Well, bummer that it didn't work for you, either, but on the other hand knowing that it's not just something tied to my/your specific vehicle is a little comforting. It sounds like it might be a firmware issue or something like that.
And I forgot to mention that mine connects, too--reads in the...
Mine arrived today, but I was not able to get it to work. The first step when you try to make a change (for the first time, presumably) is an automatic save of the "stock" configuration. Every time I tried to do that an error occurred and it was unable to save. It says you can try to proceed...