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From: Bill on 1 Nov 2006 13:49 <mrv(a)kluge.net> wrote in message news:1162404008.238639.200310(a)h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... (Too easy for owner-caused problems, > like leaving the headlights on overnight to drain the 12v battery, for > example.) How does one do that? I'm thinking it's possible but difficult unless one sleeps in their car.
From: mrv@kluge.net on 1 Nov 2006 17:55 Bill wrote: > <mrv(a)kluge.net> wrote in message > news:1162404008.238639.200310(a)h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > (Too easy for owner-caused problems, > > like leaving the headlights on overnight to drain the 12v battery, for > > example.) > > How does one do that? I'm thinking it's possible but difficult unless one > sleeps in their car. My husband actually did this on my US 2001... Turn off car, open door, turn on headlight switch. (since the door is already open, the auto-off doesn't trigger, but he didn't realize this at the time, though he was doing me a favor and returning my car the way he found it... thankfully a neighbor alerted him within the hour that the lights were on, and he corrected the problem before (barely) I needed a jumpstart...) Non-North American models do not have the auto-off headlight feature, either... But the much more common method is to leave a map/courtesy light on overnight, or to accidentially leave a door open which leaves the dome light on overnight (usually the rear hatch/rear dome light on the NHW20).
From: Bill on 1 Nov 2006 19:02
<mrv(a)kluge.net> wrote in message news:1162421707.682358.45610(a)h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > > Bill wrote: >> <mrv(a)kluge.net> wrote in message >> news:1162404008.238639.200310(a)h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... >> (Too easy for owner-caused problems, >> > like leaving the headlights on overnight to drain the 12v battery, for >> > example.) >> >> How does one do that? I'm thinking it's possible but difficult unless >> one >> sleeps in their car. > > My husband actually did this on my US 2001... Turn off car, open door, > turn on headlight switch. (since the door is already open, the > auto-off doesn't trigger, but he didn't realize this at the time, > though he was doing me a favor and returning my car the way he found > it... thankfully a neighbor alerted him within the hour that the > lights were on, and he corrected the problem before (barely) I needed a > jumpstart...) Non-North American models do not have the auto-off > headlight feature, either... > > But the much more common method is to leave a map/courtesy light on > overnight, or to accidentially leave a door open which leaves the dome > light on overnight (usually the rear hatch/rear dome light on the > NHW20). > Murphy's law strikes again! |