Electrical system drain Service required message

[strahanjen]

Hello,

We are new 2024 Flash owners. Today it is -5F. I drove about 20 miles, having set a departure time and charged to 80%. When we were leaving our destination an hour later, I started up the truck and got this message: Electrical system drain Service required. As I was starting to look it up to see whether it was safe to drive home, it went away. I got home, turned off the truck, turned it back on again and did not see the message. I'm wondering if this was just due to the cold weather? Or should I schedule service? If service is needed, how urgent is this? Can I keep driving it?

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[Heliian]

It usually points to a 12v battery problem. If it keeps happening then I'd bring it to the dealer.

 

[strahanjen]

It usually points to a 12v battery problem. If it keeps happening then I'd bring it to the dealer.

Thanks. I’ve seen it two more times today. Think I should stop driving it until I can bring it in? Of course this starts on a Sunday… It’s so cold, I don’t want to be stranded.

 

[TaxmanHog]

Could you show the right side of the instrument panel while the truck is in the RUN / on mode ?

Curious if you see the small battery icon?

Note it's normal to see it while in accessory mode, but should not show in run mode.

 

[Grease Lightning]

Hello,

We are new 2024 Flash owners. Today it is -5F. I drove about 20 miles, having set a departure time and charged to 80%. When we were leaving our destination an hour later, I started up the truck and got this message: Electrical system drain Service required. As I was starting to look it up to see whether it was safe to drive home, it went away. I got home, turned off the truck, turned it back on again and did not see the message. I'm wondering if this was just due to the cold weather? Or should I schedule service? If service is needed, how urgent is this? Can I keep driving it?

Do you have accessories plugged in? How about the OBDII scanner?

I have gotten that message when Carscanner stayed connected to the car all night and started to drain the system down.

 

[strahanjen]

Do you have accessories plugged in? How about the OBDII scanner?

I have gotten that message when Carscanner stayed connected to the car all night and started to drain the system down.

I didn’t have any accessories plugged in except for an iPhone charger that was not being used.

 

[strahanjen]

Could you show the right side of the instrument panel while the truck is in the RUN / on mode ?

Curious if you see the small battery icon?

Note it's normal to see it while in accessory mode, but should not show in run mode.

Hmmmm. I didn’t see a small battery icon. Here’s the full screen

 

[Heliian]

Could be because of the cold, do you have a plug at your house? You should keep it plugged in when cold.

 

[Pioneer74]

I didn’t have any accessories plugged in except for an iPhone charger that was not being used.

Even if you don't have your phone plugged in, a car charger will consume electricity by itself.

 

[strahanjen]

Even if you don't have your phone plugged in, a car charger will consume electricity by itself.

Oh, good to know! Do you think leaving the charger plugged in all the time could be what caused the drain?

 

[TaxmanHog]

Hmmmm. I didn’t see a small battery icon. Here’s the full screen

This is a good sign, hopefully the DC/DC inverter that's charging the 12v LVB is working fine.