Dumb Question

[duke2001]

Today I got out of my vehicle, forgot to push Engine Stop Button(had a senior moment), closed the door, hit the security locked button and walked away. Went inside a store shopping for a good half hour that was several hundred feet away from the vehicle. It was still locked and running. I know the manual says it will turn off after 15 minutes if remote started and not subsequently had the Start/Stop button pushed. Is what happened to me normal or should the vehicle have turned off if the key fob was not near for some period? If this is normal I am going to have to be more careful

 

[grinch72]

Nope. Would've run forever. It only auto shuts off if you remote start it.

 

[19RamLimited]

Some cars do shut off after 20 mins of idling. The fords do. I haven’t tried with the rams but I think they did that in case the car is garaged to prevent possible carbon monoxide.

 

[Bhbdvm]

After a certain time my current F250 will prompt me on the screen that the engine will shut off in so many minutes. I have only seen the prompt one time so I can't remember the specific wording. Apparently I had been idling to long.

 

[Jordan2929]

It does shift to park automatically if you turn it off with it still in gear, it's kinda spooky watching the shift knob turn by itself.

 

[Leadbedr]

I think you can actually drive away with out the key. You just can restart it.

 

[TurdFerguson]

I think you can actually drive away with out the key. You just can restart it.

True.

 

[Reduxalicious]

I'm not sure about this Ram but my F150 and my Mustang would prompt "Car will shut down in 20 seconds" after idling for 10 minutes unless you pressed ok.

 

[duke2001]

Thanks for the replies, everyone.

 

[EStein]

Today I got out of my vehicle, forgot to push Engine Stop Button(had a senior moment), closed the door, hit the security locked button and walked away. Went inside a store shopping for a good half hour that was several hundred feet away from the vehicle. It was stilled locked and running. I know the manual says it will turn off after 15 minutes if remote started and not subsequently had the Start/Stop button pushed. Is what happened to me normal or should the vehicle have turned off if the key fob was not near for some period? If this is normal I am going to have to be more careful

Don’t be so hard on yourself. I’ve done it twice. Realized as I was stepping out of the car though. I think for me it’s because im holding the keys in my hand and I’ve never had a push button start/stop. Will take some getting used to.