
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