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Originally Posted by tnsig
I'm curious to know how many people sit in the car without starting it and listen to music or talk on your cell phone (using the bluetooth feature)? I occasionally do this during my lunch hour in my other car. I only ask because I wonder how the battery will fair if done on a regular basis?
I've never had a problem doing this in my other car and didn't know if this would be a problem in the TCH?
Thanks everyone.
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If you've been driving the car, and you're parked the car will drop to battery and you can run any/all accessories you'd like, it will run off the main NiMH battery (not the 12v). If you use Eco mode, you can run A/C, heating, defrosters all without major impact to power draw from the battery.
If you start the car from off, it will start up the engine and will run it until the battery is either charged or batteries are warmed up.
IMO, it's not intuitive, and I may be doing it the difficult way, but at least it's possible.
To place the car in accessory mode without killing it and pressing the START button with your foot off the break, I place my car in Neutral, open the driver door and press START. The button lights up orange, and changes over the accessory mode. I then put it in Park and it will stay in Accessory mode until the fob walks away (me) or I turn it off.