[anthonysmith93]

Part of the reason is to stop people from stealing radios and trying to get a dealer to unlock them. There was a website for the 90's GM radios where you can call into the GM line with tech ID # and have them unlock it for you.

That and the wiring harness is a nightmare since some years wires are there and aren't. In 2012 the harness for the glove box light is there tucked away for example, I haven't checked in my 13 as I forget to every time I'm down there changing he filter

Yeah and I get that, but I feel there's definitely a way for them to safely do it, wire all cars exactly the same no matter if the option is there or not, and make the radios 1 time use only, no "unlocking" available, once it's assigned to a vin it stays with that vin. They can do it somehow but I know they won't. It loses them money cuz then people will buy cheaper cars and add features later.

 

[Merc6]

Just did a quick parts search using the 1st post as a guide.

RADIO - GM (22965237) $759.17 Plus the $199 if you find the person to send it in to
CONTROL SWITCH - 2013 CHEVROLET CRUZE (95914367) $59.54 This was left out, there is a Non MyLink/ Mylink and Mylink with nav version of this
TRIM BEZEL - GM (95216932) $24.66
DISPLAY UNIT - 2013 CHEVROLET CRUZE (22858074) Discontinued both this part number and the one this superseded in OP

$843.37 before shipping then $199 with unknown shipping of radio leaves you $1042.37 before you source the harness and display unit.

 

[Merc6]

Yeah and I get that, but I feel there's definitely a way for them to safely do it, wire all cars exactly the same no matter if the option is there or not, and make the radios 1 time use only, no "unlocking" available, once it's assigned to a vin it stays with that vin. They can do it somehow but I know they won't. It loses them money cuz then people will buy cheaper cars and add features later.

that's all fun and dandy but my car came with it factory installed and it hasn't been a fun process at all. When the rest of the car is working right, the radio isn't. Some days there is no USB, no Bluetooth, no XM and then you have no radio completely until the dealer unbricks it. At that point I rather have the non MyLink with PIDM since I don't have nav or backup to justify a touch screen. At the price I posted above before you source the missing parts and shipping you could have had a higher priced aftermarket navi head unit in the fugly housing below the factory display and have loads more features than the oem unit.

 

[anthonysmith93]

that's all fun and dandy but my car came with it factory installed and it hasn't been a fun process at all. When the rest of the car is working right, the radio isn't. Some days there is no USB, no Bluetooth, no XM and then you have no radio completely until the dealer unbricks it. At that point I rather have the non MyLink with PIDM since I don't have nav or backup to justify a touch screen. At the price I posted above before you source the missing parts and shipping you could have had a higher priced aftermarket navi head unit in the fugly housing below the factory display and have loads more features than the oem unit.

While I do agree you can get more features for less cost and headache, nothing is better looking than an OEM touch screen. I HATE the way they did the aftermarket double din trim, it's disgusting, worst setup I've ever seen honestly. And my crappy blue screen basic radio has issues too, it's locked up before, will be blasting my iphone music and all of a sudden it thinks my iphone was unplugged and switches to FM and the volume won't turn down, have to turn the car off and restart unplug phone and plug back in. It's also a pain haha.

 

[Merc6]

While I do agree you can get more features for less cost and headache, nothing is better looking than an OEM touch screen. I HATE the way they did the aftermarket double din trim, it's disgusting, worst setup I've ever seen honestly. And my crappy blue screen basic radio has issues too, it's locked up before, will be blasting my iphone music and all of a sudden it thinks my iphone was unplugged and switches to FM and the volume won't turn down, have to turn the car off and restart unplug phone and plug back in. It's also a pain haha.

My App Radio 2 was kinda buggy but not on the level of MyLink. I'm almost to the point where my next car will have less tech. My screen lags from touch and button press. I wonder how the OP is dealing with his swapped unit and features.

 

[anthonysmith93]

My App Radio 2 was kinda buggy but not on the level of MyLink. I'm almost to the point where my next car will have less tech. My screen lags from touch and button press. I wonder how the OP is dealing with his swapped unit and features.

The only radio I'd ever consider is the Alpine one with CarPlay, it looks the nicest and has the nicest interface and most OEM (button/knob wise) and I dont like radios that change 300 colors and do extra crap like that. Kinda tacky to me

 

[Merc6]

The only radio I'd ever consider is the Alpine one with CarPlay, it looks the nicest and has the nicest interface and most OEM (button/knob wise) and I dont like radios that change 300 colors and do extra crap like that. Kinda tacky to me

I almost got that one, but went with AppRadio 2 since it didn't have but like 3 main wallpapers. it pretty much acted like CarPlay/Android Auto before that existed.

