Battery Disconnected Entire Winter???

[steve911]

Can anyone come up with a reason why I couldn't just disconnect the battery for the winter while the car "hibernates" instead of putting a battery tender on it?

My car garage never gets below 50 degrees even without the garage furnace running so I am not worried about the battery freezing.

Thanks

 

[Y2K5SRT]

The SRT-10 has a built-in "hibernation" mode that should help. I don't have the specs in front of me right now as to what it does, but it is designed to help store the car for longer periods of times without having to disconnect the battery or hook up a tender. I will look it up if nobody posts a better definition here.

 

[SRTJOE]

I was told buy my viper tech that there is a fuse that you can take out that keeps the computer on board but
shuts down all the other not needed electronics.
Like the alarm system etc.

 

[VPRTKMIKE]

Check your owners manual, it will walk you through. The reason not to just disconnect is it will reset all the pcm's memory, then it will have to relearn all the memory.

 

[Viper Specialty]

heres what you do in a 2004:

-get in your car, put the key in the FWD position to allow you to set any controls were you want them, click off the radio, roll up the windows, etc.

-take the key out.

-put the key in, and cycle it BACKWARDS to the "ACC" position and then forwards one click. repeat 4 times.

-with the KEY STILL IN, kit your drivers door lock button UP. Horn will chirp.

-Remove key, and get out quick, close the door.

The car will go into hibernation mode in about 30 seconds, give or take. Before it does hit hibernation, you can arm the alarm if you want- it wont function while in hibernation (IE you can open and close the hood/trunk without it going off) however, when the car comes out of hibernation, the alarm arms itself. If anything is open, the alarm will go off, the doors will not open, and you need the key fob to disarm it.

to remove the car from hibernation, push the DRIVER exterior door handle. If the alarm is armed, disarm it. if not, door will pop open, hop in and put the key to the FWD RUN position. Hibernation mode is exited in RUN.

Hope that helped!

 

[SRT10]

Keep in mind that in "sleep mode" your keyfob won't work. If you roll up your windows you will need the key to open the door. Better to keep the windows down so you can reach in and open the door.

 

[Viper Specialty]

SRT-10, not in the 2004+ cars. In the 04's, one touch of the driver handle will temporarily "wake it up", and allow the fob, Door handles, etc to work.

 

[Big Medicine]

No reason; unplug it. Won't hurt a thing.

 

[AG98RT10]

I drove mine out today and had a blast. Can't imagine putting the car away for the winter, even here in the mountains, where it gets pretty cold.
I think it's pretty ******* the car to let it sit without even starting for more than a few weeks. I use a battery tender to keep things charged up, but no problems when I've forgotten to put it on for several weeks even.
Granted the road salts and gravels are ******* the car, so I try not to drive after a snow until we've had some good rains to clear that junk off. But overall, there've been very few winters when you couldn't go out at least once a month.
You folks in Minnesota, Buffalo, Canada, etc., I do feel sorry for.

 

[Viper Specialty]

AG98RT10- Dont worry, we feel sorry for ourselves too!!!