He doesn’t work on them and he seems to make it pretty clear he relies on others to do it for him.
There’s a couple of options, there’s an internet gateway for newer openers for $50 (maybe less) and for about $100 more there’s one with WiFi that is essentially a universal rolling code opener with connectivity.
I can’t believe this thing is still around, you mentioned it’s from the dark days of DaimlerChrysler and penny pinching but moreso I think this abortion (or should have been aborted) resulted when Dr. Z started touting how many new models they were going to squeeze out in a few years.
My favorite part of this is that the wide headlights were actually a styling cue they carried on from clear back then!
If the basis for my username is still a mystery, this is a massive hint.
You beat me to it, kudos.
Ironically, what you get for bed storage is about what you get in the RAM BOX pickups, which of course then occupy that space with the side tool boxes. This is the only way I could justify that.