Eco mode?

[nicpy]

I see that to some extent this has been discussed before, but Eco Mode seems to cut in very quickly. I know my battery is good so should have more than adequate reserves of power. As it is, it is not even possible to have the radio on for more than a few minutes of so without the engine running. As understand it eco mode comes in when the battery voltage drops down to a certain level, the question arises, "Is this level adjustable, if not on the car, but by the dealers?"

 

[drdino]

Forgive me for asking, but how do you know the battery is good?

 

[DKZ5745]

I haven't heard anywhere that the eco mode threshold is adjustable. I think it is a set level fixed in the ecu software.

You could try asking at your local main stealers, but they probably won't know what eco mode is :wtf:

 

[nicpy]

Forgive me for asking, but how do you know the battery is good?

The battery that was originally on the car did the same thing, I swapped for a two year old Bosch battery on our other car on which I did a trickle charge, allowed the surface charge to settle, then did a voltage test with two different multimeters which were showing just slightly over 12 volts. I fairness I really should have done a battery drain test, as soon as I can I will.

 

[drdino]

Did the replacement battery have the same specs?

 

[nicpy]

Did the replacement battery have the same specs?

indeed it did, in fact a marginaly higher amp/hour rating.