Obdii Bluetooth plug and battery drain

[VicRattlehead]

I’m using one of those Bluetooth obdi plugs and the car scanner app and I’ve had it 3 weeks and had dead battery after a week ford replaced and now I’m getting message stating battery drain remote features disabled etc. I’m guessing these are related but wanted to hear if anyone else is having issue. Truck goes back next week to dealer to check out again. No time til then

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[Bob The Builder]

May I suggest unplugging the OBD widget and see if the problem persists.

 

[VicRattlehead]

May I suggest unplugging the OBD widget and see if the problem persists.

Dang it why didn’t I think of that.

 

[Maverick_Innovation_Designs]

Same issue but confirmed it was highly unlikely to be caused by the OBD2 reader. On one day, it dropped about 5% battery compared to the next where it dropped 45%. When I checked on the OBD2 reader, it seems to also power off after a certain amount of time of inactivity or it detects the vehicle has been parked for a while (5min?)

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