Here's an idea.

Supposedly the auto-start-stop will be disabled when towing.

In another thread, someone complained that their truck now thinks it is pulling a trailer after hooking up a light bar to the trailer wiring harness.

I'm guessing that will override the default auto start/stop.

However, you probably need to research if there are any other unintended consequences of having the truck think it is pulling a trailer 100% of the time.

 

Creative, I think I'm gonna beta test the Rize solution and turn off the auto shut down feature. When I work my dog I will remember plus I check on the vehicle constantly when he is in it because I don't want to spend the $1,600 on the temp alert feature. Definitely no trips to the mall for this dog and me.

 

This is completely different from auto start/stop with the 2.7eb. This is that your truck auto shuts off completely after 25 mins of idling. Unless you uncheck auto shutdown box before you get out, your truck is going to turn off after 25 mins. 85% of people on here wont need to ever worry about this, cause they dont leave their trucks running. But for the 15% of us in the Southern Regions of the US that get out of our trucks on a jobsite, or use our trucks as a mobile office, or carry our dog with us, are not use to a truck that shuts off after left idling for 25 mins. We leave our past trucks running for hours on jobsites, after doing our work or inspections we like to climb into a cool cab and relax and carry on with our business. I dont really want to go from 100 degree weather and climb in a 150 degrees truck to do paperwork. So i have made it a habit to uncheck my box.

 

Thanks JHG & Rize_Up, I joined this forum for this very reason. Y'all have really researched this and come up with two very good answers. I will be testing this now. The first time my King Ranch shut off, someone came in and said that my alarm was going off, as you can imagine, I was upset, because my dog was in the "sweet air", (air conditioning). I found the truck had shut off, and my dog's movement was what set the alarm off, so that's a good feature. But, I have not been able to keep it idling, while I'm out of truck. I was about to get rid of this truck, because I like my dog being with me. Thanks again!!!

 

I'll be the guy nobody likes in this thread. Love the fact that you are trying to find a way to keep your truck running so your dog has A/C but I hate the fact that you are leaving an animal alone in a vehicle for 1-2 hours. Anything can happen during that time so I certainly wouldn't recommend leaving a dog in a car, walking away and think that everything is going to be fine.

 

I cant wait to hear the replies to this one LOL

I for one think *this* OP specifically cares more about his dog then many folks care about other humans. He is basically worried his service animal will be uncomfortable , hot or potentially harmed and is willing to burn copius amounts of gas and looking for out of the box solutions.

Also most service animals are trained and more well behaved then many children. They also are exercised and walked quite a bit.

Depending on what type of service/working dog he has it may also be a function of it's own safety to remain in the truck until it's presence/help is necessary and warranted.

 

Oh, I completely agree with you. I was just saying that anything can happen once you walk away from a "running" vehicle. A/C stops working, run out of gas, accidentally put into gear, etc. etc. It happens more often than people think. Not to mention all the people out there that will smash a window to "rescue" the animal without realizing the dog has only been in the car for 2 minutes.

 

That visual just made me actually laugh out loud pretty hard, thanks for the Monday giggle LOL !

Very good point too... perhaps a sign on his neck "I am a trained professional work dog with climate control... I got this, human."