Utility mode and dog owners --great tip.

Since this post is from a European owner (no blue-link) I believe we should be able to do the same without removing the key, but using the app to lock/unlock the car.

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Well If you did that where I live in Victoria you can be assure a broken widow would happen regardless of the air conditioning being on. So it's best to leave the dogs at home on a hot day.

 

so utility mode turns off if you leave the car with the fob?

 

The manual isn’t very descriptive about utility mode. I assume from this thread that utility mode will not operate unless the fob is left in the vehicle. I also assume that just activating climate on bluelink (assuming it is behaving itself) from the phone will not use the big battery? Anyone know the answers to these questions.

 

I am sure if you remote start the climate it is the big battery. However, it will turn off automatically after 10 minutes! (It will send you a text/push notification)

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In this area we have several Drive-in movie theaters still operating, and I love going a couple times each summer. I plan to make good use of Utility Mode and run the A/C and stay comfy while watching films. If it's cool I prefer windows down... except so many people smoke around here if I'm near a smoker it has to be windows up for me. Love that we can run the car and the a/c without any noise or exhaust bothering anyone else.

 

Tonight is my first trek to a drive-in this year, can't wait to use Utility Mode tonight. I'm assuming it'll basically be as if the car is "on" except you can't shift into drive and leave, from what I read in the manual. So basically everything is available, A/C and radio being the most important.

 

I tried it the other day and it kept yelling at me that it's draining the battery and I should switch it into drive mode. Anybody else had that problem?

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That sucks, how much juice did you have when you started using it? I'm at 100% and will probably still be above 90 by the time I get parked at the drive in. Also, what all were you using, like did you have the a/c on for a long time, or did the warnings start pretty much right away?

 

I waited for my wife in a parking lot to get an appointment done and had AC and radio going. That was it. I don't remember the state of charge. But it kept giving me that message.

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I’ve only tried utility mode a couple of times and never had any warnings

 

Just so we're on the same page: utility mode is when you push the start button workout pressing the brake and it turns on but doesn't show you the green car with double arrow underneath it. Correct?

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No, it's under Settings -> Utility Mode. This switches to using the big battery. Just pressing the start button without the brake uses the 12V battery.

 

No you have to select it from the menu using the keys on the right side of the steering wheel. I realized tonight that you weren't in Utility mode when I saw the same message about draining the battery - that only comes up if you're using the regular car battery under the hood like all cars have.

 

What you were using is typically called "Accessory mode" in ICE cars, I'm not sure what Hyundai calls it but it's basically the same thing I think. You use the 12V battery as Canada Dan mentioned. Utility mode is for camping and such, opens up the main battery pack for running everything instead. I used a/c and then heat even to defrost the windshield and with the air running all night I think my GOM mileage dropped about 10 miles in 4 hours. Not bad at all.

 

Well, that would explain that

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