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I have a 2022 Tucson gasoline model with under 4000 miles that I have had for about a year with absolutely no issues. Recently went away for two weeks leaving the Tucson in my garage and returned to a completely dead battery such that I had to extract the metal key from the fob and open the door manually to pop the hood open. I had turned everything off (as far as I know) and locked the car. Had to have it jump started and drove it to the dealer I purchased it from. They kept it for a day, charged the battery and declared that it had been drained and was perfectly good to go.
All well and good, but when I asked why the battery drained and what I could do to prevent this in the future, the answer was essentially all of the electronics drained the battery and there was nothing short of having someone come in and run the car for some undefined period of time to charge the battery back up.
Not exactly the response I was expecting. Searching online, I have found little on battery drain on gasoline Tucsons (perhaps I have not phrased my questions correctly) beyond the following:
1. If you have a key FOB and the car is not locked, the two constantly ‘ping’ each other and introduce an accelerated drain on the car battery.
2. The Hyundai bluelink system is always draining the battery a bit.
3. Turn the "auto on" light switch to the off position to prevent battery drain.
Does anyone have any other suggestions on what I should do to prevent the battery from draining in the future? Thanks.
All well and good, but when I asked why the battery drained and what I could do to prevent this in the future, the answer was essentially all of the electronics drained the battery and there was nothing short of having someone come in and run the car for some undefined period of time to charge the battery back up.
Not exactly the response I was expecting. Searching online, I have found little on battery drain on gasoline Tucsons (perhaps I have not phrased my questions correctly) beyond the following:
1. If you have a key FOB and the car is not locked, the two constantly ‘ping’ each other and introduce an accelerated drain on the car battery.
2. The Hyundai bluelink system is always draining the battery a bit.
3. Turn the "auto on" light switch to the off position to prevent battery drain.
Does anyone have any other suggestions on what I should do to prevent the battery from draining in the future? Thanks.