Okay, I'm confused. The car was left on, and that somehow killed the 12v battery?
Please explain.
Nate
Remember, no generator/alternator. So the 12v will eventually get depleted from running of the car's systems.nater wrote:Okay, I'm confused. The car was left on, and that somehow killed the 12v battery?
Please explain.
Nate
Does "would not do anything" include "shifter will not go into 'D' or 'R', only 'N' or 'P'"?704hov1095 wrote:[...]12 residual miles[...] As I got up yesterday, the dash charging lights were off and the car would not do anything other than turn on the accessories.
mwalsh wrote:Flame suit on.....but that sort of sounds to me like you left the car turned on. No timer charging would be my first indicator and the completely dead battery pack my second.
From the owner's manual, page 3-11:704hov1095 wrote:Ahem, the car is back from a day at the dealer. While there is no absolute proof, examination found 3 error codes that led to a "fail safe state" indicating with strong probability that [...]
Yes.aqn wrote:However, even if it was in ON mode all night and the traction battery was not being charged, would the display draw so much power that it would drain the traction battery's "12 miles remaining" charge (from having to charge the 12V battery all night)? on.
mwalsh wrote:Yes.aqn wrote:However, even if it was in ON mode all night and the traction battery was not being charged, would the display draw so much power that it would drain the traction battery's "12 miles remaining" charge (from having to charge the 12V battery all night)? on.
I routinely leave my car at shows in second position accessory mode (so not even as "on") and it will routinely draw the main pack down by a SOC bar over a couple of hours of sitting there. So after 8 hours I'm sure whatever was left in the main pack was well gone and the 12v battery wouldn't have been in that great a shape either.
First thing I thought of...Jimmydreams wrote:After 15 minutes of 'inactivity', the car should chime and a message should come on the dash saying something like "Are you still there?" ...
My car doesn't do that either. Like I said earlier, I routinely leave my car in the second accessory position for hours upon end, so that folks can see the dash and center stack all lit up.aqn wrote:"12-VOLT BATTERY SAVER SYSTEM
When all the following conditions are met for 60
minutes, the battery saver system will cut off the
power supply to prevent 12-volt battery discharge.
. The power switch is in the ACC position,
and
. All doors are closed, and
. The vehicle is in the P (Park) position."
If your LEAF was in ACC mode, it would shut down by itself after 60 minutes.
Unfortunately you're right. Also not limited to the Leaf. In fact I think leaving the car on and running the 12V battery flat may be the leading cause of Volts being stranded. The numbers aren't large for either car but you'd expect far more problems with mainstream drivers than early adopters.EVDRIVER wrote:I expect we will see many issues like this in the future.