FWIW....
To remote start the truck first has to lock the doors and checks to see if hood is latched securely (in the second latch position). If any door is open and or hood is not completely closed Remote start is terminated.
I didn’t get the impression he remote started, vehicles shouldn't spontaneously start under any circumstance.
He stated that he did not start it. But it is possible that he or the prior owner could possibly have done so. Lots of speculation on possibilities of how and why it could have done so it's more likely that an instructed start occured than a spontaneous self start occured. RE: My wife once said "I think I just started the Red Puppy aka red Maverick What do I DO Now?". I have not left my maverick im "extended accessory mode" so I am unaware of if it's possible for ice to cycle or not in that mode. Would be logical that it could? Truck would not necessarily have to be in ready to drive if programed to do just add 10% to HVB.
Yep. From this thread I learned the Hybrid does have that auto start feature for battery charging while the Ecoboost does not.
I'm saying a "remote start" can last for 1 minute, yes. 100% true. There's no reason to run the engine for cooling. Only heating. Or, possibly recharging, which takes 1 minute.
So, on a Hybrid, unlike when I use Ford Pass to "remote start" my EcoBoost Maverick when leaving a restaurant, it runs only for 1 minute? Are we maybe thinking of "remote start" differently?
When you remote start a hybrid it runs "as needed". There is a maximum time limit, but no minimum time limit. And by run I mean runs the gasoline engine for no set number of minutes.
Is it an attached garage??? I would park it outside until I knew what was going on. Of course, with Ford, that could take years.As mentioned by another, the gas engine in a hybrid only runs when necessary. Even on 'remote start'. If you press it in the FordPass app, the car will turn on. But it doesn't start the engine. Once it goes through the boot-up and starts activating and checking all its sensors if it needs to, it will fire up the gas engine. If the battery is too low, the engine starts. if the battery is too cold or hot, the engine starts. If the climate control is turned to 'heat' and the engine is cold, the engine will start. If the climate control is turned off, and there's nothing else affecting normal operation, the maverick will literally just sit in 'standby' waiting for either you to enter the vehicle or the battery to draw down enough to need it to start.
In Hybrid If you have cabin temp set to max cool or max heat the ice does not turn off. When hybrid starts whether attended or remotely the AC is turned on in the same setting as when it was turned off. In the past I have key readied my hybrid to charge the 12 volt and it stays in ready mode and cycles ice to add the 10% to the HVB as needed. Seldom if ever have I seen one ice cycle as short as one minute. But maybe 10 in cold weather. With AC and all lights, radio etc off the ice comes on less frequently. The initial ice run time can vary and I have seen 8 minutes or more presumably to maintain temps of HVB, cats, etc.
