Left door open all night did I drain my battery?!

[Jennalee]

I’m super sad Stupidly left my driver side door open all night from 730pm til 930 this morning. When I noticed it, all the interior lights were off. I don’t leave the overhead light off so it shut off by itself as well as the dash lights sometime during the night. How much did I drain my battery?

My last few cars according to the manual the interior light will shut off after 20 minutes (overhead not sure about dash) but I didn’t find anything in my Jeep manual regarding this.

I drove it around for a few minutes just now and the battery screen showed battery anywhere from 13.9 to 14.4v but mainly staying at 14.0v. Was going neighborhood speeds, I didn’t take it on the freeway.

I’m super sad, I never babied a car as much as I baby my Jeep and I’m worried I drained the battery.

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[nerubi]

Overhead lights turn off after a couple of minutes with door open. The dash screen and transmission light stay on a little longer. Battery is fine if you started it. If you want more confidence about it drive on highway for 30 minutes.

 

[kermitjewel]

ive left my tailgate open over night camping a couple times
np at all

 

[RockyMtnHigh]

12 volts is ideal. I know that it looks drained on the scale, but it's right where it should be. If not a little high.

 

[D60]

Worry not, it's fine

 

[Jennalee]

I drove it on the freeway for 30 minutes for peace of mind. I am comforted by the posts so thanks everyone for posting!

 

[Ogre_FL]

FWIW if your Jeep started (without having to jump start it).........you didn't drain the battery or do anything remotely close to doing anything bad to it.

 

[oceanblue2019]

Most modern cars have safeties now to shut down headlights, interior lights, etc, for this reason. On a Rubi with the 8.4 you can set some of the time-off values but not all of them.

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