Leaving car unlocked

[WoGGo]

Any issue with leaving the car unlocked?

Like some (all) newer cars, leaving the car unlocked doesn't allow the car to go to "sleep"; any such issue with ours?

If not, would there be less drain on the battery seeing at the alarm isn't active.. anyone done any testing with a multimeter to verify such thing?

[TexaZ3]

I leave my cars unlocked all the time in the garage, and they go to sleep just fine ))

[Xmetal]

I leave my cars unlocked all the time in the garage, and they go to sleep just fine ))

Same here

[Estoril]

A 5 year old can get into one of these cars with nothing more than a screwdriver (without setting the alarm off). IIRC the car uses (slightly) more power locked than unlocked.

[elrichmeister]

you can even leave the doors open and it will go to sleep. Found this out when doing parasitic drain troubleshooting.

[WoGGo]

you can even leave the doors open and it will go to sleep. Found this out when doing parasitic drain troubleshooting.

Excellent!

Thanks guys.

[bagger]

Dang. I was hoping this is why my battery drains. Suppose I just need to leave it on the maintainer more ...

[Slideways]

Dang. I was hoping this is why my battery drains. Suppose I just need to leave it on the maintainer more ...

What year is the car and does the car have Nav?

[bagger]

What year is the car and does the car have Nav?

2004 - no Nav. Nothing aftermarket installed that causes the usual drains. I got a new battery this Spring because it was hard / noisy starting and it was time for a new one anyways. It starts rough randomly recently and for fun I checked the voltage the other day via the hidden functions that said it was 12.2. It has been on jack stands more than driven this year, tbh. I put it on the ctek - will leave it for a couple of days.

I never lock my car (it's a vert). Hoping I don't have to chase down a drain. I'm probably just lazy and don't put it on the ctek enough.

[Chas3n]

It's likely using less power unlocked than locked. Never had an issue leaving it unlocked in the garage. Unless I've left a concealed in there, it stays unlocked.


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