it would be good to have a tutorial about all the ways to prevent battery drain while being parked. Case in point parking at airport parking in the summer. Had to drive my gasoline car 140 miles roundtrip in Houston traffic (ba Humbug) because I could not trust Tes sitting for two weeks in airport parking lot. BTW autopilot has become my favorite feature of our Tesla.
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battery drain airport parking
- Thread starter Ridgeline
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Funny, I couldn't trust my ICE Lexus sitting for 2 weeks at the airport, due to the 12v battery draining. Sometimes it's just better to get a ride and save the parking fees and battery concerns.
That said, I would have no concerns parking our Y for 2 weeks. As long as I didn't leave it with 30% charge or less.
That said, I would have no concerns parking our Y for 2 weeks. As long as I didn't leave it with 30% charge or less.
GHammer
Dark Star
No tutorial needed. Turn off sentry, turn off cabin overheat. DONE. Ive left my Tesla at a cruise terminal for three weeks no problem. Over covid my 3 sat for six weeks unplugged and lost less than 10%
Also disable any third party app that might wake your car. Leave it alone as much as possible.
GHammer
Dark Star
I have TeslaFi running on all three of my Teslas and I never disable it. Set up correctly it lets the cars go to sleep just fine.
ucmndd
Well-Known Member
Honestly it’s really just turn off sentry as cabin overheat is only active for 12 hours anyway.
Shortest tutorial ever. “Turn off sentry mode.”
I dropped off my car to the shop for 5 weeks with 150+ miles, they actually start working on it in the last 1.5 weeks, and they have moved the car few times within few miles during the period. I turned off sentry, hvac, cabin heat protection, smart summon, and I do not have any 3rd party app. I checked the car occasionally, and when they finished working on it and start charging, it was around 100+. If you just turn off sentry and cabin heat protection, that should be fine.
ATPMSD
Active Member
If you turn off the items noted above, your car will consume less than 1 kWh per day.
carpendj
Member
As others have said in the comments above mine, turn off SentryMode and Cabin overheat protection and you should be totally fine. Recommend you also avoid waking you car up by starting the app. I've done some tests parked at Austin - Texas airport in the heat of the summer and Sentry Mode uses a lot of battery. Turned it off and my car lost maybe 1% in a week. I was worried when I first parked at the airport and had almost a full charge. lol. Now I am more than happy to leave it at a low charge as I know it will not lose that much with those items turned off.
That's what forums like these are for, LOL. Turn off Sentry, turn off cabin overheat protection, and you're good. I've left my car for 6 weeks, unplugged, and lost about 5% of the battery.
ATPMSD
Active Member
Hard to believe you lost only 2% total over a one month time period. Most people report losing something like 400-800 Wh / day depending on the model. Over 30-days that should be 12-24 kWh, which if you have a 80 kWh battery should equal 15-30%.
Please confirm the car was not plugged in and you really meant 2%? Then tell us what magic beans you used!
On my 2022 Model S, left at work (underground parking in SoCal) I lose about 1% every 3 days with sentry mode off only as my only adjustment. On my new model Y, parked in my covers home garage, the loss is at least 3% daily and I can’t figure out why even with sentry off. No extra 3rd party apps and I check once a day via the Tesla app only to follow. I’ve read that having WiFi on in the car also causes more battery drain. Is the possible? The S cannot get WiFi at work while there is an access point in my home garage for the Y. At home I left the Y plugged in to keep the car charged but don’t want to have to do this as the wife’s SUV has to be moved out.
I left my Model 3 parked for two and a half months and it lost 12%. Why couldn’t you leave your Y at the airport for two weeks?
heh no magic beans and I suppose to be fair it was more like 26 days but yes I left at 89% came back was 87% temps were 50-60 FahrenheitHard to believe you lost only 2% total over a one month time period. Most people report losing something like 400-800 Wh / day depending on the model. Over 30-days that should be 12-24 kWh, which if you have a 80 kWh battery should equal 15-30%.
Please confirm the car was not plugged in and you really meant 2%? Then tell us what magic beans you used!
ucmndd
Well-Known Member
That’s a very high estimate and doesn’t match anything I’ve ever seen in 7+ years.
I’ve left my car for many weeks at a time and lost maybe 5% max in normal circumstances.
ATPMSD
Active Member
My 2023 MYP consumes about 800 watts per day with Sentry off. My prior car was a 2020 MS LRP with about the same daily consumption.
Sorry for the correction - it's Watt hours per day. That's pretty excessive standby consumption, in my opinion. Our X might be close to that, but the 3s are definitely much, much lower.
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