WiFi Module on 2014 PHEV

[esteban866]

Hello, i would like to know if the wifi module is always active after installation in the car or you need to activate it to be active? i asked this question because i learnt that if the wifi module is active in the car (which claimed to be always active), it can auto charge the 12V auxillary battery daily from 2pm. fyi, i do not installed or use the Remote Control App on my phone as perhaps has no intention to do so. But i do want to know iof the wifi module is in active mode, so i did a scanning on my mobile for available wifi network but i could not find the SSID of the wifi network... does it mean that the wifi module is not active or activated by itself?

 

[user 2238]

First of all what trim level do you have? WiFi is only from GX3h+ upwards.

 

[esteban866]

i am in Europe and i am having the Instyle NAVI 2014 model. i am sure i have the wifi module in my car as i have the ssid and password for me to register with the Remote Control App. However, i just want to find out if the wifi is active/activated at all the time in the car as i could not detect my car's wifi network in my Android phone when i switch on wifi connection in my phone to detect available wifi network.

 

[richr]

It powers down if no phones are registered and also if none connect for a certain period of time (I don’t have the manual with me, but it’s explained in there).

 

[esteban866]

if there's no phone registered to it, will it still auto charge the 12V battery on daily basis at 2pm as i read it somewhere that the big battery will charge the small 12V battery if you have the wifi module installed/enabled in the car. i just need to confirm this i might leave my car idle for 3-4 weeks due to out of country...and i wish my car will still be able to switch on when i am back.

 

[Darkflow]

if there's no phone registered to it, will it still auto charge the 12V battery on daily basis at 2pm

Pretty sure that it won't. Also, note that there was a wifi security firmware update in the past that was unintentionally bricking / disabling the wifi module. If that's been done, and not corrected,
you may not have a functioning module - you'd have to try enabling it and registering a device to find out.