hereticj Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Just got a new 2011 Journey (Crew). Loving it so far. I have the display setting set to show Metric, so it always shows celsius on the screen, etc., but for some reason, when I go to "Vehicle Speed" in the EVIC, it is always set to Mph and I have to change it. Once changed, it stays that way, until I shut the vehicle off, then it resets back. Any ideas how to change this? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmttoxics Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Same problem! Would love a solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drb227 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 My 2011 Crew does the same thing. I tried changing the units setting on the 8.4 menu between metric and US but it always defaults to MPH either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hereticj Posted March 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 In the manual, it says to use the up or down arrows to get to "System Settings". I dont get this option. At the top is "fuel economy" (i think), and at the bottom is "system menu off". I am waiting for a call from my dealership about this, I will update when I hear something. So far noone there knows anything about it, but they all seem to think its a software/firmware update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drb227 Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 I don't think the owner's manual was properly updated for the 2011 Journey now that many of the settings are handled via the touch screen and not the EVIC. The manual also makes mention of a "units" setting in the EVIC. There is no such menu item in the EVIC of a 2011 Journey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hereticj Posted March 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Noone at my dealer knew anything about it or heard of it before. Have to take it in to get it "flashed". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drb227 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 I'm not surprised that nobody at the dealership knows anything about this. These vehicles are still too new. Please keep us updated if they do "flash" anything. I'd be surprised if there is a fix for this already. I'm more looking for a fix for the uconnect voice command problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmttoxics Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Software flash seems kind over the top. Makes me think the new dash computer systems weren't well thought out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drozz Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Same thing, just picked up our new Crew this week, it defaults to MPH as well, I know its just a click to change it but, it should still allow you to set it to kph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmttoxics Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 (edited) Ah, according the manual, on the Evic you have to go to the units menu and change it from English to Metric. I will have to try that out tomorrow... Edit: Oh, I noticed the OP already tried that. Hmm.... Edit 2: Ahh yes. I remember now, the units menu is whats missing. Grr... Edited March 19, 2011 by zmttoxics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmttoxics Posted March 21, 2011 Report Share Posted March 21, 2011 I phoned my dealership's service department and the guy said "there should be a way to set it, bring it in and we will look at it". I probably wont be doing that until my first oil change. Still under 1000KM at the moment so that wont be for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandon27 Posted March 24, 2011 Report Share Posted March 24, 2011 So glad there is a thread here on this already. I got my 2011 Crew last week, and it is driving me nuts that the speedometer in the EVIC always is in MPH every time I start the car. I too, called my dealer today for a solution after digging through the "manual" and clicking my way through every option screen I could find in the uconnect menu's. Hope my dealer comes up with something soon, or one of yours does. Can't wait to find a solution! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drozz Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Crap totally forgot to ask them about that when I was in over the weekend. Less then 1000km and an ABS sensor went so I had to get that fixed. Hopefully I don't have to see them until my first oil change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myredjourney Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Thanks for the thread. Got my Journey last week and noticed this on the weekend. Will be watching for the solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmttoxics Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Good news! FIXED! I had mine in to get the wheels swapped back to the fancy ones and had them look at it. There is an update for "Garbled text that may appear on the screen". Obviously not related, but they did it anyways and it fixed the problem. It now remembers the last setting it was on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drozz Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Good news! FIXED! I had mine in to get the wheels swapped back to the fancy ones and had them look at it. There is an update for "Garbled text that may appear on the screen". Obviously not related, but they did it anyways and it fixed the problem. It now remembers the last setting it was on. Oh thank goodness lol. I will be sure to check into this when I go in for an oil change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drb227 Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 (edited) Good news! FIXED! I had mine in to get the wheels swapped back to the fancy ones and had them look at it. There is an update for "Garbled text that may appear on the screen". Obviously not related, but they did it anyways and it fixed the problem. It now remembers the last setting it was on. This is great news! First we have an update to the Pentastar to fix rough idling and now this update to fix the EVIC issue. We are making progress! Now just need an update for the rough shifting transmission and fixes to the voice command system and I will be one happy camper! Just to clarify, the update I need to ask for is "Garbled text that may appear on the screen"? Is there any other code or SKU that goes along with that so that I can be sure the dealership can actually find the update? Edited April 17, 2011 by drb227 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmttoxics Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 This is great news! First we have an update to the Pentastar to fix rough idling and now this update to fix the EVIC issue. We are making progress! Now just need an update for the rough shifting transmission and fixes to the voice command system and I will be one happy camper! Just to clarify, the update I need to ask for is "Garbled text that may appear on the screen"? Is there any other code or SKU that goes along with that so that I can be sure the dealership can actually find the update? I wasn't given any codes or anything. I just described the problem and they did a search for any updates and that was the only one. But yes, the primary fix in the update description was for garbled text. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokey988 Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 zmttoxics is 100% correct. Went into the shop today and they hooked our Crew up to see if any updates were available. No flash updates showed as available for the 2011 Journey but upon searching the technician found a fix. The fix was listed as a flash update to repair EVIC with garbled and or scrambled text. A service bulletin was issued for the EVIC but it does not have anything about fixing the MPH to KPH issue. After powering the vehicle on/off several times it seems the issue is now resolved. Keep up the good work guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geurny2011 Posted April 21, 2011 Report Share Posted April 21, 2011 Nothing about rough idling ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokey988 Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 No fix appears to be available yet for the rough idling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drb227 Posted April 23, 2011 Report Share Posted April 23, 2011 There is a fix for the rough idle, according to this thread: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satch Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Just got a new 2011 Journey (Crew). Loving it so far. I have the display setting set to show Metric, so it always shows celsius on the screen, etc., but for some reason, when I go to "Vehicle Speed" in the EVIC, it is always set to Mph and I have to change it. Once changed, it stays that way, until I shut the vehicle off, then it resets back. Any ideas how to change this? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satch Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Having same problem in Winnipeg 2011 Journey crew,dealer not aware of any fixes,Or not telling me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drb227 Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 As posted earlier in this thread, you have to ask the dealer to check for a flash update to repair EVIC with garbled and or scrambled text. That is the update that fixes the MPH/KPH issue for the speed display in the EVIC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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