Battery Saver

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2006 Mercury Milan, 2006 Lincoln Zephyr, and 2006 Ford Fusion. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

The battery saver is internal to the SJB and provides automatic shutoff of the demand lamps (vanity lamps, map lamps and glove compartment lamp) and courtesy lamps after a period of 30 minutes (10 minutes if the lights are on due to a door ajar) has elapsed in order to save battery voltage. A timer in the SJB starts when the ignition is turned to the OFF position. When the time-out period for the lamps has elapsed, the voltage is automatically shutoff to the lamps by the battery saver. While the battery saver has voltage disabled, if the ignition is turned to any position other than OFF, a door becomes ajar, the UNLOCK button of the RKE transmitter is pressed, or the keypad is used to lock the vehicle, the battery saver will restore voltage and start the timer again.