This is why you are supposed to have flares or triangles in your vehicle as part of a safety kit. Very important items to have!
Excellent the vehicle mounted version is much more convenient and as a result it will get used more often. It should help battery last much longer than without using it. The continual draw (from most new vehicles) is harmful and time shortening to battery life. I expect the six-eight hour calibration to allow bms to measure battery health and help detect problems related to storage loss at certain temps, etc. I expect bcm/bms to initiate that calibration periodically. Don't stop using the noco even if your stock battery needs replacing soon as battery damage could already have been done. I had a 2012 Honda crv that are battery in 26-32 months. Last battery installed with noco 5 used about 3 -4 month intervals was still going at 62 months when I sold it.
I finally got an appointment at the dealership on Friday and they said they couldn't duplicate the problem (as expected) however they did reprogram the TCM based on Ford's Special Service Message SSM 51725. https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2023/MC-10237977-0001.pdf
When I had my Maverick in for this problem they also said they could not duplicate the error. When I talked to the tech & service guy I showed them my app with the error message and said why can’t I remote start my Maverick? The tech said that error message didn’t show up in the Maverick log and agreed I should be able to remote start it from the app. They both agreed to hold onto to it and see what they can do.
At the very least your dealership should be checking for any Ford issued TSB's & SSM's that could be related to the issue. If the deep sleep issue continues for me I'll be right back at the dealership asking what the next steps are. But I'm really hoping that the reprogramming of the TCM that the performed will have solved the issue.
To update, I got about a month out of charging the battery before I noticed it leaving the interior lights off or sending me a low power message in the app. So for my daily driving less than 10 miles to work and not much on the weekend, I get about 1 month. I wired in an in-car maintainer, but it takes too long to charge from the low power point, so I might see how it does if I top it off more often than once per month.
Actually there are several threads that talk about the BMS/battery issues for both the ecoboost and the hybrid...
I looked at noco site and the chart shows charge time for a genius1 for a 30ah battery with an soc of 50% to be 72 hours. This will be for a battery by it's lonesome self. The mave battery is about 45ah so at the same soc it will probably take 108 hours. Also since the mave will periodically if not continually use the computer the genius will have to replace those ah's also which will add more time. If you have red blink alternating with the mode light blinking then you need to restart as the noco has detected an anomaly of some kind and is not charging. We do NOT know how the Ford BMS works but with the truck clicking from time to time it might be possible that the computer might be checking 12v BMS occasionally and the genius1 is seeing that 13.5v as an over voltage of battery. Also are you resetting the mave BMS after you are charging the battery. It's possible you may need to run the "up to 8 hour with truck locked battery learn procedure" also. My genius5 can take three days to stop blinking green.
I added the Noco 2A in-car unit, thinking it would be easier than the clamps on my Noco1, but it does take a long time. I made sure to body ground the negative so it is detected by the car, but it does use juice just sitting there like you say. I was convinced just me checking it was a problem. But it is like topping off a beer, the foam dies down and it adds a little more beer, so at some point I just called it fully charged, but it never went solid green while connected to the car. When I charge the battery disconnected from vehicle it goes solid green.
Note: The clamps on the noco have a screw which holds them onto the wires. The 2 amp model to mount into the vehicle has the clamps removed along with a case with screw holes to mount.
hows your battery been lasting now. ive been dealing with the same issue, dealership blaming my dashcam. im tiring of not having my remote start, especially living in canada.
