Model 3 LR AWD vampire drain in the cold

[alexstoev]

My couple of weeks old TM3 LR AWD is experiencing some vampire drain and wanted to share my numbers. I know sentry needs energy so this morning I turned it off and decided to check up on the car every hour (I know I would be waking her up).
Here are my findings:
10:00 - 372km
12:00 - 368km (4km lost in 2 hours)
15:00 - 363km (9km lost in 5 hours)
The weather is not that bad - it was about -1C around 10 and now (15:25) is about +1C in west Mississauga.

So here is the million dollars question - is this normal? I doubt it, but what do you guys think? I wanted to see what your experience is before I contact Tesla. With this type of vampire drain I don't even want to think what's going to happen when the real winter starts and we hit -40C.

 

[p-f-g]

is this normal?

If you wake up the car every hour, yes...

No doubt the range will be (much) less with low temperatures but "vampire" drain, I see no reason and it's not the case for me with temperature around 5°C.

 

[sheamurai]

yup. Normal. Expect 30% loss in the cold. Expect even more loss when it's stupid cold (the -40 you referred to, which I doubt you'll see in Mississauga). You'll lose a bit of range when you put your snow's on as well.

 

[Casmium]

Also when it's very cold and you get the snowflake icon next to the battery you will see a larger drop but once the battery warms up you'll get an increase.

 

[bolero]

nothing to worry about.

 

[Manitoba Keith]

Also when it's very cold and you get the snowflake icon next to the battery you will see a larger drop but once the battery warms up you'll get an increase.

First time I saw that snowflake was today but it is only -15! Pretty blue like it was freezing LOL.
Yeh sure, -40 in Mississauga HA HA HA

 

[alexstoev]

-15 is nothing special. Well it is a bit early but what can we do?
BTW we had seen -40 in Southern Ontario with the wind chill factor of course.

Back to my original question - I found another post here discussing the standby for the smart summon which will keep the car awake. It looks like this is the real culprit. I should have done my initial search before posting here. Thanks everybody for the fast responses.

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