Vehicle "goes to sleep" is the best way I can sum up my problem but let me explain in detail...
This seems to be an intermittent problem - sometimes when I open the driver's door while the vehicle is off, I have no interior lights and pressing the rear hatch release or door unlock button, nothing happens. Almost like the battery rundown protection has kicked in. But what's strange is this can happen within a couple minutes of shutting off the engine. A couple of examples of what I'm noticing:
1.) I'll park in the garage, open the door and get out, close the door (interior lights go off after a couple of seconds). I come back in a minute or two, open the door and no interior lights, hatch release button doesn't work, and power door unlock button doesn't work. Pressing a button on the keyfob (hatch release or door unlock) wakes the vehicle up!
2.) Park the vehicle, open the door, hit the lock button, all interior lights extinguish immediately while the door is open (and now cannot open the hatch with the inside button or unlock the doors with the power door unlock button).
3.) After driving then shutting off the engine, open the driver's door and the radio does not shut off or interior lights illuminate. Opening and closing the door several times does nothing, have to open the passenger door to shut off the radio. (NOTE: this is rare but does happen occasionally)
At first I was thinking a bad door switch on the driver's door; the vehicle wasn't seeing the driver's door as "open". But doesn't explain, to me, why the battery rundown seems to kick in within a minute or two like in example #1 above or why the vehicle goes to sleep immediately like in example #2. And again, these problems are intermittent - I'll walk out there right now and everything is fine. Two minutes later, I've got a problem. Any thoughts on what the issue here is?
Another odd electrical behavior I've noticed is right when I start the vehicle, the voltage gauge is a little low on voltage for about 3 seconds then kicks up to a "normal" voltage - don't know if this is related or not.
This seems to be an intermittent problem - sometimes when I open the driver's door while the vehicle is off, I have no interior lights and pressing the rear hatch release or door unlock button, nothing happens. Almost like the battery rundown protection has kicked in. But what's strange is this can happen within a couple minutes of shutting off the engine. A couple of examples of what I'm noticing:
1.) I'll park in the garage, open the door and get out, close the door (interior lights go off after a couple of seconds). I come back in a minute or two, open the door and no interior lights, hatch release button doesn't work, and power door unlock button doesn't work. Pressing a button on the keyfob (hatch release or door unlock) wakes the vehicle up!
2.) Park the vehicle, open the door, hit the lock button, all interior lights extinguish immediately while the door is open (and now cannot open the hatch with the inside button or unlock the doors with the power door unlock button).
3.) After driving then shutting off the engine, open the driver's door and the radio does not shut off or interior lights illuminate. Opening and closing the door several times does nothing, have to open the passenger door to shut off the radio. (NOTE: this is rare but does happen occasionally)
At first I was thinking a bad door switch on the driver's door; the vehicle wasn't seeing the driver's door as "open". But doesn't explain, to me, why the battery rundown seems to kick in within a minute or two like in example #1 above or why the vehicle goes to sleep immediately like in example #2. And again, these problems are intermittent - I'll walk out there right now and everything is fine. Two minutes later, I've got a problem. Any thoughts on what the issue here is?
Another odd electrical behavior I've noticed is right when I start the vehicle, the voltage gauge is a little low on voltage for about 3 seconds then kicks up to a "normal" voltage - don't know if this is related or not.