Remote features disabled to preserve battery - Fordpass message

[Zig]

First and foremost: thanks for the heads up.

it seems that message is sent when the battery is approx 50%.

onto the charger she is (current state - no pun intended).

Took delivery on 9/22/23 and have 57 miles on the odometer.

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[MeMyselfandI]

Cars are for driving. I have about 700 miles on mine already. Get in it and go somewhere.

 

[jexsk]

I started getting this on mine a few weeks ago and turns out I had a bad battery. Who knows how long these have been sitting. Dealership replaced and all good since

 

[Zig]

24 hours later:

Edit:

Image in post #1 is dated - 9/27/23 8:30 am.

Image in post #4 is dated - 9/28/23 8:30 am

Order placed on 6/17/23
Vehicle built on 8/17/23
Took possession/delivery on 9/22/23 (w/20 miles on odo)

drove from there to here. Took a look at various available vehicle settings (started going through the center screen one setting at a time). Found out it takes longer to go through all the settings than the accessory time out allows. Sat for a day or two then drove from here to another there and back again. Now 57 miles on odo. Sat for less than 24 hours and received the aforementioned Fordpass message.

 

[sdsteele2]

First and foremost: thanks for the heads up.

it seems that message is sent when the battery is approx 50%.

onto the charger she is (current state - no pun intended).

Took delivery on 9/22/23 and have 57 miles on the odometer.

"it seems that message is sent when the battery is approx 50%."

There are a number of conditions that will initiate that power save mode. I have received that message with my car in the garage on the charger showing 99-100% charge.

 

[Zig]

"it seems that message is sent when the battery is approx 50%."

There are a number of conditions that will initiate that power save mode. I have received that message with my car in the garage on the charger showing 99-100% charge.

In that case, please provide the offending process/condition with the message. Since it’s computer controlled/generated Abby (short for abnormal) should know exactly which process/item is causing the issue.

 

[2024S650]

First and foremost: thanks for the heads up.

it seems that message is sent when the battery is approx 50%.

onto the charger she is (current state - no pun intended).

Took delivery on 9/22/23 and have 57 miles on the odometer.

1. Do you park in the garage?
2. Do you always lock your car?

 

[Zig]

1. Do you park in the garage?
2. Do you always lock your car?

1. Yes
2. No

Reestablishment of manual lock habit hasn’t fully taken hold, yet.

the proximity detection (hello/awake) seems to be sensitive.

 

[2024S650]

1. Yes
2. No

Reestablishment of manual lock habit hasn’t fully taken hold, yet.

the proximity detection (hello/awake) seems to be sensitive.

I can almost 100% guarantee that if you lock your car that message will never appear again after a short drive or charge like you did.

 

[FroYo]

for me it was like I didn't drive my car for like 5 days but battery seems like ok (usually working from home and doing 1-2 times 100mile round trips to office) but will measure next time when this happens what amps are.

 

[2024S650]

1. Yes
2. No

Reestablishment of manual lock habit hasn’t fully taken hold, yet.

the proximity detection (hello/awake) seems to be sensitive.

any further notifications?

 

[Skye]

Agree with locking the car when not in use, for 1) security and 2) helping prevent the car from seeking out and pinging the fob, putting an unnecessary drain on the battery. To compliment this, purchase faraday pouches, to help prevent cloning and relay attacks. Fobs have a range of close to 30 ft / 10 m.

 

[Zig]

any further notifications?

So far so good. Additional info is as follows:

Went out and about. A couple of short trips from here to there and there and there and home again. Various volts reported by the dash (from 14 to 12.5) but so far so good no messages or warning indicators nor any electrical anomalous activities thus far.

I did reconnect the charger (and made sure to lock the car) when we returned and it reported: 50% - charging 12.6 @ 4.1 an hour later it was 75% - charging 13.6 @ 4.0 one hour after that it was 75% - conditioning 14.7 @ .7 five hours later (got busy) it was 100% - maintaining 13.0 @ 1.6.

 

[2024S650]

Sounds good. My 6th gen does the same thing if I don’t lock it. Who locks their car in their garage??? lol.

 

[Dena]

Agree with locking the car when not in use, for 1) security and 2) helping prevent the car from seeking out and pinging the fob, putting an unnecessary drain on the battery. To compliment this, purchase faraday pouches, to help prevent cloning and relay attacks. Fobs have a range of close to 30 ft / 10 m.

I think the FOBs use bluetooth which is extremely low power and shouldn't cause much battery drain. On the other hand, what the car does when it finds a FOB is another story. It may power up several systems and prepare it self to run and that could consume a good deal of power. On the other hand, nobody is mentioning the Cell phone. If you're in a weak reception area, the Cell phone could consume more power. I chose to shut off the external motion detectors because I park in a secure area but I am unsure how much power that actually saves.
Ford really needs to tell us more about how to save battery power.

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