Help, Summon Standby is Emptying Battery

[Snowstorm]

So I parked my model s 100d with 50% remaining at the airport and left for with plans to return in 8 days. I noticed that idle drain is a frightening 6% a day (~5kwh). I usually get about 1-2% a day of drain but that went way up when summon standby is on. If this keeps up, my battery would be at 5-10% when I return, maybe less if the weather gets colder, which would make it iffy to get home.

Is there a way to then this off remotely? I am about 1200 miles away now...

Summon standby should turn off automatically if your Tesla app shows that you are more than a mile or so from the car.

 

[Big Earl]

So I parked my model s 100d with 50% remaining at the airport and left for with plans to return in 8 days. I noticed that idle drain is a frightening 6% a day (~5kwh). I usually get about 1-2% a day of drain but that went way up when summon standby is on. If this keeps up, my battery would be at 5-10% when I return, maybe less if the weather gets colder, which would make it iffy to get home.

Is there a way to then this off remotely? I am about 1200 miles away now...

Summon standby should turn off automatically if your Tesla app shows that you are more than a mile or so from the car.

It will turn off automatically when the battery reaches 20% state of charge. If that won’t work for you, see if a family member or friend can go to the car and turn it off for you.

 

[Snowstorm]

I just called Tesla support and they cannot turn off summon standby remotely. They are not sure if it will turn off at 20%. This really needs to be fixed.

 

[Uncle Paul]

Standby works 24/7 to keep your car alert and connected. This takes significant juice and is good to remind the rest of us to turn off all the extra gadgets when the car is going to be stored for any length of time.

Best if the car is allowed to go into hibernation with most items shut down to preserve the battery for the owners return.

Merry Christmas to all out Tesla friends.

Paul

 

[ucmndd]

Summon standby is the stupidest “default on” feature Tesla has released in a long long time.

 

[Snowstorm]

It has it uses... but needs to be geofences and likely time fused. I don’t notice the drain on a daily basis because it is off at home and I plug in at work. At the airport, it is terrible. I hope it auto turns off at 20% so I don’t go back to a dead car.

 

[boaterva]

Perhaps a profile for traveling that has things like this disabled? I think it’s stored in the profile....

We turned it off, anyway, as we never use Summon.

 

[Snowstorm]

Perhaps a profile for traveling that has things like this disabled? I think it’s stored in the profile....

We turned it off, anyway, as we never use Summon.

That’s a good idea. But one needs to remember to use it, so it should be automatic or able to be set remotely. It is as if my car is idling for days on end now.

 

[JamesPolk]

So much for "sustainable transport" when our cars are burning 5kwh just sitting still. That would increase my 7 person household consumption by 30% doing absolutely nothing. This shouldn't even by an option if thats the price. Multiply this over the fleet and it's an immense waste of energy. I would need to add 1400 watts of solar just to power summon standby. Joke.

 

[mswlogo]

So much for "sustainable transport" when our cars are burning 5kwh just sitting still. That would increase my 7 person household consumption by 30% doing absolutely nothing. This shouldn't even by an option if thats the price. Multiply this over the fleet and it's an immense waste of energy. I would need to add 1400 watts of solar just to power summon standby. Joke.

I agree. And folks that know it’s usage will still use it because they don’t know how to put things in context like you just did.

Doesn’t this defeat Tesla’s mission?

If you can’t do something reasonably efficient then don’t do it all.

 

[boaterva]

That’s a good idea. But one needs to remember to use it, so it should be automatic or able to be set remotely. It is as if my car is idling for days on end now.

Definitely having more things in the app (or maybe TeslaFi since it has access to the API) would be an excellent idea.

 

[mswlogo]

Definitely having more things in the app (or maybe TeslaFi since it has access to the API) would be an excellent idea.

That’s the real need. Anything that can draw above base power should be controllable remotely.

Any other option allows for human error.

There are cases you might want to use that power legitimately but you might even have a change of plans while away.

 

[ramonneke]

First of all, you can disable sentry mode via the app, second, sentry mode can be configured to only be turned on manually.

 

[ucmndd]

First of all, you can disable sentry mode via the app, second, sentry mode can be configured to only be turned on manually.

Third, we’re talking about summon here, not sentry.

 

[Snowstorm]

Third, we’re talking about summon here, not sentry.

Yes, this is about summon standby. It is eating about 5kwh a day. There should really be a warning about that. I wish this would be gel fenced so it is only on if your app is within a mile of your car.

The Tesla rep on the phone also thought it was sentry mode and asked me to turn it off from the app. He then realized that it wasn’t and cannot be remotely auctioned. Though he think it turns off at 20% state of charge. If it does then I will have 12% upon return. Otherwise, I will return to a dead battery. This all started at a 50% state of charge.

The power drain of 5kwh/day is really not acceptable and irresponsible. I didn’t realized it as I don’t generally park for long outside of work or home, and it is disabled at favourite locations by default. I will likely never use it again.

 

[sceptic]

I'm amazed that you got to a live person on support - how did you do that?
Tesla badly needs a "long term parking" mode that turns off all the battery draining settings!!!! Shouldn't be that hard.

I just called Tesla support and they cannot turn off summon standby remotely. They are not sure if it will turn off at 20%. This really needs to be fixed.

 

[ramonneke]

Ok, what is Summon Standby? How do you activate or disable this mode?

 

[mswlogo]

Ok, what is Summon Standby? How do you activate or disable this mode?

Tesla releases new 'Standby mode' to make Enhanced Summon faster - Electrek

 

[Big Earl]

Ok, what is Summon Standby? How do you activate or disable this mode?

Settings > Autopilot > Summon Standby

 

[Snowstorm]

The issue is that you cannot disable it remotely. So if you left it on accidentally when you park it at the airport and leave for a week, you will loose 5-6kwh a day. I am loosing 6% charge a day, already down to 30% started at 50%, expected to come back to 4-6%. The only hope is for it to shut off automatically at 20% like sentry mode or overhear protection. I am not sure if it will happen though.