Climate after exiting stays on for hours

[MattM76]

Hi all,

We have an odd issue with our MY. The climate (fans) seems to stay on even after leaving the car.

The mirrors are folded and the car toots to say it’s locked. A while later, when going back to the car, it’s still locked but the fans are roaring.

The only way to prevent this occurring is to remember to turn off the climate before leaving the car.

I’ve searched the forum but most results are from 2019 or people saying it’s the battery cooling or the keep cabin cool feature.

Worth noting it’s about 15c here in England and the car isn’t hot inside. It’s definitely the fans for the climate roaring as tapping the climate off button in the car stops it instantly.

Any pointers welcome.

Also camping mode and dog mode is not on.

 

[Roy B]

There was a change a while ago so that if you turn climate on (at least if you turn it on in the app - not sure about if you turn it on in the car) it stays on even if you enter and exit the car. It's so that you can turn climate on prior to a journey and not have it keep turning off as you load the car, etc. Personally I find the change helpful. IME it only happens if you don't actually drive the car. If the car has been driven since you turned climate on then it turns off normally when you exit.

(As a separate note, the car can sometimes perform thermal management for a significant period after a long drive - but that's not climate control.)

 

[init6]

Also camping mode and dog mode is not on.

Do you have Keep Climate On - on?

 

[MattM76]

Do you have Keep Climate On - on?

No, it’s not on.

 

[MrT3]

Does it show the climate is on in the app?

Try a power down to reboot the systems. If it still does it then log a service request.

 

[MattM76]

Cheers. I’ll do that. I was just curious to know if I’d missed something.

It doesn’t happen all the time but it is quite frequent.

 

[Burley]

Our M3 often runs the fans for 20 mins or so after exiting the car. It’s not the interior ones running and it’s not using heat or cooling, I think it is just passing air across the condensor to dry it out and prevent it getting mouldy etc.

 

[scriptedpixels]

I’ve noticed this too, thought it was just something they call do after a drive. Will keep an eye on the app & in car settings & see when it stops. Would rather it didn’t try to drain the battery!

 

[MrBadger]

As above. Tesla introduced a software fix to stop air con causing car to smell bad. Just do a forum wide search for ‘vomit’.

 

[init6]

IWill keep an eye on the app & in car settings & see when it stops. Would rather it didn’t try to drain the battery!

If you keep checking the app it will drain the battery

 

[scriptedpixels]

If you keep checking the app it will drain the battery

Haha yea I’m aware of that too

 

[MattBCL]

Hi MattM76. I’m a little further up the A1 than yourself (Newark) but have the exact same issue with my new Model Y. Did you ever get to the bottom of what was causing it?

 

[Adopado]

Hi MattM76. I’m a little further up the A1 than yourself (Newark) but have the exact same issue with my new Model Y. Did you ever get to the bottom of what was causing it?

The answer is 4 posts up: Climate after exiting stays on for hours

 

[MattBCL]

The answer is 4 posts up: Climate after exiting stays on for hours

The answer is 4 posts up: Climate after exiting stays on for hours

 

[MattBCL]

Apologies for that double posting above (fat fingers). It does this though for maybe an hour after just a 5-10 minute drive and it’s noisy as hell next to my office window. It also keeps the interior temp set at 20 degrees C - which I haven’t asked for. Everything is deactivated in the App and on screen (keep mode etc). For some reason it thinks I want it kept at 20 degrees. Bluetooth shows as connected - which had me wondering, but it’s locked and so I’m reasonably far away and I think should go to sleep.

 

[Adopado]

Apologies for that double posting above (fat fingers). It does this though for maybe an hour after just a 5-10 minute drive and it’s noisy as hell next to my office window. It also keeps the interior temp set at 20 degrees C - which I haven’t asked for. Everything is deactivated in the App and on screen (keep mode etc). For some reason it thinks I want it kept at 20 degrees. Bluetooth shows as connected - which had me wondering, but it’s locked and so I’m reasonably far away and I think should go to sleep.

I can't say for sure if there's something extra going on here but I would expect that you could (as a workaround) switch off the climate control manually before leaving the car or via the app.

 

[init6]

it’s noisy as hell next to my office window.

Bluetooth shows as connected - which had me wondering, but it’s locked and so I’m reasonably far away and I think should go to sleep.

If you can hear it from your office window I'd question if you are far enough away.
What type of phone do you have? There are reports of some Android phones having a long enough range to keep the car awake.
Teslafi or Teslamate would show you very quickly if the car is not going to sleep properly.

 

[MattBCL]

If you can hear it from your office window I'd question if you are far enough away.
What type of phone do you have? There are reports of some Android phones having a long enough range to keep the car awake.
Teslafi or Teslamate would show you very quickly if the car is not going to sleep properly.

Makes no difference though if I switch off my iPhone’s Bluetooth (was my first thought also).

 

[_MJF_]

What type of phone do you have? There are reports of some Android phones having a long enough range to keep the car awake.

Can't be 100% sure but never had the feeling that the car was being kept awake by a long-range bluetooth connection, certainly not noticed any battery drain like you do when sentry is on.

Seems like there are two levels of connection, close enough so someone could unlock the car if they tried, and further away the app still claims to be connected even though you wouldn't be able to unlock the car at that distance. But, I do try to not spend much time under the former condition, for obvious reasons.

 

[Adopado]

Teslafi or Teslamate would show you very quickly if the car is not going to sleep properly.

I’ll add Tessie to that list …