Buy small portable DAB radio and listen to that while parked. I've had some difficulties with the radio in my Piaggio Porter truck and am currently using one for the time being, works surprisingly well!

No EVs don't behave like that. Was listening to the audio today waiting for my wife to come out of a store. Well the 500e and Mokka-e don't but doubt others do much differently.

Surprised the Mokka-e doesn't go in to economy mode to protect the 12 volt battery like other PSA / Stellantis products.

If you want to alter the settings on Renault/Dacia you will have to hack the ECU - certain computer types have done it using this software.

I asked my French Dacia dealer to either remove the block or extend the very short preset time on listening to the radio/USB media when parked engine off and they said they do not have the access to the ecu to alter the preset.

There is software here - use it at your peril, if you brick the ECU it's down to you alone.

www.autohacking.net/viewtopic.php?t=3854

Interesting. My 2011 Focus radio shuts off after around 10 minutes with engine off. I thought it was a fault but maybe it's a battery saving measure. As BBD mentioned, I have been using a portable DAB radio, but the speakers in the Focus are good, which is a shame. Bit of a joke really, it can't use that much power. Previous cars have all been fine with radio on for at least half an hour. But they all had an old style DIN sized unit, original or aftermarket.

Edited by corax on 11/08/2024 at 11:13

Our current Berlingo does it. Minor annoyance more than issue as it's pretty rare I want to use the ICE with ignition off.

Ferry queue and European footy final was most recent occasion.

Same annoyance with our 2019 Peugeot 2008. Surely there's some way of over-riding it, or at least extending the period to half an hour?

You should be able to disable it using Diagbox.

Turn showroom mode from INACTIVE to ACTIVE.

The time period is written in to the BSI software so cannot be changed unless Peugeot update it in a future software release.

If you had fitted the stereo yourself, it could be wired straight to the 12v battery positive terminal (via a suitable fuse of course)! Most new cars don't even have an ignition key now.

I remember Fiats of old having an extra notch on the ignition key slot ("Acc", if I remember correctly") which was one step beyond the standard "Off". This position allowed sidelights and one or two other things - including, I think, the radio - and the key could be removed and the car locked. Quite a good system, as the driver would consciously be doing an extra "click" and should remember leaving the lights on!
Common sense would suggest that a passenger in a stationary car might want to listen to the radio, charge up the mobile or sound the horn in an emergency, so there is no logical reason why these circuits shouldn't be left active right up to the moment when the central locking is engaged.

On older cars, there was an intermediate ignition position between off and on to allow the use of the radio and 12v sockets - modern cars just don't have that.

On my 2024 Suzuki Swace (aka Toyota Corolla TS hybrid) if you push the power button without pressing the foot brake pedal it goes into "Accessories" mode where you can listen to the radio. I know as I keep doing this by mistake - still getting used to it! It also fires up the 12v & USB sockets.

Edited by Big John on 28/08/2024 at 13:58