Technical battery drain issue.. Please help!

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Re: Technical battery drain issue.. Please help!

Post by PetrolDave » Sat Nov 19, 2011 11:36 am

merlinus98 wrote:
PetrolDave wrote:...
then the first thing to check is if the RNS-E has any CAN bus fault codes (it's a CAN bus message that tells the RNS-E to turn off).
The RNS-E turns on when you UNLOCK the car, and stays on until either 30 minutes after you turn the igniton off or you LOCK the car (whichever happens first)...
I had this kind of problem, due to a faulty iPod or bluetoth adapter that sometime cut the CAN bus: my RNS-E didn't turn on/off automatically, if I turned on manually, it stopped itself after 30mn, stay on even 5mn after I stop and lock the car (and anything else stopped) !
And my battery had a big drain... ;)

iPod adapter unmounted, bluetooth rewired, original battery (5 years old) changed: all is ok :)
Any device that blocks the Infotainment CAN bus can cause the on/off message to be blocked, so it's worth checking all the dvices on the Infotainment CAN bus.

The other thing that has been known to cause it is a faulty version of the Audi Bluetooth module (version L IIRC), but that's an EU only version should probably isn't the problem that 07misanored has.
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Re: Technical battery drain issue.. Please help!

Post by ArthurPE » Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:17 pm

Dave...you know a lot aboiut this shyte...kudo's
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Re: Technical battery drain issue.. Please help!

Post by PetrolDave » Sun Nov 20, 2011 4:04 pm

ArthurPE wrote:Dave...you know a lot aboiut this shyte...kudo's
I've been moderating a website specialising in Audi sat nav retrofitting for many years and been an active member since 2005, so I've learnt more than most about the subject.
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