So I parked my 08 Nismo at a friend's house the other night and accidentally left my lights on. My friend pointed this out an hour later (she didn't say anything earlier because she assumed my headlights automatically turn themselves off) and I rushed outside to see my headlights off.

Thinking I'm screwed because the lights killed my battery, I tried to start my car and it fired up with no problems. So as an experiment, I left the lights on again and timed it and they shut off after about 3 minutes.

This is pretty cool, I didn't realize that Nissan build an auto off feature in the 350. Has anyone else experienced this phenomenon of science with their 350?

 

i didnt know that either??? now i gotta check this out

 

Yea I knew that. Its in the owners manual =)

 

gotta read that

 

yup auto off.

 

It's been in Nissan's for quite some time now.

LOL at you just finding out about this.

 

YA one day me n friend wer working on my car and he had his lights on so we can see.... after like 20min it TURNED OFF.!! good feature man, i wonder if its the same with the dome lights in the side. any one?????

 

wow never knew that. I always thought we had to manually shut it off before getting out lol

 

Yes i knew it since i tried before, but i still think it take too long to auto turn off...

 

^^^^ yeah 20 min is aloong time for discharge especially base models that have halogen lights

 

I do it at meets people are like hey guy your lights are on.....me like hey guy how bout you STFU....

 

If only you people would read the manual

 

I've had so many people come up to me and tell me I've left my lights on. It's kinda funny.

 

dome lights also have the auto off feature....10 or 20 mins , not sure.

 

yea its actually more like 5 min. but yea i also figured this out as well by chance

 

^ for the headlights dont know how long for the dome pieces

 

Each bulb is 65 watts, that's 130 watts at 13 volts or about 10 amps, add 5 more amps for your other lights. 20 minutes at 15 amps is 5 amp/hours. The stock battery is good for 45 amp hours easy. Even with the high beams on you're still safe. If you had more things running like say a big stereo system you could drain it in 20 minutes.

If you're killing the battery with 5-10 amp hours worth of use you really need a new battery.

 

+1 on owners manual.

 

Why read the manual...had the car for 3 years and you learn something new about it. Not like knowing about it the first day would have mattered. Excitement levels were maxed out anyways when buying it.

Just like holding the unlock button puts the windows down...learned about that last year.

 

Oh yeah, just a hilarious response to someone that is trying to be helpful. You're a real winner.