 

[anthonysmith93]

I almost got that one, but went with AppRadio 2 since it didn't have but like 3 main wallpapers. it pretty much acted like CarPlay/Android Auto before that existed.

Bestbuy currently has this Pioneer SPH-DA120 on sale for 399.99...pretty good deal!! Has the car play feature which is all I care about.

 

[ChevyGuy]

Then i was under the impression that i just had to go to the dealership and have them flash the RPO codes UP9(mylink), UFU(receiver), and UDY(7" touch screen).

"just"? I suggest you talk to your dealer and see if they're willing and know how to do that before you go buying parts. I have a feeling you'll walk away from that looking for a "Plan B".

 

[Merc6]

"just"? I suggest you talk to your dealer and see if they're willing and know how to do that before you go buying parts. I have a feeling you'll walk away from that looking for a "Plan B".

Yeah it took me 2 trips to get Afterblow on and it took me searching the Corvette forums on how to know when it will work. My last instance, I came back to the car 2 hours later and it still was activating. It managed to fig the windows up a bit making me wonder if I had a stow a way sleeping in there.

 

[ChevyGuy]

"just"? I suggest you talk to your dealer and see if they're willing and know how to do that before you go buying parts. I have a feeling you'll walk away from that looking for a "Plan B".

Part of the reason I say that is that I've heard stories about dealers only wanting to do what the VIN says the car has. If you go adding things that are not part of a dealer upgrade kit, they may not to able to convince Chevy's computer to make any changes.

Keep in mind, it's not like the dealer just changes a setting on your car. They connect your car to a subscription-only area of the Chevy website and Chevy's computer does the programming. If the change you want isn't an option on Chevy's computer, the dealer may not know how, or may not be willing to work around that.

And the radio is not just a radio, but a computer that talks to the car's computers. It may take some work to get all those computers to be one happy family.

If you can get it to work, great! But I'm not seeing an encouraging track record.

 

[RyanAlan00]

I successfully did this upgrade in my 2011 Cruze Eco A/T

 

[BrandoFisher117]

I successfully did this upgrade in my 2011 Cruze Eco A/T

Care to elaborate?

 

[RyanAlan00]

Care to elaborate?

I ordered part #s 22965237, 95166368, 22851302 from eBay. Once I received the new silver box, I went to whiteautoandmedia .comand under radio programming/ unlocks I paid the $199 plus the 17.93 return shipping. Go to their contact us page and get the shipping address. UPS it to them and then they'll program and UPS it back to you. They're only open on weekends so they'll program on Saturday, ship it back to you on Monday. Call 866-428-3585 and speak to Anthony. (Extension 104.) tell him you need the harness to add MyLink to your Cruze. this will cost 299$, $324 with shipping. they'll hand build it and ship in about a week. the harness will be clearly labeled. the red and black voice recognition wire will plug into the back of your OnStar module, which is behind the glove box. glove box and glove box trim will have to be fully removed. a 7mm or 5/16' socket is what size you'll need to pull everything out.

 

[ChevyGuy]

I ordered part #s 22965237, 95166368, 22851302 from eBay. Once I received the new silver box, I went to whiteautoandmedia .comand under radio programming/ unlocks I paid the $199 plus the 17.93 return shipping. Go to their contact us page and get the shipping address. UPS it to them and then they'll program and UPS it back to you. They're only open on weekends so they'll program on Saturday, ship it back to you on Monday. Call 866-428-3585 and speak to Anthony. (Extension 104.) tell him you need the harness to add MyLink to your Cruze. this will cost 299$, $324 with shipping. they'll hand build it and ship in about a week. the harness will be clearly labeled. the red and black voice recognition wire will plug into the back of your OnStar module, which is behind the glove box. glove box and glove box trim will have to be fully removed. a 7mm or 5/16' socket is what size you'll need to pull everything out.

Great! Now we know the what/how, now the question is how to bring down the price. As it stands, it looks like it's around $600. Half of that being the custom harness.

 

[StLouisCPhT]

I doubt that we will ever be able to get the cost of the wiring harness down to a lower price (unless someone else decides to start producing them). I'm more interested in the unlock service. There is a sourceforge project for unlocking Video In Motion and Mirrorlink on the 2012-2014 models. I assume that since it doesn't mention anything about allowing units to be switched between vehicles that it doesn't handle that, but it is a step in the right direction.

They also offer have a project to customize the MyLink startup screen.

