Battery Saver
WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2013 Ford F-550 Super Duty, 2013 Ford F-450 Super Duty, 2013 Ford F-350 Super Duty, and 2013 Ford F-250 Super Duty. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.
NOTE:
Time-out is 1 minute if the vehicle is in transport mode. The vehicle will transition into normal mode after it is driven greater than 125 miles (200 km) or by manually disabling transport mode. To manually disable transport mode, refer to
MULTIFUNCTION ELECTRONIC MODULES
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The BCM provides automatic shut-off of the courtesy and demand lamps 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 to the lamps by the BCM.
The timer restarts (and voltage is restored if the BCM had the voltage disabled) if any of the following occurs:
- The ignition state is changed to any state other than OFF.
- Any door becomes ajar.
- The UNLOCK button of the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter is pressed.
- A valid keypad code is entered.
- The instrument panel dimmer switch is pressed