I have been looking at a couple 2017 leftover Ram Laramie's and was wondering why one has switches in the dash for operating heated/cooled seats, heated steering wheel, and one doesn't. The one that doesn't shows the setting in the picture of the dash screen, but the switches on it are just plain Aux1, Aux2, etc.Why would that be?

The one with aux switches has snow chief option group.Those switches are great for adding additional lights, a big inverter, you name it.

Snow Chief is different than Snow Plow Prep??

So one has heated/cooled seats but only activated in uconnect? I remember some complaints where there were no hard buttons for those but don't remember if it was on the Rams or Jeep vehicles.

Because 1 has upfitter switches that are installed where the other switches would have been. The other has redundant switches.

NJRVer wrote:Snow Chief is different than Snow Plow Prep??Same thing I think. Snow Chief is the fancy name for snowplow prep?

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GordonThree
Explorer
Jan 14, 2018
The one with aux switches has snow chief option group.

Those switches are great for adding additional lights, a big inverter, you name it.
NJRVer
Explorer
Jan 14, 2018
Snow Chief is different than Snow Plow Prep??
mich800
Explorer
Jan 14, 2018
So one has heated/cooled seats but only activated in uconnect? I remember some complaints where there were no hard buttons for those but don't remember if it was on the Rams or Jeep vehicles.
Grit_dog
Navigator
Jan 14, 2018
Because 1 has upfitter switches that are installed where the other switches would have been. The other has redundant switches.
GordonThree
Explorer
Jan 14, 2018
NJRVer wrote:
Snow Chief is different than Snow Plow Prep??

Same thing I think. Snow Chief is the fancy name for snowplow prep?
NJRVer
Explorer
Jan 14, 2018
mich800 wrote:
So one has heated/cooled seats but only activated in uconnect? I remember some complaints where there were no hard buttons for those but don't remember if it was on the Rams or Jeep vehicles.

Exactly.
Personally I would prefer a "real" switch to turn on and off.
NJRVer
Explorer
Jan 14, 2018
GordonThree wrote:
NJRVer wrote:
Snow Chief is different than Snow Plow Prep??

Same thing I think. Snow Chief is the fancy name for snowplow prep?

I will have to go back through the option list to check.

Both trucks I am looking at have the "Snow Plow Prep" option.
One has switches for seats and one has switches that are just "Aux".
ScottG
Nomad
Jan 14, 2018
If the heated seat and steering wheel control is only in the UConnect, it isn't any big deal. That's how our Challenger is and it's VERY easy to use.
Or if touching a screen twice is too much effort, the voice control will do it for you. (kinda fun sometimes..)
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
Jan 14, 2018
If you have the option for aftermarket accessories like I do you dash will look something like this. My HVAC controls are in the touch screen.
NJRVer
Explorer
Jan 14, 2018
Cummins,
That's the way one truck is like yours. The other has the switches.
I was wondering why they were like that?? Change of design in model year??