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Low 12 volt battery message


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I remote started the car a few minutes ago via MFM since my wife will be leaving work soon. I wanted to make sure there was enough charge in the 12V battery to wake up the car & remote start it. This action triggered more low 12V battery texts & e-mails. Remote starting engages the DCDC converter to charge the 12V so this will hopefully have some positive impact...

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Last night when I checked the 12V SOC it showed 22%. Overnight I hooked up my battery charger to the 12V posts under the hood. This morning the 12V SOC reported by the BCM was 23%. The chimes for the front & rear sensors sounded different. The dash dimming had also been reset to the brightest setting. Today I have the Fusion so I'm not as concerned as the last two days where I needed the Focus Electric so my wife was driving the Fusion.

 

I log the 12V SOC along with the HVB data when leaving after each full charge. The BCM has typically reported a 12V SOC range from about 80-85%, depending on how much the car has been driven. From Sunday night to Monday the car charged, but the 12V SOC dropped from 84% on Sunday afternoon to 61% on Monday morning. Monday morning is when the low 12V messages started coming from MFM, even though the BCM showed an SOC of 61%. It appears that something happened on Sunday to cause the power draw.

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