"Vehicle in Battery Saver Mode" Please drive

[dmd3home]

But the truck wouldn't respond if it's in deep sleep....right? I can't do anything through the app at this point.

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[flyct]

But the truck wouldn't respond if it's in deep sleep....right? I can't do anything through the app at this point.

Correct, you must manually start the truck to take it out of deep sleep after

 

[watts/up]

Correct. But I was curious if it was possible to bypass the app entirely. My shortcuts interact directly with Ford's servers via APIs, not the app. A long shot for sure, but it may work.

 

[TaxmanHog]

Correct. But I was curious if it was possible to bypass the app entirely. My shortcuts interact directly with Ford's servers via APIs, not the app. A long shot for sure, but it may work.

The TCU {on the truck} is shut down .... radio silence.... ain't nothing talking to it at this point.

 

[Adventureboy]

You could probably use the app to turn on your climate control and run some of that battery down closer to 50%… you would have to do it many days/times but that might also solve both issues??

I don't think this will work. You can only use the climate control a few times before it forces you to use the start button.

 

[dmd3home]

I don't see how I can use it at all while in deep sleep mode....currently, the app does nothing. Deep sleep shuts down all communication.....in spite of batteries being fully charged.....dumb!

 

[Mal106]

The 12V battery is a weak point of hybreds, plug in hybreds and EVs. Also depleting a lead acid battery completely reduces its life, some say by 50%. Even 9.6v is damaging. Anecdotal evedence really isn't but I have personal experience with this problem with 3 makes and 4 models of vehicles. I'm all for the Lightning going incognito to save the 12v battery though good software could make the process far less likely with a full drive battery or plugged in.

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