JohanB

IIRC your car has a battery saver relay

It should shut off after 5 min


"wolfpuppy" <togrul@fuse.net> wrote in message
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> I notice with my '99 Lincoln Navigator that after shutting of the
engine,
> the radio will continue to play, even when the key is removed, then
turning
> off, as it should do, when the door is opened to exit. Now, I understand
> why it would go off after opening the door--that only makes sense. And I
> thought the idea of being able to continue to listen to music on the
stereo
> with the engine off was a good one, too. But, while waiting for a bay to
> open at the local JiffyLube for my overdue oil change and listening to the
> radio, it simply shut off after around four or five minutes. I could
> "reactivate" the radio by turning the key to "on" and back again (without
> starting the engine) and I could listen for another few minutes, and the
> radio would go off again. This has happened before under the same
> circumstances.
>
> When I talked to a tech at a Ford dealership around here, he said that
there
> is no accessory mode, like all cars used to have, in the navigator. He
went
> on to say that Ford probably has some sort of smart chip in the system
> someplace that notes the power drain and shuts the radio down after a few
> minutes to preserve battery power. He guessed that the sound system in
the
> navigator, which I got to admit is pretty kickin', might draw enough watts
> that to run it for very long with the engine off might result in problems
> starting.
>
> I was wondering if anyone out there has experienced this in their
navigator
> or, I would imagine, the expedition as well. If it does draw that much
> power, I guess there isn't much I can do, nor should I. If it doesn't,
> might there be a work-around whereby one could continue to listen to the
> sound system without it shutting down quickly? Interesting problem,
though.
>
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