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Battery Saver

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2014 Ford F-150. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
NOTE: Time-out is 1 minute if the vehicle has less than 80 km (50 miles).

The BCM  provides automatic shut-off of some system controlled components after a time-out period in order to save battery voltage. A timer in the BCM  is started when the ignition is turned off and all the doors are closed. When 10 minutes have elapsed, the voltage is automatically shut off by the BCM  . While the BCM  has voltage disabled, if the ignition state is changed to any position other than OFF, any door becomes ajar, the UNLOCK button of the RKE  transmitter is pressed, a valid keypad code is entered, or the instrument panel dimmer switch is pressed, the BCM  restores voltage and starts the timer again.