 

[KENSTV123]

So your lookin at $500+ for a harness and reprogram + another$300-500 radio box-controls & bezel-Display & bezel--used--and then looks like wiring between units is needed besides the main harness--which would likely involve removal of dash to install correctly + the possibility the modules might not cooperate with the rest of the car modules and need dealer intervention which may or may not be available or even possible----hardly seems worth even attempting, honestly would be easier to just sell the under-equip cruze and buy the one equip with what you wanted---especially when it comes to the radio, these cars where designed to stop any interchanging of parts model to model mostly due to the theft deterrent features but also due to the integration with the various other systems in the car--it becomes next to impossible to do this and certainly no bargain price wise and those that have tried have lost functions at the least or spent the money and got nothing but a patched up after thought of a radio--the Chinese solution for example

 

[StLouisCPhT]

So your lookin at $500+ for a harness and reprogram + another$300-500 radio box-controls & bezel-Display & bezel--used--and then looks like wiring between units is needed besides the main harness--which would likely involve removal of dash to install correctly + the possibility the modules might not cooperate with the rest of the car modules and need dealer intervention which may or may not be available or even possible----hardly seems worth even attempting, honestly would be easier to just sell the under-equip cruze and buy the one equip with what you wanted---especially when it comes to the radio, these cars where designed to stop any interchanging of parts model to model mostly due to the theft deterrent features but also due to the integration with the various other systems in the car--it becomes next to impossible to do this and certainly no bargain price wise and those that have tried have lost functions at the least or spent the money and got nothing but a patched up after thought of a radio--the Chinese solution for example

I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything, but I get the impression you didn't read the entire thread. The harness and reprogramming are not cheap, but the hardware (radio, display & front controls (which may or may not actually need to be upgraded btw)) can be purchased on ebay for $50-100 TOTAL. I have not seen any posts in this thread that stated any compatibility issues with the rest of the vehicle components let alone anyone else finding the upgrade to be 'next to impossible' or even impossible.

Given the prices that I have seen over the last 2 years for 2 din aftermarket systems and the extras such as adapters to retain factory alerts, steering wheel controls and onstar (if used), wiring harnesses AND rather strange looking mounting kits, this is still a better deal AND a lot easier to do. Not to mention a better idea than trading in a vehicle an owner has customized to meet their needs and wants for another vehicle they would have to start all over on.

But hey...... to each their own.

 

[ChevyGuy]

I doubt that we will ever be able to get the cost of the wiring harness down to a lower price (unless someone else decides to start producing them).

Assuming the harness doesn't have a custom module, how much would it be to buy a couple of junkyard harnesses (one that matches your car and one that matches a factory MyLink) and splice them together? It really seems like there should be a cheaper solution to this.

I'm more interested in the unlock service. There is a sourceforge project for unlocking Video In Motion and Mirrorlink on the 2012-2014 models. I assume that since it doesn't mention anything about allowing units to be switched between vehicles that it doesn't handle that, but it is a step in the right direction.

From the write-up, I think this is for the Russian MyLink - totally different animal.

If all that's needed is to get around the anti-theft, there's a post on here somewhere about a guy who unsoldered the prom, changed the VIN and burned a new one. (The VIN is in cleartext.)

So your lookin at $500+ for a harness and reprogram + another$300-500 radio box-controls & bezel-Display & bezel--used--and then looks like wiring between units is needed besides the main harness--which would likely involve removal of dash to install correctly ...

When I looked up the part numbers on eBay, it looked like you could get them for about $120. Less, with careful shopping. That's where I got my "about $600" figure.

 

[RyanAlan00]

So your lookin at $500+ for a harness and reprogram + another$300-500 radio box-controls & bezel-Display & bezel--used--and then looks like wiring between units is needed besides the main harness--which would likely involve removal of dash to install correctly + the possibility the modules might not cooperate with the rest of the car modules and need dealer intervention which may or may not be available or even possible----hardly seems worth even attempting, honestly would be easier to just sell the under-equip cruze and buy the one equip with what you wanted---especially when it comes to the radio, these cars where designed to stop any interchanging of parts model to model mostly due to the theft deterrent features but also due to the integration with the various other systems in the car--it becomes next to impossible to do this and certainly no bargain price wise and those that have tried have lost functions at the least or spent the money and got nothing but a patched up after thought of a radio--the Chinese solution for example

There are no issues with integration, the radio works perfectly. The dash doesn't have to be removed, just the glove box and trim pieces. It tools me 30 minutes tops to complete it. The total cost for everything was $739. Well worth it considering I get backup camera functionality, bluetooth streaming and the touchscreen OEM, instead of paying for a module to retain OnStar, wiring aftermarket to vehicle, this was much easier and faster and works like a charm!