Electrical drain service required

[Ruthie B]

Oh boy. The dreaded warning showed up this morning for the first time. 2023.5 Premium with 26,000 miles. Plugged in overnight on level 2 beginning at 6 pm with 85% target. This session shows charging for 10 h 47 min to add 25 kwh. ?????? All previous sessions for the same 6 pm start time to 85% complete show 3 1/2 to 5 hours of charge time , adding 23 -35 kwh depending on how low the range stood at 6 pm. Did my Wolfbox charger malfunction ? Everything seemed normal when I unplugged at 8:15 am this morning. I know I left my wipers on when I parked - hate doing that !! but easy to forget about it when set to lowest delay setting . They swiped over as soon as I pushed start. Thankfully there was no frost or ice to have the wipers stuck. Could that be the reason for the longer charge session and the 12v battery warning ? The wiper motor ????

The Ford Pass app shows a message on my phone at 3:07 am. Didn't see that and I didn't see the dash message until 8:15 am

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[Maquis]

I don’t think anything you’ve described would cause the warning. Did it go away? If so, did it come back later?

 

[Ruthie B]

I don’t think anything you’ve described would cause the warning. Did it go away? If so, did it come back later?

The message didn't occur again during my 35 mile commute to work. The car has been parked all day and I hope to NOT see it again today for my commute home.

Edit: Drove home from work 35 miles with no warnings. Hallelujah. Gonna put this experience in the Don't Worry Be Happy file.

 

[Maquis]

The message didn't occur again during my 35 mile commute to work. The car has been parked all day and I hope to NOT see it again today for my commute home.

Edit: Drove home from work 35 miles with no warnings. Hallelujah. Gonna put this experience in the Don't Worry Be Happy file.

Yep, sometimes things just happen then go away!

 

[pcstevestl]

Do you have any dash cams with Parking mode??

 

[avdonr]

I get this message all the time, doesn’t necessarily mean anything is wrong with your 12V. I’ve got a dash cam that does parking monitoring so it slowly drains the 12V and the car doesn’t like it so it pops this message.

I’ve safely ignored the message for the last 4 years I’ve owned my Mach.

 

[chillyWilly]

Same as above. I have a dash cam that monitors when car is off. Never had that message before so I feel that it’s the dash cam.

 

[Ruthie B]

Do you have any dash cams with Parking mode??

No dash cam. Don't have a need for one.

 

[HuntingPudel]

My car's in the body shop right now for splitter, front shutter replacement and front radar service. I got two of these warnings while it's just sitting there. If the 12V goes flat on them, oh well... Pretty sure it's just a glitch that the car reported this though. My dash cam is only active when the car is in drive mode.

 

[valfam]

I used to get this error all the time when I was using paak, since I switched back to using my key fob I have not seen that 12 volt error again.

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