Received My First "Remote Features Disabled To Preserve Battery" Message

[MORSNO]

Our car (8-month-old 2025 Reserve II) was only sitting in our garage for a couple days when I received this message on my phone and noticed that the car was in like a preserve battery mode. What has been your experience when parking at an airport for a couple weeks? Was the battery dead or did the preserve mode hold enough battery power to start the car? Am I going to have to purchase and carry a NOCO battery jump pack everywhere?

We did drive the car yesterday on a 50-mile trip without any issue and everything was working fine afterwards, but now I'm questioning how long the car can sit for before the battery is actually dead.

 

[NJRonbo]

I can't give you a definitive answer but here is my opinion...

I have been part of this community for a few years. I have read about several instances where people get into their Lincoln vehicles, and it's completely dead.

So, reading your post, it's a situation I have seen time and time again and one that has been of major concern to me to the point that I have my dealer check the charge of my battery every 6-9 months that I take it in for an oil change.

For some reason, when left idle for a long period, the batteries in these vehicles seem to die.

And this is not exclusive to Lincoln vehicles. I have seen a post or two in the Lexus community with the same issue.

I think that the electronics in these vehicles remain active even when the car is not in use. There has also been speculation that if you keep your key fob stored on a table in your home, and it's too close to the vehicle, it's continued communication with the vehicle can drain the battery. I have read people buying faraday bags to store their keys in to prevent that from happening.

 

[B_A_H]

It's pretty common. You get that message along with auto stop/start deactivating. It happened to me and the dealer installed a new battery and it was fine afterward.

 

[ColonelColt]

Modern cars are nothing but rolling computers...everything is drawing amperage. Depending on the car one realistically expect a mont of sitting before the battery is depleted.