Driving ICE car forgot to shut off engine

[live2veg]

Anyone do this? Visiting my father for the holiday and drove his Honda Ridgeline and left his engine on twice. Once for two-half hours in a sketchy part of Sacramento only to come back with the engine on and the doors unlocked. Luckily the truck was still there My Tesla has wrecked me from driving a non-EV.

 

[Madsen203]

Yes. Same with putting it into Park

 

[kc1953]

Yes. Same with putting it into Park

Better not try one pedal driving with ICE vehicle!

 

[Madsen203]

Better not try one pedal driving with ICE vehicle!

That’s easier to adjust to than turning it off or reaching for keys. Same with reverse to drive transitions that dont require a complete stop in the Tesla.

 

[MY-Y]

All the time. I have said to my van many times: "Why didn't you turn yourself off?" "Why didn't you lock the doors?" "Why didn't you auto open my garage door?"

 

[jcanoe]

Forgetting to turn off an ICE vehicle has proven to be deadly if you do this while parked in an attached home garage. It is not just an issue with conventional ICE vehicles. GM had to reprogram the Gen2 Chevy Volt to automatically turn off after 2.5 hours. Some Chevy Volt owners were forgetting to power off the Volt vehicle. (There is a large power button in the Gen2 Volt but the Power button is hidden by the steering wheel.) If the driver left the Volt powered on the high voltage battery would run down after some hours, then the Volt would start the ICE to maintain the battery at the minimum charge. This created a situation where carbon monoxide fumes could build up in the garage and eventually enter the home living space.

 

[Jsvette56]

Did this often with my wife's Prius. She come out to the car in the morning with the radio still playing.

 

[Fourdoor]

Anyone do this? Visiting my father for the holiday and drove his Honda Ridgeline and left his engine on twice. Once for two-half hours in a sketchy part of Sacramento only to come back with the engine on and the doors unlocked. Luckily the truck was still there My Tesla has wrecked me from driving a non-EV.

The local criminals thought it was a bait car

Keith

 

[CaseyL]

Yes. Same with putting it into Park

Yes. I was actually getting out of our Honda Pilot and it was still in Drive. I had been siting with my foot on the brake.

 

[Midnightsun]

Done it a few times. As for the park thing, luckily my newer ice car does go into park if the door is opened when stopped or I would have done that one also. Good news is it should not happen any more since we now have 2 Teslas.

 

[Kandiru]

Yep, you realize how good you have it in a Tesla as soon as you get into a smoker.

 

[preilly44]

Years ago I left our Prius at Costco unlocked and running for over 2 hours!

I hate driving ICE now.

 

[andaconda]

Did it a couple of times in our Rav4 hybrid. Good thing the car beeped at me after I shut the door.

 

[Midnightsun]

I hate driving ICE now.

I joke with my friends claiming when driving an ICE car, it feels like something is broken which is not far from the truth.

 

[MrJeep997]

Better not try one pedal driving with ICE vehicle!

Every single time I get in the Jeep it scares me the first time for a split second: whoa why is this thing not slowing down with my foot off the gas?!?

 

[EVer Hopeful]

I've left the PriusV running a couple of times - fortunately in front of the house in the burbs

I've also driven manual transmission rental vehicles and been alarmed at the noise and bucking and jumping they do when I come to a red light. Sometimes I've got the clutch in in time ... sometimes not

 

[mrwug]

Not looking forward to my next rental car after getting my MYLR in November. I'd get slightly annoyed by cars where I had to take the key out of my pocket to unlock or start the car. I can only imagine my indignation when I have to actually turn the thing off!

 

[RyMY]

This also happened to a lot of people when they purchased new cars with smart keyless and push button start.

The one pedal driving is easier for manual transmission drivers to adapt to. Engine braking by downshifting.

 

[Mulkogi]

I do this with my dad’s highlander hybrid. It’s specially when you put it in park and engine is not running since its a hybrid.

 

[SparkyTX]

I was on a trip back in August last year and kept activating the windshield wipers (right stalk) in my rental ICE when I was trying to shift gears. Yeah, I get way too used to the car I drive and normal actions become automatic over time. It took me a day or so to stop triggering the wipers when trying to shift into reverse.