You’re entitled to your opinion but IMO there’s no excuse Ford. Mine goes into sleep about 7 days without driving. Woefully underpowered charging system is my guess. An average vehicle owner should have no business dealing with a trickle charger. If I wanted to plug something in l would have bought an EV.There is a butt load of modules in vehicles now a days and the draw on the battery it pretty crazy. So the ECM is programmed to start shutting things down to preserve battery and if not started long enough it goes into deep sleep so it will start when you finally show up with the key. Ever "listen" to your Bronc after you shut it off??? It is almost like A.I. talking to itself.
One thing I will say if you do NOT have your Bronc on a tender then when you do drive it, after setting, I suggest starting letting it run for 20 mins with nothing on and it will put a charge back into the battery from setting. I see this quite often in todays world because people only drive a couple of miles and then shut the car off and don't drive it again for a week. Next thing you know they think they need a battery because the car won't start. Problem is the car "locks" you out because your battery is getting low on charge and not being recharged. Keep the battery charged and no issues. "Driving to church on Sunday" and letting it set all week will shut these new cars down after a while. Not enough charge going back into the battery.
The other thing I see more now is people setting in their cars with the cell phone plugged in and the radio playing and the car not running. BIG no-no. "Well I only did it during my 1/2 hour lunch break". "I understand, but you also do not put enough charge back in it from starting it up this morning, only driving a mile or two and shutting it off".
Just letting ya'all in on what I see on a daily basis.
Have to agree. I see this often, car is started then driven 2 miles to take kids to school, shut off in front of school (it’s a no-idle zone), started up to drive back home. Started to go pick kids up from school, shut off waiting for them to come out, started again and driven back home. The next day, same thing. After a couple of weeks of this in the dead of winter, car won’t start, or at least level of charge is low enough it goes into deep sleep. I don’t think anything on the road will do that without the battery giving up.There is a butt load of modules in vehicles now a days and the draw on the battery it pretty crazy. So the ECM is programmed to start shutting things down to preserve battery and if not started long enough it goes into deep sleep so it will start when you finally show up with the key. Ever "listen" to your Bronc after you shut it off??? It is almost like A.I. talking to itself.
One thing I will say if you do NOT have your Bronc on a tender then when you do drive it, after setting, I suggest starting letting it run for 20 mins with nothing on and it will put a charge back into the battery from setting. I see this quite often in todays world because people only drive a couple of miles and then shut the car off and don't drive it again for a week. Next thing you know they think they need a battery because the car won't start. Problem is the car "locks" you out because your battery is getting low on charge and not being recharged. Keep the battery charged and no issues. "Driving to church on Sunday" and letting it set all week will shut these new cars down after a while. Not enough charge going back into the battery.
The other thing I see more now is people setting in their cars with the cell phone plugged in and the radio playing and the car not running. BIG no-no. "Well I only did it during my 1/2 hour lunch break". "I understand, but you also do not put enough charge back in it from starting it up this morning, only driving a mile or two and shutting it off".
Just letting ya'all in on what I see on a daily basis.
I’ve been seeing 5-7 days as well. I’m sure my short trip driving patterns are not helping the situation, but my wife’s Tiguan handles it no problem. There’s no way an average buyer should need a trickle charger.
